Find the root cause.
Develop a plan to treat the underlying problem- not the symptoms.
Help you overcome fear of movement and educate you about your body so that you can take an active role in your health.
Encourage everyone to STAY well so they can live their best life.
Holistic Evaluation
We treat the whole person, not just their symptoms. Finding the root cause of pain or movement dysfunction is vital before establishing a plan. A thorough evaluation from head-to-toe will be performed on your initial visit as well as detailed questions about your lifestyle and goals.
Our Treatment Philosophy
Individualized Treatment
Personalized treatment plans tailored to fit YOUR unique needs and goals. No cookie cutter treatments here. Each treatment plan is designed to meet your current lifestyle and will come with a detailed home exercise program.
Educate and Encourage
We see our role as your physical therapist as an expert coach. Not only do we treat, but more importantly, educate you how, why, and what is needed to meet your goals. We encourage questions to help you understand what we’ve prescribed and why.
We work together!
Live Well
Not only is our goal to help you get well, but to STAY well. We offer not only services for injury, but for optimizing movement for life to prevent injury and limit time away from the things you love to do.
What is physical therapy?
Physical therapists are the movement experts in the health world. They study how to body moves through space and are specially trained to identify faulty movement patterns and mechanics that lead to pain, injury, or inefficiency. By identifying these patterns and the ROOT cause of the problem, they are able to not only improve the movement through skilled manual techniques to change how a joint and soft tissue move, but are able to teach you how to strengthen, lengthen, and how to move correctly and effectively to reduce pain, improve function, and optimize performance.
What to expect at your first visit…
Getting to know you
Before your first visit, we will gather important information about your medical history, current concerns, and lifestyle.
We will review this with you in detail when we meet for the first time.
You will have an opportunity to discuss any new concerns and explain your problem in detail. We take our time getting to know you because we think this is vital to helping your achieve your goals.
Physical Examination
We evaluate the area of concern and all surrounding areas. Often the source of the problem is not where your actual symptoms are. We think of ourselves like body detectives, so we take a 1000 ft view of your case to determine what the root of your problem is. This will involve assessment of range of motion, strength, flexibility, posture, breathing patterns and soft tissue mobility. We manually assess soft tissue and feel how your body moves.
Functional Testing
It is important to see your body in MOTION.
We will watch you perform daily movements and the movements that are causing you pain or problems to see what the problem is.
Think of this like physics of the body!
Developing a Plan of Care
After a thorough assessment, we will discuss our findings, answer all of your questions, and give our expert opinion on how to achieve your goals.
Treatment
If time allows on the first visit, we will get to by starting with treatment on the first day! We want you to start to address your problem right away.
This could be manual treatment, prescribing exercises, or a combination of both of theses.
Treatment may involve
Manual Techniques
Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM), Muscle Energy Techniques, Joint mobilization, Myofascial Release and Cupping techniques can help reduce pain and help the body move better.
Corrective Exercise
By understanding how the body should move, we break down the movement and teach each step to help your body move its best and in a pain free way.
Lifestyle Education
We believe that proper nutrition, sleep habits, intentional movement, and the mind-body connection are all key to optimal health and function. We assess all of these areas with our patients to ensure best results.