Locally owned and operated, Paradigm Physical Therapy and Wellness with locations in Los Lunas, Belen and the South Valley of Albuquerque has served New Mexico since 1996.
Our Mission:
Paradigm Physical Therapy and Wellness aims to provide the most comprehensive physical therapy care in a fun and healing environment while delivering professional, quality service with the highest commitment to patient care and well-being.
Our evaluations assess the whole body by looking at the involved structures as related to neurophysiology, posture, biomechanics, muscle function, and movement patterns.
Our treatments center on specific training and manual facilitation to restore proper movement and function through muscular adaptation and neural control.
Your Goal to Healing
Functional Flexibility Be able to move without restriction.
Functional Mobility Be able to move with confidence.
Functional Stability Be able to utilize internal support.
Functional Ability Live an active lifestyle once again.
Functional flexibility means having the extensibility in your joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments 
necessary to perform your activities of daily living. As our society has evolved, we have adapted the ways that we position ourselves throughout the day the tends to result in decreased flexibility of these structures.
Functional mobility combines flexibility and stability to create an interconnected system that is capable of higher level motor functioning like walking, transferring in and out of vehicles, and descending stairs. Functional mobility is very important for timely performance of activities of daily living.
Functional stability means having the muscle strength and joint integrity to maintain upright positioning during you normal activities. Your normal activities my not only include daily activities like showering, dressing, and walking but may also include other pursuits, such as golf, hiking and bicycling.
Functional ability means being able to do the things that you want to be able to do. It means not having to avoid activities because of pain or fear. At Paradigm Physical Therapy we help you to recover your functional ability or at the very least to be able to provide you with suggestions of activity modifications.
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