Working together to achieve optimum health.
Working together to achieve optimum health.
Our focus is to reduce pain, improve mobility, and return you to your best level of functioning.
No matter how small your injury seemed, we are here to provide you with adequate recovery so that you are able to get back to doing the things you love to do.
Kara grew up just West of the Metro, in Waconia. She attended undergraduate at Concordia University in St. Paul where she played on the volleyball team and studied biology.
Massage is a great support to your physical therapy treatments, helping muscles accept the adjustments and avoid the tendency to revert to old movement habits and pain patterns.
By definition, massage is the application of various soft-tissue manipulation techniques to the body, generally intended to reduce stress and fatigue while improving circulation.
Benefits of massage can be both physical and mental. These can include:
K-laser is a class IV medical laser that has many physiological and biological effects on the human body. K-Laser is very beneficial in treating musculoskeletal pain of all types.
Laser therapy provides the following: Acceleration of Tissue Repair and Cell Growth, Faster Wound Healing, Reduces Scar Tissue Formation, Reduces Inflammation, Analgesic, Improves Vascular Activity, Increases Metabolic Activity and Improves Nerve Function.
Research has shown that a number of different conditions have improved from the use of laser therapy such as:
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Tennis Elbow, Ligament Sprains, Muscle Strains, Repetitive Stress Injuries, Plantar Fasciitis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Shoulder, Back and Knee Pain, Fibromyalgia, Diabetic Neuropathy, Edema, Sports injuries and more.
At Dakota County Physical Therapy, our goal is to provide our community with physical therapy health care to allow them the opportunity to achieve optimal body through physical therapy rehabilitation. We are here to help members of our community by providing non-surgical, drug-free options for musculoskeletal pain at less cost to the patient. Here at Dakota County Physical Therapy we can aid in alleviation of symptoms for acute and chronic injuries, speed the healing process, and strengthen injured areas to prevent future injury for musculoskeletal conditions such as knee and ankle injuries, wrist and elbow pain, shoulder pain, back pain, and neck pain.
