Physical Therapy

At Prajna Physical Therapy, we look at the body as a whole system, connecting the physical structures to the mental self. This can sound like new aged “woo woo,” but every part of our bodies are connected and communicate to other parts. Our brain and spinal chord sends signals to our muscles to turn on and off, our glands secrete hormones to increase and decrease our neuro-muscular system, our nerves send messages to our joints, organs, and balance systems…none of these things can be separated from the other. And we don’t realize how integrated our system is until one part fails and a cascade of issues arise- headaches, back pain, shoulder pain, disc compression, incontinence…the list continues.

Healing the body is an art form that takes looking at movement patterns, mechanics of the body, the integration of multiple systems, and meeting the patient at their tolerance and comfort level. We understand this at Prajna Physical Therapy. Manual techniques are utilized to optimize a balanced state in your body and therapeutic exercises maintain control in that homeostasis, so you can get back to the activities you love.

Prajna means wisdom or insight in Sanskrit. When we can slow down enough to come into our bodies and be present with the now, we can start to see which patterns serve us and which we can let go of, physically and mentally- leading us to our higher Self.