Education

Education is a mainstay at Active Alliance Physical Therapy. We believe it is incredibly important for you to know what’s going on in your body and how we plan to help. Here are a few questions that we try to answer with all of the people that we work with:

What’s going on with me? Everyone wants a diagnosis so that they can wrap their head around why they’re dealing with pain or limitations. We explain in clear terms what seems to be causing your symptoms, and make sure that you understand our explanations. The body is a very complex system, and we want you to understand how multiple parts of that system may be factoring into what you’re feeling.
How are you able to help me? We never keep people in the dark on how we are planning to help. We’ll explain how the treatments that we provide relate to your diagnosis, and how we expect them to help.
How can I help myself? We’re glad you asked! We will gladly explain some exercises, habit changes, and/or other strategies that you can be doing on a consistent basis to speed up your recovery. We can do a lot in the clinic, but what you do outside of the clinic has a major impact on your recovery!
How long will this take? We will give you an honest prognosis for how long you will benefit from working with us, and how long it typically takes to meet the goals that you have.
What can I do to keep this from coming back? This is the fun stuff! We love ending our time with a patient by helping them plan out a healthy lifestyle that will minimize the chance of their symptoms coming back. We also love helping people set health and fitness goals that they didn’t believe were possible before coming to see us, and developing a plan to reach those new goals too!

Do you have questions you need answered before coming to see us? Ask here!