From acute sports injuries and surgical recoveries to long-standing spinal issues and vertigo, our licensed therapists provide focused, evidence-based care in San Francisco.
Lumbar sprains/strains, facet joint arthritis, degenerative disc disease, and core mechanical stability deficits.
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Our Approach:
Spinal mobilizations, hip mobility drills, progressive glute and transverse abdominis strengthening, and safe lifting mechanics.
Compression or irritation of the sciatic nerve roots in the lower lumbar spine, causing sharp radiating leg pain.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT / McKenzie method), extension directional exercises, and core motor control.
Herniated cervical discs, facet joint irritation, pinched nerves causing pain radiating down the arm, and tech neck.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Cervical traction, neural gliding, deep neck flexor strengthening, manual facet mobilizations, and ergonomic posture re-education.
Acute muscle strains, ligament sprains, running overuse injuries, and movement deficiencies in competitive and recreational athletes.
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Our Approach:
Kinetic chain movement screening, video running gait analysis, progressive eccentric loading, plyometrics, and return-to-sport testing.
Runner's knee, IT band friction syndrome, patellar tendonitis, and non-surgical meniscus or collateral ligament sprains.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Quadriceps & hip abductor strengthening, patellar mobilization, single-leg stability training, and running mechanics optimization.
Swimmer's shoulder, overhead throwing strains, subacromial bursitis, and rotator cuff tendonitis from repetitive sports demands.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Scapular stabilization, dynamic rotator cuff loading, joint capsule mobilizations, and overhead sports kinematics.
Specialized pre-habilitation ('pre-hab') and post-surgical rehabilitation following ACL, PCL, MCL, and meniscus repairs or resections.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Early extension restoration, swelling control, quad reactivation, neuromuscular gait re-education, and return-to-sport testing.
Protocol-aligned recovery for arthroscopic or open rotator cuff repairs, SLAP labrum repairs, and subacromial decompressions.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Surgeon-specific passive range-of-motion progressions, gentle scapular setting, active-assisted elevation, and graded rotator cuff loading.
Restoration of independent mobility, walking endurance, and joint range of motion after elective total knee or hip replacement.
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Our Approach:
Knee flexion/extension range optimization, hip abductor strengthening, scar tissue mobilization, and progressive functional gait training.
Femoroacetabular impingement, labral fraying, trochanteric bursitis, and deep pelvic/hip movement restrictions.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Hip capsule mobilizations, pelvic stability drills, core integration, and biomechanical squat modification.
Heel pain upon morning steps, chronic Achilles stiffness, recurrent lateral ankle sprains, and arch instability.
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Calf and intrinsic foot strengthening, high-load eccentric tendon loading, foot mechanics, and ankle joint mobilizations.
Cartilage wear in weight-bearing joints including knees, hips, and thumbs, causing stiffness and loss of daily mobility.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Joint distraction, non-weight bearing range of motion, progressive low-impact resistance training, and cartilage preservation.
Median nerve compression, tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), and wrist strain from computer and manual work.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Nerve gliding exercises, myofascial release, wrist splinting recommendations, and workstation ergonomic setup.
Displaced calcium carbonate crystals in inner ear canals causing sudden rotational spinning upon head movement and imbalance.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Dix-Hallpike diagnostic testing, canalith repositioning (Epley / Semont maneuvers), and vestibular gaze stabilization retraining.
Headaches originating from mechanical restrictions in the upper neck vertebrae (C1-C3), occipital nerves, and postural muscle tension.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Manual suboccipital release, cervical spine mobilization, postural retraining, and workstation ergonomics.
Temporomandibular joint disc displacement, jaw popping, masseter muscle spasms, and clenching/grinding pain.
Common Symptoms:
Our Approach:
Intraoral and extraoral pterygoid/masseter release, gentle TMJ joint distraction, postural retraining, and coordinated jaw opening mechanics.
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