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Treatment

Six programs, one screening standard

Whatever brings you in, the first visit is the same: forty-five minutes of measuring before anyone decides what the plan should be. Tap a program to see what the weeks look like.

Therapist measuring a patient's shoulder range of motion with a goniometer
Every program is re-measured every third visit, and you see the numbers.

Post-operative orthopedic rehabilitation

Knee and hip replacements, rotator cuff repairs, ACL reconstructions, ankle fixations. We work from the surgeon's protocol and add load only when the joint has earned it.

  • Weeks 1–3: swelling control, protected range, quadriceps or cuff activation
  • Weeks 4–8: closed-chain strength, gait retraining, stair mechanics
  • Weeks 9+: loaded progression and the tests your surgeon wants to see
  • Typical course: 8–14 weeks, two visits a week tapering to one

Back, neck and sciatic pain

For pain that has outlasted rest and anti-inflammatories. We find which direction of movement calms the symptom, then build tolerance in that direction before adding load.

  • Directional testing for disc, joint and nerve-root patterns
  • Manual therapy and traction where it genuinely changes the exam
  • Hip and trunk strengthening so the spine stops taking the whole load
  • Desk, truck-cab and flight-line setups reviewed with you

Sports and overuse injuries

Runners' knees, thrower's shoulders, tendon pain that flares every season. Rest is rarely the answer; graded load almost always is.

  • Video gait or throwing review, slowed down and explained
  • Tendon loading schedules with weekly volume targets
  • Return-to-play testing before a coach clears you, not after
  • Off-season strength plan handed to you in writing

Balance, gait and strength after 60

For the near-miss on the stairs, the cane you would rather not need, or recovery after an illness took the legs out from under you.

  • Standardised fall-risk testing at the start and every third visit
  • Vestibular screening when dizziness is part of the picture
  • Sit-to-stand and step strength trained with actual weight
  • Home-safety notes for thresholds, rugs and bathrooms

Manual therapy and dry needling

Hands-on work is a tool, not the treatment. It buys range and calms a guarded muscle so the strengthening part of the visit is worth doing.

  • Joint mobilisation and soft-tissue work by a licensed PT
  • Trigger-point dry needling for stubborn guarding
  • Cupping and instrument-assisted work where scar tissue limits glide
  • Always paired with loading in the same visit

Work-injury reconditioning

Lifting, climbing and flight-line jobs around Houston County need a return-to-duty standard, not a vague clearance. We build to the real task.

  • Job-demand analysis from your own description of the shift
  • Progressive lifting, carrying and overhead tolerance work
  • Written status notes for employers and case managers
  • Discharge tested against your actual duty requirements

What a visit costs

We file most major plans, including Medicare and TRICARE, and the front desk verifies your visit coverage before the first appointment so the number is not a surprise. Cash-pay rates are flat: $140 for the initial evaluation, $95 per follow-up, with a discount when a block of visits is paid up front.

Georgia allows direct access, so you can start without a physician referral. If your plan needs one, tell us at booking and we will chase the paperwork for you.

Ask about your plan

Still deciding which program fits?

Describe the injury on the phone. If physical therapy is not the right first step, we will say so and point you somewhere useful.