Our Philosophy 

After 20 years in outpatient rehab, I have learned a few things along the way.  To start, I have learned that when treating patients, you have to treat the cause of the dysfunction and not just the presenting symptoms.  During your patient evaluation, if you do not identify the cause and only treat the symptoms, you will achieve temporary relief, but you will not in most cases be able to resolve the dysfunction. 

My second philosophy relates to prevention and treating the whole patient.  A skilled PT can identify impairments that are causing the current dysfunction, but also can find and treat other impairments that can lead to a new dysfunction for the patient in their future.  Small, unseen, or unknown impairments can lead to more serious dysfunctions in the future.  Identifying these small impairments early on is key to the prevention of future issues.  Prevention is not focused on enough in our current medical model.  Prevention of future impairments can significantly increase an individual’s quality of life. 

Lastly, as a rehab professional, I realize that every person I work with is their own unique individual.  It is vital as a rehabilitation professional to develop rapport with my patients and to be respectful of them as an individual.  It is so important to really listen to each person, to let them tell their own personal story, and to devise a comprehensive plan of care specifically tailored to that unique individual.  Even though I am a rehab expert, each patient understands their body in ways that I cannot.  Due to this, I need to listen to each patient and incorporate their ideas into their specific treatment plan.  By knowing each patient as an individual and developing rapport with them, I can better maximize their rehab potential.