What we treat & how

Six specialties. One measured method.

Every condition below is treated by a named licensed physical therapist on a written plan of care, in one-hour sessions, with your baseline measurements re-tested every third visit. Rates for all of it are published at the bottom of this page.

Sports injury Post-surgical Chronic pain Pelvic health Balance & geriatric Return-to-sport Techniques Rates

01 — Sports injury

Sports injury & overuse

Typical plan: 6–10 sessions
Lead therapist: Tomas Ruiz, DPT
Referral needed: No

Hamstring and calf strains, lateral ankle sprains, patellofemoral pain, Achilles and patellar tendinopathy, rotator cuff irritation and tennis elbow. Most of these are load problems rather than damage problems, which is why we test the movement that hurt you before we treat the joint that aches.

A typical course starts with settling symptoms enough to load the tissue, then builds capacity back past where you were when it failed. For runners that usually means gait work on the treadmill alongside strength; for lifters it means fixing the position before adding the plates back.

Hamstring strain
Ankle sprain
Runner's knee
Achilles tendinopathy
Shin splints
Rotator cuff
Tennis elbow
Shoulder impingement

02 — Post-surgical

Post-surgical rehabilitation

Typical plan: 12–24 sessions
Lead therapist: Marguerite Hale, DPT
Referral needed: Surgeon's protocol

ACL and meniscus reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, total knee and total hip replacement, Achilles repair and lumbar decompression. We work from your surgeon's protocol rather than a generic timeline, and we send a progress note back to their office at the end of each phase.

Post-op rehab is the longest work we do — an ACL reconstruction runs roughly nine months across four phases. We write out what each phase has to achieve before the next one starts, so nobody is guessing whether you're ready to run.

ACL reconstruction
Meniscus repair
Rotator cuff repair
Total knee
Total hip
Achilles repair
Lumbar decompression
Shoulder labrum

03 — Chronic pain

Chronic & persistent pain

Typical plan: 10–16 sessions
Lead therapist: Priyanka Venkat, DPT
Referral needed: No

Low back pain, neck pain and headaches lasting longer than three months, plus widespread pain conditions. By this point the tissue has usually healed and the nervous system hasn't caught up, so the work looks different: graded exposure, a load plan you can keep to, and honest education about what hurting does and doesn't mean.

We will not tell you your pain is imaginary, and we will not sell you an endless maintenance plan. If sixteen sessions haven't moved your numbers, we say so and refer you on.

Chronic low back pain
Neck pain
Cervicogenic headache
Sciatica
Widespread pain
Post-injury guarding
Work-related strain

04 — Pelvic health

Pelvic health & perinatal

Typical plan: 6–12 sessions
Lead therapist: Adaeze Okafor, DPT
Referral needed: No

Pre- and postpartum care, stress and urge incontinence, pelvic girdle pain, diastasis recti and return to running after birth. All pelvic-health appointments are in the private room off the east corridor, with a door that locks and gowns available.

Internal assessment is offered, never assumed. Plenty of patients get where they need to go without one, and you can decline at any point in your course of care without it changing your plan.

Postpartum recovery
Stress incontinence
Pelvic girdle pain
Diastasis recti
Return to running
Prenatal strength
Painful intercourse

05 — Balance & geriatric

Balance, vestibular & geriatric

Typical plan: 8–14 sessions
Lead therapist: Priyanka Venkat, DPT
Referral needed: No

Fall prevention, vestibular rehabilitation for BPPV and dizziness, post-fracture strength and general conditioning for adults over 65. We score balance formally at the evaluation and re-score it at discharge, so improvement is documented rather than felt.

A small-group balance class runs Wednesday and Friday mornings for eight patients at a time, led by a therapist. Many patients run it alongside one-to-one sessions in the second half of their plan.

Fall prevention
BPPV / vertigo
Post-fracture strength
Gait retraining
Osteoporosis loading
Post-stroke mobility
Group balance class

06 — Return to sport

Return-to-sport testing

Typical plan: 1–3 sessions
Lead therapist: Marguerite Hale, DPT
Referral needed: No

A standalone battery for athletes who have finished rehab elsewhere and want a second opinion before going back. Single and triple hop for distance, crossover hop, isometric strength ratios on the dynamometer, and a limb-symmetry index calculated across all of it.

You get the raw numbers, a plain-English report and a clear answer. We have told plenty of cleared athletes that their operated leg is still 20% down — every one of them would rather have heard it from us than found out on the field.

Single & triple hop
Crossover hop
Limb symmetry index
Isometric strength ratios
Y-balance
Written report

Techniques

What we actually do in the hour.

Manual therapy buys a window where things move better. Loaded exercise is what makes the change stick. Almost every session at Baseline uses both, in that order.

Close view of a therapist's hands working along a patient's upper back and shoulder blade on a treatment table. — **Soft-tissue work, thoracic spine** — first fifteen minutes of a neck-pain session, before loaded range work.

Joint mobilisation & manipulationGraded passive movement to restore range at a stiff joint, most often the ankle, hip, thoracic spine and shoulder.
Soft-tissue & trigger-point workHands-on release of guarded muscle, used to open a window for the exercise that follows — not as a treatment on its own.
Dry needlingOffered by two of our therapists for persistent muscular trigger points. Always optional, always consented separately.
Progressive loadingIsometrics, heavy-slow resistance and plyometrics, prescribed by phase. This is the part that changes tissue capacity.
Gait & movement retrainingTreadmill and video analysis for runners, plus lifting technique work for anyone whose back complains at the gym.
Vestibular repositioningEpley and related manoeuvres for positional vertigo, usually resolved within one to three visits.

Plan of care

What the written plan contains.

You get this document by email within 24 hours of your evaluation. It's one page, it's dated, and it gets revised at every re-test rather than quietly extended.

Section 01

Your baseline

The measurements taken at the evaluation: range of motion in degrees, strength in kilograms on the dynamometer, a pain score and a function score specific to your problem.

Section 02

Discharge criteria

The numbers you need to hit before we stop, written on day one so they can't drift. For an ACL that's a limb-symmetry index above 90% across four tests.

Section 03

Visit count & phases

How many sessions we expect, split into phases, with what each phase has to achieve before the next one begins. Revised in writing if the re-test says otherwise.

Section 04

Your home program

Two to four exercises, with sets, reps and how they should feel. Updated every visit. Nothing on the list takes more than fifteen minutes a day.

Rates & billing

Published prices. No surprise invoices.

Our cash rates are below. If you're using insurance we'll verify your benefits before your first visit and tell you what your visit will cost — in writing, before you're charged.

Initial evaluation

$185 60 MIN · ONE-TIME

The full assessment: history, movement screen, strength and range-of-motion baseline, and your first set of exercises.

Written plan of care within 24 hours
No physician referral needed to start
Notes sent to your doctor on request

Follow-up session

$140 60 MIN · PER VISIT

One therapist, one room, one hour. Manual therapy, loaded exercise and a re-test every third visit.

Same therapist for your whole plan
Home program updated each visit
Evening slots Tuesday and Thursday

Six-session package

$780 SAVE $60 · PREPAID

For patients paying cash on a defined plan of care. Sessions are valid for six months and transferable within a household.

Works out to $130 per session
Unused sessions refunded on discharge
Return-to-sport testing add-on: $95

Return-to-sport test battery$95Standalone, 45 min, written report included

Group balance class$28Per class, Wed & Fri 9am, max eight patients

Runners' clinic session$110Tuesday evenings, treadmill video gait analysis

Twelve-session package$1,500$125 per session, for post-surgical plans of care

Late cancellation$60Inside 24 hours; waived once per plan of care

Written report for employer or insurer$45Turnaround within three working days

Insurance. We bill most major commercial insurers as an in-network or out-of-network provider, and we are a Medicare-enrolled practice. Coverage varies by plan, so we run a benefits check before your first visit and quote you your expected per-visit cost in writing.

If you're paying cash. The rates above are the rates — there is no separate facility fee, no charge for equipment, and no additional billing for the exercises you take home. Cancellations inside 24 hours are charged at $60.

Book an appointment

Move well again, on a measured plan.

Evaluations are booked within five working days, and there are usually two same-week slots held back for acute injuries. Tell us what happened and we'll find you an hour.

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