PHYSICAL THERAPY
How We Treat Foot & Ankle Pain in the Flathead Valley
Your treatment plan is built around your symptoms, your goals, and what you need to get back to doing. All decisions are made in a team approach. At Physio Forge, treatment may include:
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Hands-on treatment — Dry needling, manual joint mobilization, cupping and soft tissue work to help reduce pain, improve mobility, and make movement more comfortable.
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Mobility work — Targeted exercises to restore motion where limitations may be contributing to your foot and ankle symptoms.
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Corrective exercise -- Exercise with focus on the skill of movement, addressing movement skill and neuromuscular recruitment with walking, balance, stepping up/down, running, jumping, etc.
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Progressive strengthening — Building strength and capacity through the calf, shin, arch and foot muscles so you can confidently return to the activities that matter to you.
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Return to activity — Progressively rebuilding tolerance for lifting, work, recreation, or whatever your normal life demands.
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Education with a Clear plan — Helping you understand the cause of your pain, what you can safely do, and how to manage flare-ups without unnecessarily avoiding movement. Informed patients have better outcomes.
The goal isn't just to make your foot or ankle feel better in the clinic. It's to help you move better, get stronger, and return to the things you want to do with confidence.
Common Foot & Ankle Conditions We Treat
Achilles and Heel Pain
Achilles tendon and back/bottom of heel pain often involving motion loss, walking/running intolerance, calf weakness, and tendonopathies
Movement Dysfunction
Ankle and foot pain resulting from altered limb mechanics typically in walking, running, hiking up/down hills
Fractures/Trauma
Fracture and trauma rehabilitation, common fractures are tibial, fibular, talar, calcaneal and meta-tarsal
Lateral Ankle Pain
Often associated with repeated ankle sprains and increasing activity quickly, such as into a sport season or running. The structures on the side of the ankle arn't able to keep up, leading to pain and instability
Preventative Strengthening
Stronger ankles and feet typically have less pain and reduced future injury risk. Our Move Better and Live Better Fitness Programs are designed to help you get there
Plantarfascitis
Inflammation and remodeling of the tissues of the bottom of the foot common in middle age that typically responds to appropriate exercise and strengthening as well as whole body approach to reduce inflammation in the system
Post Operative Care
Expert level rehab with the same provider each treatment offering consistent monitoring and progress each visit. Common in the ankle and foot is Achilles reconstruction, lateral ankle stabilization or reconstruction, meta-tarsal pinning and bunionectomy
Get Back to the Things You Want to Do
Every visit is one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. We’ll identify what’s limiting you and build a plan to get you back to what you enjoy.