Hands down, the best physical therapy I've been to - and I've been to quite a few - from sports med at Rush in Chicago to Mary Free Bed.
They simply don't make therapists like Scott anymore. He uses his hands to work out the kinks and knows that this muscle leads to that bone or that fascia. He listens to you and then shows you why and how something is affecting you on the skeleton. Lower back pain? Well that is really in your calves... and sure enough, it is.
He also provides you with instruction on how to work on it when you're at home. Beware, when he works on you it can be painful! But that's because the kneading needs to happen.
Scott has been my go-to person ever since my leg went numb after a walk and no doctors could figure it out. He found it in my hip. Then I continued to see him after a cycling crash that broke and dislocated my elbow and broke my jaw in two spots. He was able to get my arm nearly straight... so much so my elbow surgeon at Rush had to run out and get his camera to take pictures. Then he was also able to work on my TMJ.
Then after all that, I ended up with a brain infection - but Scott was helping me get through that when so much of it seemed physical (started in neck, then right side lost coordination). He's a true healer and I now go to him maybe every 6 months for a "tune up." I'm a runner so I inherently ended up with some pain or lack of motion because I'm not stretching my calves or strengthening my hips and he'll get me back in the right direction.
As a runner and cyclist, I've probably been to a dozen therapy places over the years - I feel like they're all the same. They see what the diagnosis is... then they print some exercises from a book and have you squeeze a towel while they walk away to look at someone walking on a treadmill or use an ultrasound to make a few extra dollars in the bill. I wish I wasn't an old dog, because of his work, I'd be interested in doing the same work. It works. read more