PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES
• Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
• Sports Injuries
• Return to Sport Training
• Manual Therapy
• Neck and Back Pain
• Work Injuries
• Dry Needling (May 2015)
• Custom Foot Orthotics
• Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA)
• Rock Taping/Kinesiotaping
MISSION STATEMENT:
It is our goal to provide you with the same level of care you provide to the people of Denver. We will strive to provide unsurpassed customer service in a kind, compassionate and fun environment. It is our heartfelt belief that it is a privilege to be allowed to assist you in achieving your goals. It is imperative that you also commit to taking an active role in achieving those goals. We will do our best to accommodate your busy schedule, and we refuse to allow any schedule limitations to interfere with the care you deserve. We vow to work as a team to utilize all of our expertise and resources to help you restore your body’s function, maximize your performance, and prevent further injury.
You do not need a referral from a physician for our physical therapy services. Often times, it makes sense to come to us directly as we are usually much more educated regarding musculoskeletal injuries (including neck and back pain), than most family physicians and general pediatricians.
You will need a physical therapy prescription from an occupational medicine physician for workman’s compensation services (Centura or COSH).
WHAT TO EXPECT:
After calling and scheduling an appointment, please arrive 10 to 15 minutes prior to your first appointment, which will be an Initial Evaluation performed by a physical therapist. (Our paperwork can be printed off online if you would like to bring in your forms already filled out).
Please wear non-restrictive clothing that allows us both visual and physical access to your injured body part. I.E.: Shorts for hip, knee, ankle injuries or for example a jog bra or loose fitting T-shirt for a shoulder or neck injury. Please wear or bring appropriate and CLEAN shoes (with orthotics if you already have them). You are welcome to change out of your work clothes upon arriving or into your work clothes when your appointment is over
Then a physical therapist will perform a comprehensive initial evaluation which will include the following:
Extensive Subjective History
Comprehensive Physical Examination
Thorough explanation of your pathology, prognosis and our plan to help you achieve your goals
Initiation of manual therapy
Instruction in your initial exercises to be performed at home between visits
If you have a busy schedule, it is a very good idea to schedule out your subsequent appointments well ahead of time to ensure that you get to see the clinician you desire and to get the time slots that work best with your hectic life schedule.
There is a possibility that after your initial evaluation, pending our findings, we may recommend that you see another medical professional for further testing.
In order to cancel appointments please give us a phone call 24 hours prior to our scheduled time. We are booked out two weeks in advance and our morning appointments are most popular. We offer one on one time with our physical therapy staff for 45-60 minutes and often more as needed. This is unheard of in most physical therapy clinics. Although we have this liberty if patients are not keeping their appointments it has a negative impact on our productivity and can affect our ability to do this. This clinic is a community resource for the Denver Fire Department and we want to encourage responsible appointment scheduling so that other patients on the schedule are not impacted by late cancelations. Thank you for understanding, as this ultimately benefits you.
We understand that being injured is a miserable experience that can often interfere with work, recreational activities, and sports that you are passionate about and that may be even your main outlet for stress management. Runners are not happy when they can’t run without pain and weight lifters are not happy if they can’t lift without pain. Whether you are an elite athlete with competitive aspirations or a grandparent who just wants to be able to golf without pain shooting down your leg, we will do our best not only to abolish your pain, but also to help ensure it does not return in the future. Most clients leave our facility on their last day in better shape than even before they sustained their injury.