Physical Therapy

The Oyate Health Center’s Physical Therapy Department is currently located on the first floor of the Oyate Health Center.

Under Physical Therapist Tyler Sharp’s (Oglala Lakota) guidance, we aim to help our relatives reduce pain by teaching their bodies to function correctly, move more efficiently, and create opportunities to live healthier, more active lives.

Therapies Include:

• Pre- and post-operative care
• Orthopedic rehabilitation
• Sports rehabilitation
• Work-related injuries
• Fractures
• Herniated and protruding discs
• Soft tissue injuries
• Sprains and strains
• Back and neck
• Muscle myofascial joint pain
• Weakness
• Loss of motion
• Loss of mobility
• Balance deficits
• Motor relearning
• Management for persistent pain and pain disorders
• Home exercise plans
• Postural training and restoration
• Lifting bio-mechanics

The physical therapy gym includes a wide variety of rehabilitation equipment:

• Treadmill
• Bicycle
• Ergometer
• Stair stepper
• Fluid therapy
• Weights
• Elliptical trainer
• Shoulder ladder
• Parallel bars