Often, when I am out in the public living my life and people ask me what I do, I always respond honestly saying, "I am a Physical Therapist." What a person's says next can often be frustrating, humorous, and puzzling at the same time. I will get a variety of questions from people such as, "Oh, you crack backs?" or "So, you do massage?" or the best one is "Ah, your a personal trainer." The answer is NO, NO, NO!
I think the public does not have a great grasp of what a physical therapist is, partly due to the poor marketing efforts of our professional society and that physical therapy is such a diverse field in the health care system that PT is sort of a mystery. Let me see if I can shed a little light on what we do. I encourage you to go to our website or call us to find out more. Our website is www.sstmarin.com and our phone numbers are 415-457-4454 in San Anselmo and 415-898-1311 for Novato. If you want to come in and schedule a free 15 min consultation with us to find out what PT can do for your particular injury or problem, give us a call!!
What is Physical Therapy? The simplest way to describe it is we restore function in people and get people back to their life activities. What does that mean? Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapists are the ONLY healthcare professional that is trained to assess and treat the movement dysfunctions of the musculoskeletal system that typically result in pain and disability and loss of the ability to do what we want to do. We use detailed evaluation techniques to get at the ROOT OF A MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEM with the goals of getting people back in action. We do not just treat pain but by using a variety of techniques, we can get a joint moving better and stronger than it is and help people get back to their sport, activity of life and just simply back to life! Every person is different and needs to be evaluated individually. Modern medicine likes to categorize injuries into groups. We take those "groups" and find out what is really going on and fix it!
We do utilize soft tissue mobilization techniques, joint mobilization techniques and we do prescribe specific exercises to correct problems with movement. By using a combination of these techniques, we have successfully helped over 94% of our patients get back to the life they want to live. Do you have some issues that you know you have needed to address but have put them off, only to find that the problem does not go away? We can help. Go to our website to find out more or give us a call, we are here to help. Call us, we want to help you!
I think the public does not have a great grasp of what a physical therapist is, partly due to the poor marketing efforts of our professional society and that physical therapy is such a diverse field in the health care system that PT is sort of a mystery. Let me see if I can shed a little light on what we do. I encourage you to go to our website or call us to find out more. Our website is www.sstmarin.com and our phone numbers are 415-457-4454 in San Anselmo and 415-898-1311 for Novato. If you want to come in and schedule a free 15 min consultation with us to find out what PT can do for your particular injury or problem, give us a call!!
What is Physical Therapy? The simplest way to describe it is we restore function in people and get people back to their life activities. What does that mean? Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapists are the ONLY healthcare professional that is trained to assess and treat the movement dysfunctions of the musculoskeletal system that typically result in pain and disability and loss of the ability to do what we want to do. We use detailed evaluation techniques to get at the ROOT OF A MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEM with the goals of getting people back in action. We do not just treat pain but by using a variety of techniques, we can get a joint moving better and stronger than it is and help people get back to their sport, activity of life and just simply back to life! Every person is different and needs to be evaluated individually. Modern medicine likes to categorize injuries into groups. We take those "groups" and find out what is really going on and fix it!
We do utilize soft tissue mobilization techniques, joint mobilization techniques and we do prescribe specific exercises to correct problems with movement. By using a combination of these techniques, we have successfully helped over 94% of our patients get back to the life they want to live. Do you have some issues that you know you have needed to address but have put them off, only to find that the problem does not go away? We can help. Go to our website to find out more or give us a call, we are here to help. Call us, we want to help you!
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