Very, very, very sick "therapist". The one small therapist, Christian or Christopher, tried to touch me multiple times against my will. read more

I've been going to Alliance Physical Therapy (Fairfax) for several months and I can't say enough good things about my experiences and treatment here. I've never been in physical therapy a day before in my life, so I was nervous and not sure what to expect. I was sent to PT by an orthopedic doctor after I sought help for chronic lower back pain. I've dealt with it for 5-6 years but a 100% telework schedule due to COVID kicked it into high gear. It was debilitating and got to the point where I would just lay down and cry because of how much it hurt. They've done a great job of making patients feel safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone wears masks and hand sanitizer is widely available throughout the office. The front desk has an acrylic partition and they're great about using hand sanitizer when they collect your payment. All the staff are constantly cleaning equipment. Now, onto the physical therapists themselves. I first met with Dr. Hiral Naik. She did my initial assessment and then gave me some at-home exercises to keep up on. She then gave me a deep-tissue massage which HURT but I felt great afterwards. I had no idea I had so much tension. I started working with Dr. Josh Summers after that. He's a fantastic instructor and got me working on a regular round of exercises at the office. I'm now more aware of my body and know how to work out safely. Form is everything! Dr. Rachel Odom is now my regular PT and let me tell you - she changed my life. During our first session together, she identified issues with my hip/pelvis alignment and corrected it. This whole time, I thought I had issues with my spine!! The relief was immediate and I spent the rest of my week gliding around, amazed that I was no longer in debilitating pain. I see Rachel regularly now, once per week, and she's great about regulating my pain, guiding me through new exercises to strengthen my muscles, and follow-through on what I'm doing at home. Posture, stretching, minding your alignment, and strengthening. Everyone has always been friendly, professional, and they genuinely care about your pain management and health. For years, my friends and coworkers were saying that I was exaggerating my pain or that I was "too young" to have back pain. Josh and Rachel immediately knew something was wrong. It was incredibly validating to know that I wasn't crazy and that yes, my pain really was that bad. They have done everything in their power (and continue to!) to treat me. I have a long way to go before I think I can graduate from PT but my qualify of life is so much better. My pain is now at a manageable level and I'm more aware of my body than I was before. Scheduling my appointments are easy - the front desk staff has always been friendly (Chris and Tammy). I have a weekly standing appointment and regularly receive text message reminders. I pay up-front, sign, and schedule my appointment for the following week then and there. The location is super easy to get to and parking is plentiful. Be aware of tight corners around the parking garage, it can get a little crowded during peak hours. Overall, can't recommend this place enough! read more

Best PT I've received in my life. I've seen 3-5 different PTs & Chiros for my shoulder pain and I can't say enough about the quality of care I have received from Alliance Physical Therapy. I'm a 4.5 tennis player and have been dealing with severe shoulder and elbow pains during the past several months. Been taking 600mg of Ibuprofen before going to bed because I kept on waking up from shoulder pain and arm numbness... but after a few hours, I still struggled to find a good night of sleep. I changed rackets several times, grips, ways to stretch, etc. but nothing worked. Then finally met Rachel and Magda at APT. Not sure if you've experience relief from just talking to someone who understands your pain but Rachel knew exactly how I felt and where the problem was. She squeezed several trigger points from my forearm, biceps, shoulder, neck, and back to identify the problem. She introduced me to dry needling, which at first, sounded intimidating so she took the time to explain the process thoroughly. After the first session of dry needling, I felt sore for a few days as if I had been lifting heavy weights but realized soon enough that the initial pain from the tight muscles and sensitive nerves were nearly gone. Rachel's confidence and skills were clearly validated by how my shoulder feels now and I cannot thank her enough. I've also been seeing Magda who has been performing manual therapy on the same parts of my upper body and those sessions have really changed the quality of my sleeps. I used to wake up 2-3 times at night because of this horrible pain and that is now history. All the other staff members are constantly working hard while keeping a high quality of care for their patients (shout out to Gabby). APT has redefined therapy for me. Thank you! read more

I just want to say a big thank you to all the staff. I remember coming in with so much pain. I thought I was hopeless and felt like I wasn't getting better, but with time and following instructions during Physical therapy and implementing instructions outside of physical therapy, I started to see improvement. These physical therapists are masters of their craft. I want to thank Dan, Ben, Stephanie, and Tammy for all the hard work they have put in to help me get better. I was coming in 3 days each week for 6 months. I worked mostly with Stephanie and Ben, they both are awesome! Dan is the man! Everyone was awesome, nice, cool, and fun to talk to. Even though it took 6 months to get better, but when you have nerve damage at, that's what it takes to get better. I'm so thankful and grateful. read more

I have been going to Alliance Fairfax for about seven months now and have nothing but wonderful things to say about everyone there. I have used almost all the therapists, Josh, Herol, Magda, and Kelly and Tammy regularly help me out. This group is really the best. They have helped bring me back to a manageable shoulder situation after I had worked for months without being able to lower the pain. Now, I finally feel like I am getting to a place where my shoulder is functional and I wont have to deal with a chronic issue like I thought I would have to. I have started being able to get back to physical activity without any pain or struggles. One of my favorite thing is that they use ALL the tools, manual therapy, stretching, machines, cupping, electric stimulation, really I feel like they give me all the magic that I could need to heal my body. I am also always impressed with their knowledge and ability to answer my questions about why they are doing one thing and how that impacts my body. Ive also always appreciated their willingness to work with me on my own schedule and their nonchalance at me sometimes having to bring in my kids with me to therapy. They also have been able to help my husband with his back with a chiropractor that is readily available. Really, i have nothing but fantastic things to say. Thank you! read more

Dr Rachel Odom could be a private medical provider for the stars or senators or Olympian's or billionaires only and make a killing. She is THAT good. She is the best medical provider I have had throughout a traumatic experience of developing two rare physically debilitating diseases since March: Parsonage Turner Syndrome & Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. I was an otherwise healthy young attorney before I got struck by lightning with these diseases in March after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. Rachel is excellence embodied. In the beginning of the onset of my diseases, I went to more than ten medical doctors and three physical therapy places (including Ortho Virginia and Ortho Bethesda, GW specialists, Inova specialists, Inova ER). Rachel examined me in my first Evaluation and knew I had elevated ribs and thoracic outlet syndrome, and muscle spasms and nerve pain all over my back, shoulder, arms, and hands. All the highly rated doctors I saw in the DMV area just did their narrow tests and kicked me to the next specialist and said oh well, there's nothing I can do. It was outrageous. One orthopedic surgeon who Rachel was kind enough to speak to on the phone and give her recommendations to dismissed both of us and said that that me having TOS would be the chances of one in so many thousands, and he refused to prescribe me flexeril which would target muscle spasms but instead just gave me unhelpful Valium. Guess what? I was that one in many thousands. Months later he acknowledged that and apologized. In my experience, Rachel knows better than the "medical doctors". I was misdiagnosed and ignored again and again. I had all the privilege in the world to have great insurance to keep going to top doctors to help me but none of them did. Only Rachel Odom felt my body, examined it with the utmost care and attention to detail, and knew what the hell was going on and how *SERIOUS* it was immediately. She NAILED IT from the FIRST evaluation. Everyone else poo pooed me for months during the acute stage of my sickness. Studies show that if I DIDNT receive the right therapies/treatments from the beginning I could have lost my ability to move my arms and my muscles could have atrophied. I didn't get prescription relief until May, when I had to fly to Miami to see a neurologist specialist who reviewed all of Rachel's notes, and did agree with Rachel's medicine prescription recommendations, and diagnosed me properly for the Parsonage Turner Syndrome as well. Through it all, Rachel's physical therapy and *DRY NEEDLING* gave me the relief to survive. I don't use "survive" lightly. She is a former marine and she is strong and grounded as hell. If you are a man - fear not - Rachel is so strong and she has so many male clients literally lined up waiting to see her. She balances empathy and compassion with strength and pushing you to strengthen yourself. She knew I was capable of mentally being able to handle my pain and calm my body down despite the agonizing pain so that she could needle me in the areas that needed relief. At first, she couldn't even touch me without me crying. She would coach me through calming down and breathing, surrendering to my situation, reminding me that the more emotional I became, the tighter my muscles would tense, the more pain I would be in. The dry needling was something I never heard of but I trusted her to do it in all of the places she saw fit and I always felt a release and my body always felt so much better. She even needled the scalenes in my neck and the base of my head- everywhere- though I am a risk averse attorney. At this point I've had hundreds of dry needles and trigger point releases. I trust Rachel with my body because she 100% knows what she is doing. I would text my family that "Rachel did it again!" after every session where she would revive me from the dead hell I was in. And I still do after two dry needling/PT sessions a week as I am still in recovery. I cannot overstate Rachel's excellence and her knowledge of anatomy. She knows how everything connects- even in places you wouldn't expect to affect other places. When you've been through the level of pain I've been through, and continue to live and work through a debilitating disease every day of your life, you can't explain to others how valuable relief of pain and progress really is. Rachel looked me in the eye in the toughest part of my life and held onto my hand and told me I was going to make it through. I believed her and kept box breathing through the agonizing pain because she was there with me directing me through it all. She released tension and pain in my body again and again and again and again. Every session. She listened and adjusted and focused on different areas to let them release. If it weren't for her, I don't know what I would've done. She has been my rock in my recovery and I am forever indebted to her. For healing, there is no better person in the world than Rachel Odom. Take it from me. read more

I've had nothing but great care from Alliance Physical Therapy in Falls Church. Over the years, I've seen them for a few different problems, and during that time I've worked with three different therapists and they were all thoughtful and professional and worked as well with my doctors office as they did with me, which is much appreciated. I changed insurance in the middle of my treatment, and the front desk staff made that process remarkably painless. I highly recommend them. read more

I just tried to make an appointment to get my daughter and occupational therapy appointment with Alliance Physical Therapy in Fairfax, VA. I called 703-205-1919. I was asked what kind of insurance I have. We have primary BCBS and my child with a disability has secondary Medicaid which we did not even plan to use. I was told my daughter cannot be seen there since she has the secondary Medicaid EVEN if we don't plan to use it. She is being discriminated against because of her secondary type of insurance related to her disability. Lousy business policy and one I will look into further via state and federal regulators. read more

I have a chronic pain issue and am in constant pain. I have been to physical therapists since I was 7 years old and I am now 23. Never before have I had such an amazing experience with a physical therapist. I have been a patient here since August and it is currently November and I go twice a week. Ben has been the only one to ever use Traction on me to help with my joint alignment and he is continuously trying to new exercises to make me feel better. I leave every appointment feeling a bit sore, but also 100x better than when I went in because for a solid two days, I don't have anywhere near as much pain as when I first come in. He is a great listener, he remembers where I have my pain, he works hard to use the best approach for my body, and he also teaches me exercises and stretches to manage my pain between appointments. I trust him so much and I have continuously recommended him to friends. The front desk is amazing, the atmosphere is inviting, and the scheduling is quick and painless. They are also extremely flexible. Some days, I wake up and I can't make it to PT because of my chronic pain and I am able to reschedule without penalty, or even move an appointment the same day. Overall, I couldn't recommend this place often enough. read more

One negative that is the therapist cannot focus on you only, he might train other people and lose the concentrate on you. However, this place helped me recover my knee and ankle injury. The therapist is well trained and he knows what exactly is he doing.Also you can simply find the great time for your schedule. So far, I would recommend you to go and try their therapy. read more

Strengths: flexible scheduling for appointments, friendly front desk staff and highly competent therapists (Kashaf was my therapist and he was awesome), clinical atmosphere is spacious and inviting, exercise equipment is beneficial and easy to use. Weaknesses: none, unless you count hard working therapists and staff a weakness. read more

Both OT and PT works well with a variety of conditions. They will try to understand exactly what you need, and then create therapies for you. read more

Really nice young staff, and easy to schedule appointments--but not a very knowledgeable staff when it comes to knee injuries. The therapist I received was unfamiliar with my surgery (ACL reconstruction with hamstring graft) saying she'd never heard of some one choosing a hamstring graft, only heard of the patella graft. It made me uncomfortable and I decided not to go back but they may be more knowledgeable on other types of issues. read more

If you want a place where someone micromanaged you from the first visit till months later, then this probably isn't the place for you. What I love about this PT is they stick with you every step of the way till about a few weeks out and then let you guide yourself through the exercises. There's always someone there watching if you have any questions. It's one giant room so if you're shy you might not like that. They have a ton of equipment, their staff is very friendly and highly trained, easy to schedule/reschedule appointments, and they provide the best exercises and stretches for your injury type. I was in a car accident and have been working closely with them for 2 months now. I will miss them when I'm gone but they have truly helped my neck and back when I didn't think I'd feel the same again. I highly recommend this place! read more

I went here one time for a foot pain issue which had been diagnosed with an MRI as being an issue with the swelling of the soft tissues. When I called to ask about who works in the office and who I would see if I came there, I was told that I would be evaluated by a doctor of physical therapy on my first visit and then would likely work with a licensed physical therapy assistant on my future visits. I was also told I would be billed under my insurance for the "specialist" copay rate of $40 per visit (to see a physical therapy assistant?). I was desperate for an appointment and they had plenty, so I agreed. On my first visit there was no sign of the DPT; my evaluation was done by a physical therapy assistant. Although I thought it was thorough, he did not seem to have any strong suggestions about what type of treatment plan might be helpful for me. He gave me three stretches to do at home and told me to come back in a week. Shortly after, I saw a new orthopedic specialist who suggested a different therapy location. I then went to INOVA physical therapy in the same building (8501 Arlington Blvd.), where I saw a doctor of physical therapy for my initial evaluation and other visits, and was billed $30 a visit (my primary care co-pay amount). This made me wonder how Alliance is able to bill patients a specialist rate to see a less qualified practitioner. read more

I went to Alliance Rehabilitation after my knee surgery. It was very easy to book an appointment. I got my appointment with 24 hours. I reached 5 minutes before my appointment time and filled out my paperwork. I was called back within 5 minutes. The receptionist was very polite and my physical therapist was very knowledgable. I finished my treatment with my knee back to normal. The staff is very friendly and my therapists addressed all my concerns. I really liked the individualized attention. read more

Dr. Dan Miles is awesome!!!! Had a shoulder issue and he's been lending his knowledge and expertise to get me to a speedy recovery. Excellent facility, excellent staff, awesome experience!!! read more

I found the receptionists to be very pleasant and making appointments was easy and efficient. Dan Miles was very patient, pleasant and thorough. He went through numerous exercises for treatment of my condition and had very helpful suggestions. I would recommend the practice to others!! read more

I was referred by my doctor to Alliance following a car accident. The Fairfax location could take me immediately and I could move to the Tyson's facility the following week since the latter is closer to my home. However, once my treatment began at Fairfax, I did not want to move to another location. The treatments have helped me tremendously and I have benefited from having the 3 therapists work with me: Kirsten, Dan, and Joyce. Their assistant Tammy is a true professional and always a breath of fresh air. I was completely unaware of the impact this treatment could have on the body, but with their guidance, encouragement, and treatment, I have improved greatly. The receptionist, Lucy, is always accommodating and delightful. If you are in need of Physical Therapy, I highly recommend this location. With this group of professionals, you will work hard and have fun, all while improving!! read more