FAQs
Visit Logistics
Our physical therapy sessions will require a private, quiet place large enough to set up a portable massage table. Depending on the body region you are seeking treatment for, loose fitting clothing that allows the region to be easily accessible is recommended. (ie. tank top is recommended for upper extremity injuries, shorts are recommended for lower extremity injuries).
Each initial evaluation is typically 1 hour in length. During your initial evaluation we will discuss at length your reasons for seeking physical therapy, including details about your pain, injury, and goals. We will then perform a detailed global movement assessment and local exam to assess not only the source of your pain, but the CAUSE of your pain and how we can address it correctly the first time! Finally, we will dive into treatment, which can include manual therapy, dry needling, exercise, etc. By the end of your initial evaluation you will have a clear idea of what is causing your pain or dysfunction AND how we are going to fix it with an individualized treatment plan that focuses on your unique goals, needs, and aspirations.
Each follow up visit is also 1 hour in length. You will be working one on one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy for the entire visit. Each visit typically includes a manual therapy and exercise portion geared towards your specific goals, sports, and activities. Interventions utilized during your follow up visits will depend on the specific goal(s) of each individual session.
If you are seeking physical therapy for a pelvic health concern, or if your therapist believes the pelvic floor is involved in your primary complaint, you have the option to participate in an internal assessment of the pelvic floor. An internal assessment can be incredibly helpful in determining how your pelvic floor is functioning, what your coordination looks like, how strong your pelvic floor is, and what muscles may be involved in your pain or concern. Since the muscles of the pelvic floor are not visible from the outside, being able to assess and treat this muscle group internally is invaluable in reaching a well-informed diagnosis and treatment plan.
Your therapist will talk in detail about how an internal assessment is performed and what it entails before any assessment or treatment is administered. If you do not wish to participate in an internal assessment or treatment, your therapist will stick strictly to external evaluation and treatment.
Treatment Details
In general, the quicker you receive treatment following an injury, the quicker the issue will be resolved. When you sustain an injury, your movement system adapts to keep you functioning in the ways that are necessary to go about life’s activities. This might mean you adapt your movement to avoid pain (ie. limping to avoid putting weight through a painful ankle), to make up for weakness (ie. overusing muscles to “make up for” weakness elsewhere), or to make up for lack of mobility (ie. putting stress on your low back because your hips are stiff). These adaptations to movement will begin to cause long-term dysfunction if not addressed early.
Our goal at Revitalize Athletics is to keep you active, healthy, and living life! We want all of our clients to be able to participate in their sport and/or activities they love DESPITE pain, injury, and/or movement dysfunction. That being said, depending on the injury, sometimes modification of activity is necessary to allow the injured region to rest and heal. Most of the time, this does not mean completely stopping your activities, but it may mean changing how you participate in your activities for a brief period until the root cause of your problem is addressed.
At Revitalize Athletics, we believe in not only resolving the injury/pain you are seeing us for, but also in treating dysfunction found throughout the entire movement system to prevent future injury. All too often, traditional physical therapy services focus on addressing the clients’ pain and/or injury directly. They focus on treating the SOURCE. Maybe they briefly address dysfunction in the immediately adjacent body regions or joints, but that is where treatment ends. What happens then? You, the client, feel fantastic for a month, a couple months, or if you’re lucky, a year. Then what? You may re-aggravate your old injury or sustain a different injury all together. Why? Because the physical therapy services you were receiving focused solely on the SOURCE of the pain, not getting down to the CAUSE of the pain. We do things differently. We treat the movement system as a whole, because we understand the movement system is composed of interlinking components from the top of the head, to the tips of the toes. Body regions do not function in a vacuum, but rather, function in a synchrony with all other regions up and down the movement chain. We’re in the business of optimizing movement to keep you healthy for the long term!
Payment Details
Payment will be collected at the time of service.
We accept credit card, cash, or check. You will be prompted to input credit card information with your online intake forms and your card will be automatically charged at the time of service. If you wish to pay with cash, check, or a card that is different from the one we have on file, please let your therapist know at the start of the visit.
We are based out of north Lakewood, but do travel throughout the West Denver Metro area. To combat travel expenses, a travel surcharge may apply to your visits depending on your location. Please contact us to inquire about whether or not travel surcharges will apply to you.
Insurance
The care that you receive at Revitalize Athletics is covered by your out-of-network benefits. While we do not bill insurance directly, we can provide a detailed superbill receipt that you can send to your insurance company (if you choose) to be reimbursed directly.
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