It's Not Just Physical Therapy!!

For years it was so frustrating to not know what happened to patients after they walked out the door on their last visit. Some would simply go home and return to the same sedentary lifestyle they had prior to their rehabilitation. Some would be ready to go back to their gym, but would be afraid of "undoing" what progress they had made in therapy should they "over-do-it" and resorted to "playing it safe." Some would do very well on their own and return to their previous activities or recreational sports and we would look for their names in the newspaper.

Well, just as our ways of communicating have changed, so has the Heartland GC clinic. We no longer have only physical therapy to offer you and then send you on your way. We now have several avenues for you to remain a "partner for good health for life." Specifically, Movement is our general wellness program that allows the once patient to use the clinic as their personal gym with a supervised program for treadmill/elliptical/bike and weight training programs. Secondly, Defined Movement is for anyone who wants to exercise in our gym plus have fitness coaches who monitor your loss of weight, loss of inches, and body fat/BMI reduction. In addition, each month we schedule 20 minutes together to sit down and assess your progress/update your exercise program and review your food journals and your overall successes or note revisions that are needed. This program is our most popular and is extremely economical. Next, our signature S.T.E.P.S (Skills to Encourage Participating in Sports) program, is a physician-referred children's weight management program that gives the child fundamental skills to encourage physical activity either on the playground or on a recreational sports league in the community or at school. We have seen children change from couch potatoes to participating more in gym class to students progressing to school athletics from this program. This program requires family commitment to supporting this child and consequently has the potential to change the entire family.

We also offer group classes that do not require membership to our gym, but can be attended by anyone in the community. We will have an updated list of quarterly classes in our office that we would be happy to mail, fax, or email to you that include: PT Fitness Assessments, Beginners Ball Class, Intermediate Ball Class, Basic Yoga (winter quarter only), Body Sculpting, Competitive Body Building, Walk/Run to a 5K, Total Gym Personal Training, "It's a Novel Idea" Book Club, Healthy Cooking Class (once a month) just to name a few.

You have the ability to purchase our time for soft tissue work, kinesiotaping, exercise program development, ASTYM, weight management and more with packages of "Moments of Expertise" ranging from 60 to 120 minutes. These minutes can be used in increments that are designed by you.

So, as you can see...we do more than just rehab. We hope to have you participating in one or more of our programs either as a discharged patient or a member of the community that will progress you toward better overall fitness and a more active life. Come and try it! We know you will like it.