Specialty Physical Therapy Services at Lonestar PT&SP in Tyler, TX

Dry Needling

Dry Needling utilizes a solid, filiform needle to deactivate hyperirritable myofascial trigger points within muscles to optimize your mobility. Furthermore, dry needling within a comprehensice physical therapy program has been shown to be beneficial for chronic or persistent pain states to facilitate an improved return to function.

Blood Flow Restriction Training

A medical grade cuff is placed around a limb to maintain arterial flow while limiting venous return. This creates a metabolic stress to the muscle, opposed to the more traditional mechanical stress, that triggers an anabolic cascade increasing Growth Hormone (GH), Insulin Growth Factor-1 (IGHF-1), and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF). With lower muscle strain, we are able to active large Type II fast twitch muscle fibers. BFR is appropriate in both post-surgical and conservative care to accelerate your physical therapy .

Headache Management

Physical therapy for the management of headaches has been proven to decrease the intensity, frequency, and duration of headaches while improving one’s quality of life. Key components of our headache management program include orthopaedic manipulative physical therapy, trigger point dry needling, therapeutic exercise, and patient education.

Concussion Management

While the public awareness of concussions has advanced greatly in recent years, many Americans still do not the proper steps to follow afterwards to restore function. That is where physical therapy care comes in. Optimal concussion management involves an individualized evaluation and treatment to improve your return to school/work, cognitive strain, and recreation.

Return to a movement rich, healthy life.

Jaw & Facial Pain

Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a collective term used to describe a number of related disorders affecting the jaw. Ranking second only to low back pain in terms of chronicity, our physical therapy services will restore you back to your ideal function. All of our expert clinicians have advanced training in TMD to proficiently evaluate and determine the best plan of care to reduce jaw pain and its associated symptoms including tinnitus, headache, and tooth pain.

Pain Neuroscience Education in Virtual Reality

Calming the central and peripheral nervous system has compelling evidence to break the cycle of chronic pain. By creating a multi-sensory enviornment with virtual reality, powerful content engages the brain's cognitive, emotional and physical learning and response centers to improve your outcomes with physical therapy care.

Custom Foot Orthotics

We are proud to offer Foot Levelers custom orthotics. Custom orthotics have been shown to be beneficial for conditions from the lumbar spine to the ankle/foot. With every step you can make progress towards better health and a better tomorrow.