Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants are movement specialist whose main goal is to improve your quality of life by teaching you activity modification such as how to lift correctly, how to walk or run correctly, exercises/stretching that can help to reduce pain and increase strength. 

They use modalities such as ultrasound, electrical stimulation, heat, ice, various forms of taping, dry needling and more to help reduce pain, inflammation, tightness, spasm etc.  Therapists may work on tight and painful muscles with various types of massage and Instrument Assisted massage to aide in your rehab progress to get you better as quickly as possible.