Our Practice

Integrating Solutions for a Healthy Life in Williamsburg, VA

Comber Physical Therapy and Fusion Chiropractic is the only truly integrated rehabilitation facility in Williamsburg, VA. We believe our holistic and integrated approach to rehabilitation and wellness is key to a successful, healthy life. Our goal is to return you to the life you enjoy and to the life you deserve. We are here to provide you with all of the means necessary to reach your goals, no matter how big or small.

Providing Exceptional Care for People of All Ages

Physical Therapy

The goal of physical therapy treatment is to strengthen and restore physical function and help patients return to normal activities as quickly and safely as possible.

Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic care focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems and how these problems affect general health.

Massage Therapy

Massage therapy is an ideal complement to chiropractic care. Relaxed muscles prior to chiropractic care offer the maximum benefits of adjustments.

Where It All Began

Erika Stephan is the founder and owner of Comber Physical Therapy and Fusion Chiropractic. She brought her vision to life in November 2003 when she opened the doors of Comber Physical Therapy on Mooretown Road in Williamsburg, VA.

Erika has carefully crafted a team of PTs, PTAs, chiropractors, fitness instructors and massage therapists who have diverse backgrounds, but have each arrived at Comber Physical Therapy and Fusion Chiropractic with similar goals: to offer holistic, hands-on, highly-skilled treatment to patients who truly care about realizing results; and to work in a cohesive environment that values individuality while celebrating teamwork.

“Our philosophy, ‘Helping You Back to a Healthy Life’, is much more than simply relieving you of pain and dysfunction. We want you to return to the life you enjoy and to the life you deserve.”

– Erika J. Stephan, PT

What is Integrative Care?

Physical therapists and chiropractors strive to help people reduce pain, move well, and live better. Integrating care can reap incredible benefits for patients of all ages with different but complementary treatment techniques and specialties.

Chiropractors view the body’s musculoskeletal and nervous system as an interconnected partnership with the ability to heal itself; their hands-on treatment method relies on identifying and treating spinal and muscular misalignments that may be causing pressure within the central nervous system that is leading to acute or chronic pain.1 The chiropractic adjustment realigns the vertebrae, releasing tension in the body.2 Unlike many treatments done by physical therapists, chiropractic adjustments have been known to provide instant pain relief, making it a great option for people who are in desperate need of acute relief. People who benefit the most from chiropractic care are patients who are experiencing joint or muscle pain in the back, neck, hips, and knees.

Physical therapists are movement specialists who focus on restoring and optimizing your physical function. Physical therapists use a diverse set of approaches to diagnose physical abnormalities in patients and help them restore strength, improve balance, and gain greater mobility and range of motion.1 Whether through corrective exercise, modalities, soft tissue mobilization, or many other tools and treatments, they care for all musculoskeletal conditions that hinder the body’s movement and/or cause pain.

WHY INTEGRATIVE CARE WORKS

Integrating physical therapy and chiropractic care can have some exceptional, long-term benefits to patient care and treatment outcomes. Here are three reasons why this partnership can elevate the prominence of hands-on healthcare within the broader healthcare industry.

Unique, Customized Treatments

Both physical therapists and chiropractors follow thorough assessment protocol so that they may fully understand treatment needs and appropriate success metrics. Because each patient is different, this means these professionals will make individualized treatment plans that are tailored to the patient’s unique capabilities and the clinician’s unique competencies.1 When these clinicians work together, they can create a complementary protocol to maximize the treatment benefits of every visit.

Better Results, No Matter the Goal

Whether the treatment is meant to prevent injury, rehabilitate an injury, or optimize movement and performance, the combination of physical therapy and chiropractic will help reach the goal more holistically. Utilizing chiropractors’ savvy in adjustment with physical therapists’ expertise in strengthening, lengthening, and helping the body move better, patients will reap the benefits of allowing each professional to play off of each other’s strengths and fill in any gaps.

Unified in Providing Safer Pain Relief

Both practices are conservative methods of treating musculoskeletal pain and/or dysfunction. Instead of using invasive tactics like surgery or reliance on prescriptions for masking pain, physical therapists and chiropractors both understand the benefits of treating the underlying cause of the problem before escalating to drastic or potentially addictive measures. Patients will feel confident utilizing both physical therapy and chiropractic to make better-informed decisions and potentially reduce treatment risk.1

Request an appointment with our highly trained physical therapists and chiropractors in Williamsburg today!

Resources:
1 – https://relaxtheback.com/blogs/news/chiropractic-or-physiotherapy-what-s-right-for-me
2 – https://www.concentra.com/resource-center/articles/physical-therapist-vs-chiropractor-who-should-i-visit-for-my-back-pain/