Dixon Physical Therapy is a privately owned outpatient facility specializing in manual physical therapy, sports injuries, and occupational-related injuries. Our physical therapists apply certified principles and tested treatment practices to serve your unique condition and goals for recovery.
Our personal interaction with you, the patient, and our use of new techniques such as dry needling and manipulation allow us to achieve your most successful outcome.From initial diagnosis to eventual recovery, and with each exercise, manual technique, modality, and word of encouragement in between, our focus is on healing and bringing you back to your best physical health.
Our personal interaction with you, the patient, and our use of new techniques such as dry needling and manipulation allow us to achieve your most successful outcome.From initial diagnosis to eventual recovery, and with each exercise, manual technique, modality, and word of encouragement in between, our focus is on healing and bringing you back to your best physical health.
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Michael Tunink is the owner of Dixon Physical Therapy. A graduate from the University of Missouri School of Physical Therapy in 1994, he has since made Dixon Physical Therapy the most established outpatient physical therapy clinic in the Sauk Valley area. In order to deliver the best possible care, Dr. Tunink stays on top of the latest research and innovations in physical therapy.
At Dixon Physical Therapy we research the latest evidence-based treatment techniques and trends in physical therapy. With that said, we believe human hands are one of the best healing tools ever invented. All our physical therapists have specialized training in advanced hands on techniques that make huge differences in eliminating pain and improving mobility.
By definition, physical therapy is a unique science and art that utilizes a wide variety of procedures to restore function to the body, reduce pain and help prevent future injury. When daily life is altered due to an injury, accident, chronic medical condition or re-injury, we realize we are responsible for helping to put our patient's lives back on course and help each individual get back to life.
We offer rehabilitation for people with Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury, Stroke, Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, and other neurological conditions that often result in muscle weakness, paralysis, loss of balance or coordination, inability to ambulate, and loss of functional independence.
Our staff is devoted to assisting those individuals with neurological and neuromuscular disorders achieve their functional goals by providing individualized, integrative care in an encouraging and healing environment.
Our staff is devoted to assisting those individuals with neurological and neuromuscular disorders achieve their functional goals by providing individualized, integrative care in an encouraging and healing environment.
Our Geriatric Rehabilitation program was designed to help our senior clients fulfill all their functional goals and maximize their quality of life. At Dixon Physical Therapy we focus on:. Issues related to normal aging such as muscle weakness and deconditioning, that may lead to difficulties with activities such as walking and maintaining one's balance.
