Physical Therapy

Healthy Healing is an essential part of the picture

For many of the patients who are treated at Lancaster NeuroScience & Spine Associates, a part of the continuum of care includes healing from injury or regaining strength after surgery. Our new Physical Therapy department has been painstakingly designed to provide for the specific courses of treatment that the LNSA physicians have prescribed throughout their extensive experience in brain, nerve and spine care.

Physical Therapists Robert Gieringer and Brian McClenahan are deeply committed to their comprehensive work with each patient in restoring motion and building strength. The great balance of training and experience between them is a strength of the department and a benefit to patients.

(L to R) Bob Gieringer and Brian McClenahan

Robert Gieringer is skilled in rehabilitative therapy including treatments for acute and chronic pain such as low back pain, cervical spine pain, hip osteoarthritis and sacroiliac joint dysfunction. He has treated a variety of orthopedic, sports, and adolescent athlete patients with chronic neck and back pain, shoulder and knee pathologies. He has worked as an in-hospital physical therapist assisting in the care of patients within the specialized care of trauma, orthopedics, neurology, geriatric, cardiothoracic surgery and congestive heart failure. He has also specialized in the treatment of muscular balance disorders.

Brian McClenahan is credentialed in The McKenzie Method, a comprehensive approach to the spine. He is one of only three clinicians in Pennsylvania and 350 in the world who holds a diploma in the McKenzie Method (Dip.MDT). The method is based on a consistent "cause and effect" relationship between historical pain behavior as well as the pain response to repeated test movements, positions and activities during the assessment process. The McKenzie Method emphasizes education and active patient involvement in order to decrease pain quickly and restore function and independence. Brian is expert at knowing when to provide additional advanced hands-on techniques until each patient can successfully manage their treatment independently. Under his care patients learn to be in control safely and effectively of an individualized self-treatment program tailored to their lifestyles.

By definition, physical therapy is about restoring movement and maximizing the individual's quality of life. Within that description falls not only the physical well-being of the patient, but their psychological, emotional, and social state of being as well. “Our efforts are directed toward using our skills with the patients, their physicians, their families and caregivers," Bob Gieringer explained. "Ideally, it will have a positive impact on the community at large."

Physical Therapy at Lancaster NeuroScience & Spine Associates is located within the practice at 1671 Crooked Oak Drive, Lancaster, PA.

• By bringing Physical Therapy into our practice, we hope to provide the most comprehensive treatment plan for our patients with increased convenience for them and improved communication among all the members of the treatment team. This patient-centered team approach should improve clinical outcomes and provide a better overall experience for our patients.
  
  Elliot B. Sterenfeld, MD, FABPMR
  PHYSIATRIST
  
  
  





• Our practice uses a multi-disciplinary approach to patients with spinal problems, which includes neck and lower back disc problems as well as back pain and neck pain. Often, the first 'non-operative' treatment we utilize is physical therapy to strengthen the area involved and to help control the pain associated with these disorders. Many patients are able to avoid the need for surgery by starting with a comprehensive physical therapy program. It will be beneficial to the long-term well being of our patients.
  
  Christopher D. Kager, MD, FACS
  NEUROSURGEON

• Location:
• MAIN OFFICE:
  1671 Crooked Oak Drive
  Lancaster, PA 17601
  
  
• Contact Information:
• For questions or
  scheduling please call
  717-509-6522.

• QUICK LINKS:
• • Robert N. Gieringer,
     PT, DPT, CKTP
  
• • Brian J. McClenahan,
      PT, MS, OCS, Dip.MDT