Physical and occupational therapy is an integral part of recovery from orthopaedic injury or orthopaedic surgery. Duke Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy provides care to patients with a wide variety of conditions including:

• Fractures
• Bone and joint infections
• Sports injuries
• Bone cancer
• Orthopaedic trauma
• Sprains, strains, and tears
• Osteoporosis

Physical and Occupational Therapy Services

Our therapists meet with patients to educate them about their injury or problem, assess the patients current joint function, and instruct them in exercises that will help strengthen and restore function to their injured muscle or joint.

Physical therapy is often beneficial for patients suffering from pain related to minor sprains, strains, or tears but who don't require surgery. Sometimes practicing a few targeted exercises each week or properly splinting or casting a joint is enough to restore full function and mobility to the injured muscle or joint.

Our therapists work with patients following surgery to teach them how to properly apply weight and pressure to the injured joint and how to complete everyday activities without re-injury.

Specific Orthopaedic Therapy Programs

Learn more about physical and occupational therapy services offered in each orthopaedic discipline:

Foot and Ankle

Physical therapy is used as a first line of defense to strengthen joints and muscles in the foot and ankle following an injury. Our physical and occupational therapists also offer services before and after foot and ankle surgery.

Learn more about foot and ankle therapy.

Joint Replacement

Physical therapy and occupational therapy are offered before and after total hip replacements and total knee replacements. Care begins with an interdisciplinary pre-operative educational class. The class helps prepare patients for their surgery, hospital stay, and discharge.

Knee Therapy

Physical and occupational therapy are used to treat knee injuries and relieve pain associated with strains, sprains, and tears.

Learn more about knee therapy.

Trauma

Duke physical therapists and occupational therapists provide Level I trauma care, to patients with injuries from motor vehicle accidents, assaults, gun shot wounds, falls, and the like.

Our therapists are trained to evaluate and treat multi-system trauma which may also include traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and multiple bone fractures.

Pediatric Orthopaedic Conditions

Physical therapists and occupational therapists work with pediatric orthopaedic patients to restore range of motion and strength to the injured muscle or joint and help the patient return to activities of daily living, normal gait, and improved balance.

Learn more about therapy for pediatric orthopaedic conditions.

Shoulder Therapy

Physical and occupational therapists offer therapy to reduce shoulder pain and speed recovery after shoulder injury or shoulder surgery.

Learn more about shoulder therapy.

Sports Medicine

Duke physical therapists and occupational therapists provide sports medicine services, including sports injury assessment and rehabilitation.

Learn more about the Duke Physical and Occupational Therapy sports medicine program.

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Center for Living Campus
  3475 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705
• Duke Orthopaedics at North Duke Street
  3116 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27704
• Duke Physical Therapy
  Duke Clinic 1E, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke Physical Therapy (Mebane)
  1352 Mebane Oaks Road, Mebane, NC 27302
• Duke Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Brier Creek
  10211 Alm Street, Raleigh, NC 27617
• Duke Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy at Page Road
  4709 Creekstone Drive, Suite 250, Durham, NC 27703
• Duke Physical Therapy of Knightdale
  162 Legacy Oaks, Room 1221A, Knightdale, NC 27545
• Duke Sports Medicine
  Finch Yeager Building, 280 Frank Bassett Road, Suite 317, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke University Hospital
  2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710
• North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic
  3609 Southwest Durham Drive, Durham, NC 27707