Physical Therapy
Physical therapy in Durham, one patient at a time
A full hour with a doctor of physical therapy who holds a board specialty in orthopaedics. The same person evaluates you, treats you, and adjusts the plan.
The question everybody asks first
You do not need a referral
North Carolina has allowed direct access to physical therapy since 1985, so you can come straight to me without an order from a physician. And because I am not billing a payer, there is no plan requiring one either.
If I find something that is not mine to treat, I will tell you and point you toward who can help.
[BEN TO CONFIRM] The state rule is settled. His own intake policy is not. Does he ever require imaging or physician clearance first?
What makes an hour here different
Not a technique. A structure. One person has the whole hour and the whole picture, and the evaluation runs long because that is usually where the answer is.
A thorough evaluation
What patients who have seen other physical therapists tell me most often is that this part was more detailed than what they had before.
An explanation in plain terms
What is driving it and what the imaging does and does not mean. Something you could repeat to your spouse over dinner.
No handoffs
No aides, no assistants, and nothing relayed second-hand between visits.
Where to start
Three places I spend most of my time
In-home physical therapy
Or I come to you
Some problems are better solved in the room where they happen: your stairs, your kitchen, the chair you get out of every morning. I treat at the Levin JCC in Durham and travel across the Triangle.
Durham · Chapel Hill · Raleigh · Hillsborough
Start with a conversation
Tell me what is going on and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person to help.