At traditional facilities patients often lack continuity of having one therapist throughout the course of their treatment who knows and is familiar with their injury and recovery process. The physical therapist who performs the evaluation is not always the clinician that works with the patient through the course of his/her rehabilitation. In rare cases when treatment is individualized, sessions are much shorter then necessary and care suffers. The use of PT assistants and aids during sessions are frequently the norm rather then the exception. Modalities such as heat, ultrasound, ice and electrical stimulation (TENS, E-Stim) are readily used, even when not necessary. This takes away valuable hands-on time when a therapist should otherwise be spending with a patient. Insurance companies dictate how and when physical therapy is modified or completed, not the therapist who should know the case best and works with the patient exclusively.
Total Physical Therapy has been able to successfully provide complete, exclusive and premium services for the past 10 years where they:
- Take time and listen to their patients
- Explain the process before and during treatment sessions each and every time
- Empower the patient through education and understanding of their condition prior to treatment
- Explain why the patient is doing an exercise and the impact/consequence of that exercise on the condition
- Hold their patients accountable for their part in the process in order to ensure long-term benefits
- Makes sure there are never any questions left unanswered