PROSPER Performance & Physical Therapy

DO YOU TAKE MY INSURANCE? This is one of the most common questions I get asked. It has become the expectation that all medical services are covered by insurance in some way. The idea of paying out of pocket is so foreign. I mean, it HAS to be best for you to see someone covered under your insurance policy, right? Consider this… The decisions on what treatments are covered & valued by insurance companies are not made by anyone with a medical degree. It is a business - period. There was a time one insurance agent actually told me I would be paid more to slap on a pack of ice or electrical stim and walk away than I would to give an additional 15 min of hands-on, 1-on-1 nerve-muscle retraining...for a patient who just had a NERVE surgery! Here’s why this matters to YOU. If your specialist is being paid by some externally-derived paradigm, they are often tempted to treat you according to that paradigm. Even though it is often NOT necessarily the optimal treatment plan fo...

  I got a call from my sister one day - she'd been dealing with significant shoulder pain for some time. She kept thinking it would resolve with rest & traditional treatment - anti-inflammatories & traditional PT (rotator cuff strengthening, e-stim, ice). Yet, she was still unable to perform the activities she loved. By the time she reached out to me, an MRI was scheduled. "Seems necessary," I reassured. I got another call - the MRI results were in. “They say surgery is my only option if I want to keep active.” She had a torn Rotator Cuff that "must be repaired." The surgeon also wanted to do a “little extra” & move the Biceps tendon, since she pain there, too. What would you do if you were in her shoes, but you had to make the decision on your own… or with Dr. Google? Pretty stressful, I’d say! I mean, if you knew 100% this was the right plan, you’d have a much easier time accepting it, right? What if it’s not the right answer? Do you actually...