I started attending Foothills Sports Medicine Physical Therapy in August of 2013 after having a knee surgery in June 2013. I had surgery in CA but had moved to AZ for school and needed a place to continue my physical therapy. I began going to Foothills on Kyrene and I was greeted by Julie at the front desk who was extremely friendly, welcoming and helpful. She helped me with all my paperwork as a new patient and was very helpful when scheduling my appointments.
I met with Carlos, the owner and head PT, who began my rehab with a thorough assessment that included several questions about my injury and surgery as well as a physical assessment to see what bothered my knee and what limitations I had. Throughout my sessions Carlos was always checking in on me to make sure that the exercises were okay for me. He wanted them to be challenging, which they definitely were, but he didn't want me to be experiencing pain.
I was a patient at Foothills from August until the end of November when I hit my limit with insurance. I was feeling pretty good at the point. I was working out on my own and although I still did not have complete range of motion, I was pretty confident with my experience and therapy at Foothills despite the bumps in the road that come along with any rehab. Some days are better than others.
In January my knee started to get really stiff and I was experiencing a lot of pain and so I called Foothills again and they were able to get me in to see Carlos the next day and I began therapy twice a week again. Carlos reevaluated my knee, as I had taken some time off and things change so he did a new assessment and gave me new exercises to do. When talking with Carlos, it was very clear to me that he is very qualified for his position as he always knew what he was talking about and he was able to explain things in a way that I was able to understand, not always speaking super scientific. He also was a motivator for me. There were times during my rehab that I wanted to give up, my knee was agitated and I was beginning to worry that I was going to have to have another surgery. I expressed my concern with Carlos and we modified my exercises and stopped doing some of them. Within a week or so I was basically pain free again and by the time I stopped my therapy session in May I had almost complete range of motion! Carlos did a great job of encouraging me to push through. He was able to explain to me more about my surgery and the complexity of it, that it takes time to heal after a surgery like the one I had. He was always reminding me that even though I was not able to do some of the things I wanted to do, that I was able to walk and run and that alone is really good!! His encouragement kept me going.
The Foothills staff is awesome!! The ladies at the front desk are extremely friendly, always greeting everyone when they walk in and ask how they are doing. Daniel and Joe, a few of the techs, always made physical therapy an enjoyable place to be. I never dreaded going to physical therapy, it was something that I always looked forward to. Not to mention, their new location on Elliot is awesome! There is a lot of room for all the different patients to do their exercises and not have to worry about being in the way of others. It is very spacious and clean with some awesome new equipment which allow for a lot of variation in exercises.
Overall I had an awesome experience with Foothills, everything about it was great! If anyone I know needs physical therapy, I'm definitely recommending them to come here!!