At Baytide Health we pride ourselves on working differently than your average physical therapy office.
We bring therapy to you! Whether that be at your home, your office or your gym, we want to make getting therapy as easy as possible. We treat all our clients in exclusive one on one appointments, each lasting one hour to ensure you get better faster. Our sole focus is on getting you better- we never treat several patients at once. Additionally by being a private pay practice, we can do what we need to get you better, not what insurance approves.
Lets walk through the process from start to finish....
So, your experiencing some discomfort, something is not moving well or your not feeling “right” in your shoulder, elbow, wrist or hand. You know exactly who to reach out to- You sent a message to Baytide Health, obviously! So what happens now?
We set up a call to chat with you over the phone. We want to know everything you have been experiencing. We want to make sure we are the right people to help you. If we arn't, we point you in the right direction. Once we feel like we are a good fit for each other we will schedule an in person appointment at the location of your choice in just the next few days.
Fast forward a few days, to your appointment- we arrive at your home/office/gym/location of your choice. You and your therapist will go over your history and make sure everything is covered. We want to know what your experiencing, what treatment or surgeries you have had in the past, if you have tried traditional therapy and most importantly your goals. What do you want to focus on in treatment?
Next we talk about symptoms-
Where is the most pain?
What activities make it worse?
What’s your pain on a scale of 1-10 at rest? What about with activity?
Does the pain wake you up at night? Is it worse in the morning?
Do you experience symptoms all day or only sometimes?
Is reaching overhead painful?
Do you get tingling or numbness?
How’s your grip strength?
Do you get neck pain or headaches?
How are you doing getting dressed?
Are you able to work or participate in your hobbies?
What frustrates you the most with your current limitations?
Then we will move on to measurements- we will test range of motion and strength on both sides of your body to see where your deficits are and what we need to work on improving. We will feel around your muscles and joints to assess any tightness, laxity, stiffness or hyper-mobility. We also complete "special testing" which are tests for specific diagnosis to tell us a little more about whats going on.
Next we will talk about a treatment plan- we are treating you and your body- we want to know what YOU want! This is where we significant differ from insurance based physical therapy: in a traditional setting, therapists have to work on what insurance feels is most important- at Baytide Health you are in control: Want to focus on regaining strength at the gym? Want to be able to sleep through the night? Lift your grandkids? Sounds great! Lets do it!
Then the fun starts- on day one we start with actual treatment! We will go over exercises that will help you and teach you how to properly do them so that you can keep working on it even when we aren’t there. If needed we can do massage or cupping to help release tight muscles and gain you motion. Maybe you need to be taped up to support or inhibit certain muscles? Sure! Work place ergonomic assessment? Yep. Adaptive equipment ideas? Of course!
We love heavily educating our clients so that they know more about their bodies, their injuries and why they are experiencing their pain. We leave every client with a custom home exercise plan which we email to you so you can keep making gains on your own. Once you are a client you have our number- text or call us at any time with questions or concerns. Home exercises not feeling right today? Text us! New symptoms or need an appointment? Reach out!
Follow up appointments are up to you! We want to see you as long as you feel like it is beneficial- maybe that’s every week, every other week, once a month or just a tune up a few times a year. You tell us.
At Baytide Health we want you in the drivers seat. We help our clients be in control of their health and the treatment they receive. Your health and function should be a priority. Let us help you feel better in the easiest way possible.
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