Physical Therapy

The qualified therapists in the Physical Therapy Service at Newton-Wellesley Hospital evaluate and treat adults and infants for a variety of conditions, in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Outpatient Physical Therapy Service

  • Balance and Falls
  • Concussion Management
  • Hand Therapy
  • Lymphedema Management
  • Neurology and vestibular therapy
  • Orthopedics and Spine Therapy
  • Orthotics
  • Pulmonary Physical Therapy
  • Sports Physical Therapy
  • Treatment for torticollis
  • Women’s Health and Incontinence Therapy

Inpatient Physical Therapy Service

  • General medicine
  • Neurology and vestibular therapy
  • Orthopedics, spine, and sports medicine physical therapy

Conditions Treated

Back Neck and Spine

  • Disc problems, such as herniation or degenerative disc disease
  • Piriformis syndrome, an irritation of the sciatic nerve in the leg by the piriformis muscle in the buttocks
  • Radiculopathy, a condition that involves the root of a spinal nerve, such as a pinched nerve
  • Spine instability
  • Spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal column
  • Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, a disorder of the jaw muscles that can lead to jaw pain or difficulty chewing

We also can help you recover after various spine surgeries, including:

  • Disc replacement or debridement
  • Lumbar and cervical fusion
  • Spinal decompression surgery

Elbow injuries and elbow pain

  • Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis/lateral epicondylalgia)
  • Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis/medial epicondylalgia)

Foot and ankle

  • Achilles tendinitis/tendinosis, an inflammation of the Achilles tendon
  • Ankle sprains or instability
  • Arthritis
  • Fractures
  • Heel pain, including plantar fasciitis
  • Ligament tears

Hip injuries and hip pain

  • Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), a condition in which the hip joint doesn’t have its full range of motion
  • Injuries to the labrum, a band of cartilage that surrounds the hip joint
  • Psoas impingement, an inflammation of a tendon outside the hip joint that can cause hip pain or a snapping sound in the hip
  • Trochanteric bursitis, a type of hip inflammation

We also can help you recover after a number of hip surgeries, such as:

  • Minimally invasive surgeries of the hip joint
  • Surgical repair of hip fractures
  • Total hip replacement

Knee injuries and knee pain

  • Anterior knee pain, or pain of the front of the knee and the kneecap, including patellofemoral pain syndrome
  • Arthritis
  • Iliotibial friction syndrome (ITB syndrome), also known as runner’s knee, a type of overuse injury
  • Ligament injuries and instability, such as tears of the ACL, MCL, and other knee ligaments
  • Running injuries

Our physical therapists also can help you recover from a number of knee surgeries, such as:

  • Ligament reconstruction
  • Minimally invasive knee surgery
  • Meniscus repair
  • Surgical repair of knee fractures
  • Tendon repair
  • Total knee replacement

Shoulder injuries and shoulder pain

  • Arthritis
  • Fracture
  • Multidirectional instability, a looseness of the shoulder usually due to the tendons being too loose
  • Rotator cuff dysfunction, including impingement, tears, and tendinitis/tendinosis
  • Scapular dyskinesis, an abnormal motion or function of the shoulder blade during shoulder movement
  • SLAP tear, a tear of the cartilage that reinforces the shoulder joint
  • Tendinitis/tendinosis of the biceps tendon, which attaches your biceps muscle to your shoulder and elbow bones

We also can help you recover from a number of shoulder surgeries, including:

  • Biceps tenodesis, a surgical repair of the biceps tendon
  • Labrum/SLAP repair
  • Rotator cuff repair
  • Total shoulder replacement