Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists

I was sick in March. Resulted in my Achilles tendons tearing, partially rupturing and tendonitis. Terribly painful. Specialist had me spend almost 2 months on the couch doing nothing. (Both legs involved). I arrived at Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists barely able to walk and using a walker at home. Muscle tone, strength, balance, were all gone. So depressing as hubby and I usually hike the mountains in Montana every summer. This year was spent on the couch and in rehab. Specialist told me recovery would take about a year!! A YEAR!!! By August I could climb stairs. I can also climb up ladders! I'm not done. The tendons continue to experience tears (IDK why-specialist says my tendons have become brittle) and there's still minor ongoing swelling with the tearing (I probably do too much at home!-I forget I'm injured!) But I can see the PT is improving it, significantly reduces pain, swelling, and depression. The tearing incidents have become less frequent and with less bruising. The physical therapist was efficient in explaining everything to me, even when I asked the same questions 50 times. It's just so scary seeing my tendons tear. (Yep, you can actually see and feel it, and it bruises too!-crazy scary!) But the therapist was nice and kept me doing the exercises and pushing on with this slow recovery. He told me on day one it would take a long time (I wanted it healed after the first session! LOL! I'm impatient!) A tricky thing, building up muscles when the tendons want to tear! My home program continues! The physical therapist printed everything up for me. I'm now able to do pretty much everything I want, physically. Walker was put back in the closet months ago! Good place to go to for rehab! It also looks like it would be a good place to go to just to institute a personal exercise program! This place gets 5 stars from me!

I would highly recommend Northern Rehab physical therapy. I had a total hip replacement and felt instantly very at ease just walking in the door,. with the anxiety of not knowing what to expect with physical therapy. I get pushed 2 do my best and they are also very in tune if I have gone too far. They are there for me 2 get stronger and on the road to recovery. They are very thorough and very knowledgeable on what it is I need to do to be healthier and stronger.