Energize Physio operates outside of the confinement of insurance. Insurance companies often restrict services to one body part and do not value prevention and performance. We use a 100% customized approach for our patients where we spend 1:1 time during your entire session and teach you how to manage your condition independently, rather than being stuck with an endless amount of follow up visits. This results in a much higher quality of care and saves you time and unnecessary copays. We are able to provide documentation for you to submit to your insurance directly for an out of network claim. Please contact your insurance to inquire about your benefits.

Yes! Physical Therapy is a medical service, so we do accept HSA cards.

Spinal Manipulations (aka Spinal Adjustments) are a shared procedure between many healthcare professionals; however, the clinical reasoning in performing the techniques are dramatically different between professions. If you are appropriate for this treatment approach, it will be one component of a comprehensive treatment program which may also include functional exercise, dry needling, and a variety of additional manual therapy techniques.

Dry needling is a highly effective treatment technique used by physical therapists worldwide to treat acute and chronic orthopedic and neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Dry needling involves the insertion of small filament type needles into myofascial trigger points, tendons, ligaments, or near bones or nerves to stimulate a healing response and permanently reduce pain and dysfunction. Dry needling is highly effective for many conditions including the treatment of arthritis, chronic pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, plantar fasciitis, headaches, golfers’ elbow and tennis elbow, sciatica, TMJ, Achilles tendonitis, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy, and many more.

While both Dry needling and Acupuncture both use thin filament type needles; the ideology and theoretical backgrounds are very different. Dry Needling is based on Western medical research and principles, whereas acupuncture is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine in which the purpose is to alter the flow of energy (“Qi”) along traditional Chinese meridians for the treatment of diseases. In acupuncture, needles are typically placed along meridians whereas in Dry needling needles are placed based on anatomy – targeting muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones or near nerves. Dry needling is a modern intervention technique which is science-based and rooted in anatomy. Dry needling is used for the treatment of pain and dysfunction in neuromusculoskeletal conditions throughout the body.

Each patient describes the processes of being needled differently. Depending on what tissues are being treated; the sensation will feel different. If Dry needling is recommended for you, I will make sure you know what to expect from the exact technique we plan to use to treat your condition. Quite frequently, patients report not feeling the needle being inserted at all; there are sometimes where there is a more sensitive spot and a mild discomfort in noted. The nice thing is, due to the mechanisms of how Dry needling works, any discomfort will typically resolve within a few seconds. To get the best benefits of Dry needling, you actually want to feel a mild discomfort when we stimulate the needles – most patients describe this as a mild warmth, tightness, ache. This only needs to be mild and will resolve within a few seconds sue to the biochemical and neurophysiological responses to the needling technique. Feeling that mild discomfort is what stimulates your body to respond with all of the incredible pain-relieving and healing responses (see below for more information). You may also experience what is called the local twitch response (LTR), this is a small (local) involuntary muscle contraction and means that we are positively affecting the desired tissue.

The easier we can get to the problem areas the better we can assess and treat you.