Prevention/Exercise Program
Reduce Recovery Time With Home Exercises
IMG Physical Therapy wants you to know that you determine the course of your recovery. It is important to keep on top of the recommended exercise routine prescribed by your therapist. We have included helpful articles regarding your exercises the proper way to engage in the technique. Contact us to learn more about our home exercises.
View Our Helpful Library of Techniques
3-6 SIMPLE / QUICK EXERCISE PROGRAMS
- Breathing Exercises
- Core and Leg Strengthening
- Core (Lumbar) 4 Exercises Beginner (Step 1)
- Core (Lumbar) 4 Exercises Advanced (Step 2)
- Clamshells and Glute Strengthening
- Deadlifting for Beginners
- Hip Capsule Stretching Exercises
- Knee Top Four
- Knee More Advanced Top Six
- Kettlebell Walking Program
- Plyometrics & Ballistics Basic Beginner Exercise Program
- Shoulder Beginning Simple Exercises
- Shoulder Multi-Plane Strengthening
- Thoracic (Mid-Back)
Related Specialties
- Cupping Benefits and Information about Treatment
- Electrical Stimulation
- Fall Prevention
- IASTM
- K-tape
- Laser Therapy
- Spinal Mobilization
- Myofascial Release
- Physical Therapy
Comprehensive Home Exercise Programs
- ACL Advanced
- Advanced Sports Specific
- Ankle
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Aquatic Therapy Exercises
- Cervical and Neck
- Elbow, Wrist, Hand
- Foam Roller Exercises
- Foot Care – Six Exercises
- Gluteus Medius Exercises
- Glute Progression Easy-Advanced Exercises
- Hand and Finger Exercises with Household “Toys”
- Headache (Cervicogenic) Exercises
- Headache Release
- Hip Exercises
- Kettlebell Core and Leg Exercises
- Kettlebell Shoulder Strengthening Exercises
- Knee Injury
- Knee Extension **(Important)**
- Leg Nerve Gliding (Retlouping)
- Leg Strengthening for Elderly
- Leg Stretching
- Low Back Pain Care and Core Exercises
- Low Back Core Stability Retraining for the Elderly
- Low Back Extension and Disc Herniation Exercises
- Low Back Comprehensive Exercise Program
- Lunges Exercises
- Patellar and Kneecap Taping
- Rib Stretches
- Rotator Cuff Non-Operative Home Program
- Shoulder Advanced Strength and Stretching
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome Exercises
- Shoulder Scapular Strengthening Exercises
- Shoulder Stretching and Strengthening Exercises
- Throwers – Ten Exercise Program
- Upper Extremity Nerve Glides and Cervical Retraction
- Upper Body Maintenance Program
- Vestibular and Vertigo Treatment Exercises
- Central Vestibular Program
Prevention and Patient Education
Learn the Best Ways to Prevent Injuries
If you’ve been injured, it is important not to rush back into your old routine. Injuries may take time to heal, and knowing your limits is the best way to prevent a reoccurring injury. We have included a number of best practices that will be able to keep you informed and active as you go through the healing process. Contact IMG Physical Therapy today to schedule your appointment.
Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Massage (IASTM)
Patients often ask our office what are the “Blades” that you are using on people and how do they help. For a complete description of how “Blades” massage may help you recover, please click on the link below.
Exercise and Injury Prevention Programs
- Adaptive Yoga Program
- Ankle Sprain Recovery Program: Beginners
- Ankle Sprain Recovery Program: Advanced
- Baking and Back Pain Information Packet
- Balance and Falls Prevention
- Breathing Exercises
- Falls Prevention Program: Step 2
- Benefits of Walking Backwards
- CBD Oil Usage
- Changing Your Lifestyle After a Stroke
- Chronic Pain Management Handout
- Chronic Pain and Your Brain Handout
- Common Causes of Falls in the Home
- Concussion Handout
- COPD Exercise Program
- Deconditioning Program (Covid, Hospital stay, etc)
- Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
- Diabetes and its Effects on Arthritis
- Exercises After a Heart Attack
- Getting up From a Fall
- Hip Precautions for a Total Hip Replacement
- Improving Sleep Through Exercise
- Low Back Pain Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Strategies
- Managing and Preventing Back Pain
- Managing Arthritis With Exercises
- Managing Parkinson’s Disease
- Memory Loss Exercise Prevention Program
- Peripheral Neuropathy and Diabetes Exercises
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Information
- Pelvic Realignment Instructions
- Pilates for Low Back Pain
- Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
- Preparing for Knee Replacement Surgery
- Preventing Osteoporosis
- Proper Shoe Selection Handout
- PT Tips for Handheld Digital Usage
- Return to Dancing
- Return to Gardening
- Shoveling Smart (Snow)
- Smoking Cessation Program
- Strain and Counterstrain Benefits for Treating Muscle Spasms
- Tai Chi (Standing and Sitting beginner moves)
- The Number One Way We Are Killing Our Posture (Cell Phones)
- TMJ
- Top 10 Most Burning Questions For Sciatica
- Why do I hurt? Central Sensitization
- Yoga for Back Pain
Sports Prevention and Return-to-Sports Home Programs
- Balance Exercises & the Importance for Athletes
- Baseball Warm-Up Program
- Basketball Warm-Up Program
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Common Bowling Injuries and Prehab
- Common Golfing Injuries and Injury Prevention Program
- Concussion Protocol for a Return to Sports
- Field Hockey: Common Injuries and Prevention Program
- Football Injury Prevention Program
- Lacrosse Injury Prevention Program
- Nutrition for Young Athletes
- Pickleball Injury Prevention Program
- Return to Biking
- Return to Golfing Progression Program and Pre-Round Warm-up
- Runners: Marathon and Ultramarathon Runners Common Injuries
- Runners: Proper Mechanics Exercises and Pre-Workout Dynamic Stretches
- Runners: Preventing Knee Injuries
- Return to Running After an Injury
- Soccer Injuries: Prevention of Most Common Injuries
- Softball Warm-Up
- Swimming Shoulder Injury Pamphlet
- Tennis Injury Prevention Program
- Youth Injury Prevention Program (Nutrition, Warm-Up, etc.)
- Volleyball and Basketball Plyometric Program
- The 11+ FIFA Soccer Warm-Up
- Return to Running After an Injury
Pamphlets
- Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) Pamphlet
- Blood Flow Resistance Training Pamphlet
- Concussion
- Knee Replacement: Preparing for Surgery
- Knee Replacement: What to Expect After Surgery
- Memory Loss Exercise Program (Tri-Fold)
- Opioid Crisis Pamphlet (Tri-Fold)
- Parkinson’s Disease: Rock Steady Boxing (RBS) Pamphlet
- Plantar Fascia Pamphlet
- Tendinopathies Pamphlet