Physical Therapy
Sakash Health and Wellness (SHW) takes a specialized and holistic approach to your recovery, resilience, and longevity. We do not believe that getting older means that you have to accept stiffness, pain, or limitations. We believe that the human body when asked in the “right” way, will respond, recover, and evolve, giving you more freedom of movement and a fuller life experience in your aging years. As an out of network provider we have the ability to integrate all treatment options into your care and to work with you until you fully recover. You will never be discharged because you are out of visits nor limited in treatment options because it isn’t covered.
Our physical therapists work one to one with our patients and focus all of our attention, time, and energy on you. A physical therapist is the expert in the industry when it comes to movement assessment and diagnosis. Therefore they should be the ones to take you through your treatment; providing hands-on manual therapy and assessing your movement and form as you perform your exercises.
At your first visit, your physical therapist will complete an extensive evaluation, spending a considerable amount of time getting to know you - your past and present life experiences, your medical history, and what you hope to achieve and regain in your life. Your physical therapist will use this information to design and implement a plan of care that will include specialized manual therapies, Pilates and traditional exercise prescription, movement education, and mindset and lifestyle coaching to help you to achieve your goals. This plan of care will be implemented through a series of follow up visits.
SHW does not follow an automatic frequency and duration that many physical therapy businesses and insurances require. The frequency and duration at of your time with us is determined visit by visit in alignment with your progress; based on your history, your ability to achieve symptom control (when present), your individual goals, and the promotion of your longevity and freedom of movement through a consistent home practice.
Initial Evaluation
This is a holistic and comprehensive musculoskeletal assessment that establishes your current level of physical health. Your physical therapist will talk with you about your history as a person as well as the history of your injury. After talking, skilled tests and measures will be performed to look at your strength, mobility, flexibility, posture, movement patterning and control, balance, and endurance. An initial evaluation is imperative so that your physical therapist can understand all of the factors that are contributing to your pain or loss of function, not just your symptoms. This evaluation will allow the therapist to establish a physical therapy diagnosis to guide the plan of care so that you can efficiently and effectively reach your goals.
Revisit
Following the initial evaluation, a plan of care will be established that will address the deficits identified in the evaluation and your individual needs and goals. These sessions may include manual therapies, modalities, Pilates-based therapeutic exercise, traditional and functional strength training, neuromuscular reeducation, mindset and lifestyle coaching, and instruction in a home program. Frequency and duration of treatments will be based on your progress at each visit. This can be influenced by your body’s ability to heal and respond to treatment, compliance to your prescribed home program, and the ability to prioritize and maintain consistency in the treatment plan prescribed. We know that every individual, even with the same diagnosis, is not the same when it comes to healing. Therefore we will not prescribe a cookbook plan of care of 2x/week for 6-8 weeks. Instead you will be reassessed at every visit and proceed accordingly.