I can not say enough good things about Advantage Physical Therapy on Davison Rd Lockport NY. Their pool PT instructor David is fantastic with his knowledge and ability to work with many clients at the same time
I would highly recommend it to anyone, I am not sure those other reviewers went to the same place as me...lol. This place is fantastic.
let me start in the beginning, (let me warn you I can never tell a short version of anything..lol)
I have spinal stenosis (curvature of the spine) chronic bursitis in both hips, and one shoulder, fibromyalgia, I am a diabetic, am severely overweight and I have Parkinson's disease ', ANd many other health related problems just to let you know how much improvement I got with Advantage Physical Therapy
I was able to not use a walker all the time before the pandemic, but after not being at the fitness centers pool for daily pool walking I became almost unable to be mobile even with my walker, sometimes my husband had to wheel me in my wheelchair into doctor's offices or in hospitals for X-rays
but in late May 2021,
my husband and I first stopped at Advantage Physical Therapy to check it out (we live in Youngstown , and wanted to make sure it was worth the drive). We were warmly greeted when we arrived and were given a complete tour and met with David the Pool PT and again were warmly greeted, my husband was glad to meet David as well as I was, because if I didn't feel comfortable with my PT then I couldn't have done this
i will be very honest with you I am a 300 lb woman ...so it took me a lot of courage to be out in public in a bathing suit...but I was thoroughly impressed. With Advantage Physical Therapy....I will admit the showers could use an improvement by putting in shower heads with a removable shower attachment so it would be easier for handicapped people to use
with that being said.... I thoroughly appreciate all the knowledge, kindness and attention that David gives you. I went there because with the pandemic I was not able to go to a fitness center's pool anymore and it left me virtually almost unable to get around. So on Revive Spine's recommendation I started pool therapy I think it was June 4th
when I started I had to use a cane to even walk down the stairs and I love being in water but I don't swim, so I have some fears...I explained them to David, Pool PT personnel. He was also advised I was a type 2 diabetic and I showed him where I kept my sugar testing equipment and juice if my sugar went low He was genuinely concerned and kept track if I was ok.
I started out only being able to walk for 20 minutes in the pool, and I would be exhausted and he understood and encouraged me that I would do and get better...well wouldn't you know it...several weeks later I no longer needed a cane to go down the steps and before you knew it I was not only walking David had me try various exercises, checking to see if I was going geek pin
sorry my iPad has frozen up my delete button so I cant correct the last sentence
what I was trying to say was David was able to keep track of several clients at the same time checking on if any exercises were too much for them, he woukd encourage new exercises but he did not force them on you if you were in any physical pain or worn out
the final words were I went from using a cane to get in and out of the pool, and i had to use two hands to pull me up the stairs, then I stopped using the cane but had to use two hands on the railing to still pull myself out of the pool to a position of only using one hand to walk up instead of pulling myself up the stairs and going from only walking, but walking and doing water exercises such as marching...toe raising....stretching the whole body...using step exercises to strengthen your legs..stability.and overall health...I don't know the technical terms for these exercises but they definitely improved my overall stability and strength with walking with my walker...
my husband who is definitely my supporter could almost within the first few weeks could see a vast improvement in my ability to do things around the house that I had not been able to do prior to Advantage Physical Therapy like simple things as load the dishwasher.
so I give Advantage Physical Therapy a "BIG THUMBS UP"
I will be continuing my PT, but I had a major setback in my overall health I have fallen three ties in last six weeks once due to tripping over something and the other two times I slipped out of bed and as of right now I can not even walk up,or down steps due to my both my chronic bursitis in both hips and lumbar backpack pain wer invreased by my falls
but as soon as I can get some steroid shots in the my hips you can bet I will be right back to Advantage Physical Therapy..
(this was not a paid endorsement )
thanks...Pat Monroe read more