Kayta's care for me the past two has been the most significant factor in my return to a pain-free…read moreactive life of travel and caring for our ranch. When I was 63, upon retiring after 40+ years in commercial construction, my first splurge was not on a grand vacation or a big house project, both activities my wife and I often discussed and planned, but was focused on eradicating the increasing pain in my lower back and hips, which sadly made those other dreams seem unattractive and increasingly unobtainable. So my first retirement "project" was a series of stem cell and PRP treatments over several months; although it did help, the relief obtained wasn't to the level that I still hoped was possible, and seemed necessary to regain my confidence in taking on high-level physical activities. So I next went for the total hip replacement, tackling the worst side first; thankfully it did take care of that hip's pain... but my back pain was still nagging me, and the hip surgery had so greatly reduced my lower-body strength that I'd not regained much enthusiasm for those other dreamed-for activities. What finally seemed to stem the tide, thankfully, came from almost off-handed recommendations from both providers: "you should find a good physical therapist". I was skeptical, having tried a few PT providers when my back first started really hurting 10+ years prior... but I'd only seen limited improvements. I decided to give PT one more shot, however, because I'd recently heard such good things about Take Charge Physical Therapy from a long-time friend who had suffered from debilitating back and neck pain for most of her adult life, finally obtaining relief from their practice. So I started with Take Charge in August 2022, and to my surprise, started to see improvement in both pain reduction and returning strength/function of my lower body, even within a few months, which of course motivated me to continue. Soon it became obvious that Katya's PT treatments would be the primary driver in my steady return to where I was enjoying my ranch work and travel again, regaining the confidence and capacity that I used to take for granted when I was younger. My wife I are now enjoying our travel dreams, and I'm doing ranch projects I've been hesitant to tackle for years. Looking back, I'm convinced that most of my progress to healing has been due to Katya's care at Take Charge, even to the point that I think I may have even obtained this level of success without the stem/PRP and the hip replacement... or at least I'm now convinced that I won't need to replace the other hip. And currently, although I'm at a point of self-sustaining care, I still look forward to Katya's treatments, not only because of her role in addressing those little surprises that show up in the aging process, but also because of her depth of knowledge in anything related to muscles, tendons, and bones (to be expected from a doctorate of physical therapy from CU Anschutz), and so many other facets of overall healthily living. For any of my friends who seriously want to reduced nagging muscle pain and to address their overall health, I can't recommend Katya enough.
