Let me start with two scenarios I hear frequently from my patients. ‘I was kind of hoping it’d just go away with rest’ or ‘when I took some ibuprofen, that usually did the trick’. But here they were, 4-6 weeks later and not only had their symptoms continued, but now they’re getting worse and starting to interfere with their family life. Sound familiar?
But you’ve been going to pilates/yoga/golfing/running/HIIT classes/playing pickleball (pick your recreational activity of choice) for years, what’s so different now? And the answer isn’t ‘because I’m older’. Our bodies are these amazingly smart machines that do whatever we ask of it, but they are also very stupid at the same time. You say do something, it’s going to do it, but it’ll always find the path of least resistance, not the correct path. Over time this leads to microtraumas at certain anatomical structures because they are overworked and underpaid and don’t know how to operate any differently.
At FPSPT, our mission is to figure that out. Our bodies are “walking compensations”, and it is the reason our doctorate-trained physical therapists spend time on functional movement analysis. Professional athletes understand the importance of cross training because they know the whole body works together to achieve a task. We prioritize evaluating the body as a whole and not just ‘the part that hurts most’. This evaluation is done one-on-one so you will have the doctor’s undivided attention for an entire hour. Comparatively, most other physical therapy practices allot their clinicians 15-30 minutes with their patients while they manage 1-2 other patients simultaneously and will frequently get pulled away to assist another patient. So 15 minutes divided by 2 equals 7.5 minutes of “attention” in the traditional PT setting. What does FPSPT do with the extra 47.5 minutes? We listen to you, challenge you, and get you better faster.
Our FPSPT doctors will be the ones to have a watchful eye over your exercises and treatment program, not a tech or an aide. This will guarantee your exercises are being done properly with each repetition allowing for more gains to be made in a shorter amount of time. How many times have you been to a physical therapy clinic where it seems that all the patients are doing the same exercises? At FPSPT we tailor our treatment programs to your specific deficits with hands-on therapy, motor control training, strengthening, and functional training allowing you to achieve your goals faster with spending less time in physical therapy and back to the things you love. If you are ever in the FPSPT clinic with another clinician and patient, you are never going to have to worry about waiting for a machine, weight, or band, because the other therapist is likely going to be treating that patient completely differently.
We want to kick you out of PT just as much as you don’t want to be there because that means we did our job. We got you back to the activities that bring you joy in your life. Even though we are super fun, and we like to think we’re the cool kids on the block that everyone wants to hang out with during their free time, our goal is to teach you how to treat yourself so you aren’t reliant on us long term. Come experience it for yourself! Have you had pain for a while and nothing seems to help? Have you been to PT multiple times and it feels like you don’t get that undivided attention and you can just ‘do this at home’? Call us for a free ‘discovery call’ where we begin your wellness journey and make sure we are mutually a good fit for each other. Can’t wait to get you where you want to be; it’s only forward from here!
