Are you getting quality physical therapy? Or wasting your time?:

If you work with Dr. Monica or myself and have been to other PT clinics before, then you know that not all physical therapy is the same... 

And while this is a GOOD thing, it can also be confusing!

One of the biggest (and saddest) changes we’ve seen over the past decade is the overcrowding of physical therapy clinics - which has ultimately impacted the quality of care YOU receive.

As reimbursements from insurance companies have gone down, traditional physical therapy clinics have been forced to increase the number of patients they see.

That means you rarely get to spend time with your therapist anymore.

You share your appointment time with 3-5+ other patients at the same time.

And your treatment sessions may consist of repetitive exercise sets that you typically can do at the gym or on your own, and that aren’t individualized or effective.

This also means that there is minimal objective physical assessment that relates to your goals, so it is very hard to know if you’re actually getting better even though you show up to your appointments and put in the effort to get better!

If you do manage to get some one-on-one time with your therapist - whether it be for hands-on-care or actual consultation about what’s going on with you - it’s often just a quick 20 min. 

The rest of the time, your well-meaning therapist is often staring at their computer because of all the documentation requirements placed on them (just to get paid and keep their jobs). 

The end result… you spend one, two, or even three hours at the clinic each week doing “supervised” exercises that may or may not be addressing your problem.

As this model of care is becoming more and more standard, it’s impossible for the quality of your treatment not to suffer. 

And many folks I speak with say that traditional physical therapy is a “waste of time”.

Worse - when traditional physical therapy does fail - what next?

Literally...where do you go and what are you supposed to do?

Most people go back to their doctors hoping for a different solution. And after the perceived “failure” of physical therapy - the logical next step involves unwanted procedures or surgery. 

But what if you don’t need that? What if quality physical therapy could have fixed your problem - but you just didn’t know what that looked like?

It's important that you understand what quality physical therapy is and isn't - so that you can ultimately advocate for the best treatment - and NOT SETTLE for anything less.

Let’s start with what quality physical therapy is not…

It’s not a bunch of general exercises and ultrasound treatments.

It shouldn’t consist of you riding a bike for 10 min, lying on a hot pack with e-stim for 15 min, and then getting some generalized massage before they send you off on your way.

And most certainly, quality physical therapy does NOT feel cookie cutter or like a waste of time.

Quality physical therapy treatment - on the other hand - is customized, specific, and obvious. 

When you receive quality physical therapy - it’s about so much more than making you feel good  and reducing your present symptoms. 

While of course that’s a byproduct - quality physical therapy treatment should consist of:

1. a proper physical assessment that relates to your goals,

2. a plan that progresses you toward your goals over time, and

3. objective information that removes guessing! 

From there - you should have a clear plan to eliminate and/or get your pain back to something manageable. 

But here’s the most important aspect of your treatment - and what distinguishes quality physical therapy from the regular kind… it’s how things work and function when you’re not at physical therapy. 

In other words - do you always feel good when you leave only for the pain to come back the next day? 

You should leave every visit with a crystal clear path forward. 

It’s critical that you know how to keep your pain gone after your physical therapy is finished as well as prevent it from coming back. 

Generalized, non-individualized exercises won’t be enough to accomplish this.

You need very specific and purposeful treatment - and in a nutshell - that’s what quality physical therapy looks like.

And you know what? It works. 

Physical therapy - When done correctly - 80% of all musculoskeletal problems can be resolved naturally and without procedures or surgery - even without pain pills for that matter.

Sadly, the traditional insurance-based model of physical therapy reimbursement has made the ability to deliver quality physical therapy harder and harder for so many clinics.

So a lot of people lose hope that they can overcome pain and keep doing the things they enjoy because they think they “failed physical therapy” when it was really that physical therapy failed them.

Because of this, we offer a FREE assessment at our Chester, NJ Physical Therapy practice AMP Performance Rehab so that you can gain clarity on why you are experiencing pain… and more importantly a PLAN on what  needs to be done to help you overcome it.

Fill out this quick form and our Client Care Coordinator will reach out to schedule your free assessment with AMP's co-owner and lead doctor of physical therapy, Dr. Monica Moore.

Have you gone to physical therapy before that did NOT help?

If yes, then you are 100% the perfect fit for a FREE assessment at AMP Performance Rehab in Chester, NJ.

Be sure to click this link to apply NOW because we only offer 3 Free assessments per week since our schedule is so busy (we have a waitlist for new patients unless you come into our world through one of these free assessments). Just letting you know because I don't want you to miss out!

To better health!

Dr. Shaun Astorga, PT, DPT, OCS

Founder and Physical Therapist

AMP Performance Rehab
Chester, NJ

Text: 862-500-4735

www.ampperformancerehab.com

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