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Are you preparing for surgery? Maximize your surgical outcome with physical therapy. Whether strengthening before surgery or recovering after, physical therapy can help improve mobility, reduce pain and speed up your return to daily activities. Swipe through our carousel to learn how physical therapy supports you every step of the way.

How much better off would you be if you started now? Whether it's nagging aches and pains, surgery prep or goals for mobility or performance, the time is now.

Read our latest blog to learn five big reasons to start physical therapy, including how our movement experts can help you feel better and ease your end-of-year stress.

Five reasons to start or continue physical therapy If you’ve been putting off addressing that nagging pain in your knee, recovering from an injury or improving your mobility, now is the perfect time to consider starting physical therapy before the year ends.

Great start to the PPA Tour’s Milwaukee Open!

The hits Wisconsin this weekend for the Milwaukee Open! We are excited to provide care to the athletes throughout the weekend.

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Gabriel Epstein is an aviation student working toward becoming a commercial pilot. An ankle injury was about to put those dreams on hold before he came to physical therapy.

Gabriel's ankle injury prevented him from operating plane rudders with his feet and impacted his ability to get in and out of his plane.

Knowing that physical therapy would help him recover from his injury, Gabriel worked closely with his attentive care team for six weeks. He learned it would take time to heal and grew to understand the importance of doing his at-home exercises.

After working on his physical therapy regime, Gabriel has started to recover. "Without physical therapy, I wouldn't be able to perform daily tasks and physical activities as well as I can today," he said. "It has felt great."

Our Cape Girardeau team is looking forward to Gabriel flying overhead soon!

Today we salute the dedicated Select Medical veterans across our network of hospitals and outpatient centers. Thank you for your sacrifice and service.

Have you been squatting wrong this whole time?

That improper form could lead to back pain or knee pain. You might be dealing with those issues and never knew the real cause.

Read our latest blog to learn three common and easy tests that can help.

Functional movement screens In the world of sports, fitness and rehabilitation, understanding how the body moves is fundamental to optimizing performance and preventing injuries.

Every Halloween, we get to see how wide Select Physical Therapy's reach is. Many of our centers throughout the country took time to show off their spirit. Check out the gallery below to see some spooky and fun costumes. Thanks to our team members for joining in. We hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween! 👻🎃

Crop farmer Carl Stricker is no stranger to hard work. Farming is incredibly physical, and he needs to be as mobile as possible, so when his knee replacement became loose and needed a revision, Carl knew physical therapy was in his future.

With a recommendation from a former patient, Carl turned to Physical Therapist Jacob Pattengill and Physical Therapy Assistant Garret Alsup at our Cape Girardeau center. Carl quickly started to gain strength and increase his flexibility. "After several days of physical therapy and exercise, I felt much more comfortable and no longer needed the cane," he said.

Carl knew he hit a turning point when he could climb in and out of machinery again, a vital part of his job. "I have much less knee pain now," Carl said. With Jacob and Garret's encouragement and knowledge of knee replacements, Carl continues working toward eliminating his knee pain altogether.

"When the need arises for physical therapy for a member of my family or a friend, I will definitely refer them to Jacob at Select Physical Therapy," Carl said.

We're happy you're on the right path to recovery, Carl.

Ten years ago, Barb Jordan tore her meniscus and had it repaired; however, her knee was never the same. After years of being unable to bend or extend her knee fully, she decided enough was enough and chose to get a knee replacement.

After surgery, Barb needed support to finish her recovery. That's when she found Physical Therapist Shelli Herink and Physical Therapist Assistant Paige Ryan at our Toledo, IA center.

"The first day I walked into physical therapy, I just got that look and Shelli said, 'you are going to need a lot of work,'" Barb said.

When she started physical therapy, Barb had a walker and could barely get her knee to move. While it wasn't quick or easy progress, Barb was determined to get back on her bike without worries. She kept listening to Shelli and Paige, pushing herself through the hard moments to get over the hump.

"Shelli and Paige were a huge part of my recovery," Barb said. "I truly believe if I didn't have them, there is no way my knee extension would be zero [degrees]!"

While she found our center out of convenience, Barb said she quickly realized that we are the place for physical therapy and will refer to anyone looking for our services.

Thank you, Barb. We're honored to have helped you get back to your life.