Physical Therapists in Charlottesville, VA

I just so happen to be a certified massage therapist with 12 years of experience and specialize in chronic pain. If your friend is interested please have him/her call me at 434-466-7678. My website is meadowbrookmt.com. Happy to help! Massage is truly amazing and the majority of my clients come from chiros needing more help.

Amazing physical therapy recommended to me from a nurse at MJH, I saw them myself and they were great, even borrowed me their equipment to speed along recovery. I was pregnant with some terrible back pain. Their number is 977-6700. Can't recall the name but the 2 guys tere are miracle workers and they aren't about you coming every day and spending everything in your bank account. They teach you exercises to do at home and stuff.

my back was pretty busted up a couple winters ago from improper contortion training~ so bad I couldn't breathe! no chiropractors/acupuncture/massage would help it at all. You know what finally did? REIKI. My back popped within the hour and i have never felt the pain again. Dami Muse.

I have dealt with back pain a lot. If its muscular, like mine, than physical therapy has always been the answer because its about STRENGTHENING your body in order to heal it. sometimes certain muscles are compensating for other muscles that are weak. And we need someone to show us how to train these weaker parts. Nina at Pantops Physical therapy is good. Ive also heard that Dr. Peter Bowers, an Osteopath can diagnose, is SUPER good. GOod luck!

Peter Bower MD (Osteopath) . Stay the Hell away from Chiropractors . accupuncture is awesome.

Sonia Carroll best there is!!!!

Ivy Commons Chiro is good for massage and chiropractic. Touch Stone Massage is good for hot stone and massage.

Dr. David brents-Medicine wheel is our fav here. We call him "The Wizard"

Ditto on Dr. Brents, he's awesome

James Foulkes, heads up brother.

China Med Dr. Chang is my favorite for acupuncture relief. It will take about 3 visits but it feels better immediately. For me it works better than massage

acupuncture helped me also a PT at Martha Jefferson by the name of Matt...he did traction on me

Happy to help. www.jamesfoulkes.com Message me off list if you have questions.

Dr. Chang is the way.

I've also heard wonderful things about Dr. Brents. Personally, I have no good recommendations. Acupuncture never worked for me.

Star Matthews gives excellent massages.

Larry Amos in Cville- miracle worker, shaman, body workin master son of a gun, I swear it

I have had some great experiences with David Brents at The Medicine Wheel

Balance Chiropractic got me walking upright again, ACAC PT and Lovingston PT were great for the long-term stuff re: core and posture issues. and i agree with Karine that those electrodes can feel dern good! bottom line is to figure out what's causing it. i wanna try Acu, totally stealing these suggestions.

Dianna Sicilia for acupuncture and massage therapy

Bert Jacobs - text me I'll give ya his #

I also love love love my chiropractor. And let me tell you I saw 3 and it's important to get a good one. A very wonderful good honest man with mad skills is Steve Vegodsky. And people who know him will all tell you how awesome he is. He does payment plans too.

Honestly. Try the book "Healing Back Pain" by Dr. John Sarno. It is all about the mind-body connection. I was three weeks away from back surgery for a huge herniated disc in my lower back when I read it and it totally changed my outcome 100%. I thought it was bologna when a friend recommended it, but I was desperate. Read the Amazon reviews. http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connection/dp/0446557684/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389293439&sr=1-1&keywords=healing+back+pain+by+dr+sarno

Dianna Sicilia does acupuncture and is connected to the local healing community there....

Has the cause been found? Be careful with your back, folks. http://neurologycenter.com/back_neck_pain.php

I have a friend with chronic back pain who got amazing relief from fire therapy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98 loytNhJlk

Anne Smucker for acupuncture and JeAnne Frey for massage therapy. Both are outstanding!

Ah David sage wisdom.

Arrasty clinic by Martha Jefferson. They did work on my torn rotator cuff and three or four sessions did the trick. It is expensive though, and also supremely painful but worth it.

Charles Owens ah i see.. not what i had assumed. ive never seen a PT myself but whenever i iget inflammation or soreness, massage therapy and ice always does the trick.

Cecil Hassel@ACAC

Suzanne Wilson. Barracks road

You need to go to a regular doctor for diagnosis and referral to a physical therapist. Physical therapist don't do any diagnostics, they just perform the therapies as prescribed by your doctor. Also, some physical therapy is done exclusively at home; the doctor just gives you written instructions on what to do. Think of physical therapy as a prescription medicine for whatever is wrong with your body and the physical therapist as a pharmacist. Even if you know an antibiotic is what you need, you can't just go to a pharmacy and ask for prescription antibiotics. You have to go to the doctor for them to prescribe the antibiotics first.

I'm a PT and you don't need to have a Doctors referral to see a physical therapist. It's called direct access. A PT is trained to perform an individualized exam/evaluation to determine a diagnosis and plan of care. UVA-Healthsouth at the Fontaine center has a financial assistance program that if you qualify you can have 6 free visits to PT. My advice is to see a PT first as your symptoms don't sound sinister and musculoskeletal in nature before having to pay/spend unnecessary cost to see an MD just to get a referral. If treatment from a PT has not proven beneficial, then that's when consideration for further testing by an MD is recommended.

Also.....the first comment is completely wrong. An MD's referral to PT is typically very generic. They usually don't provide any instructions on the patients plan of care. The treatment/program performed is completely dictated and prescribed by the PT and the MD signs off on it and provides recommendations if necessary.

You actually don't need to see a doctor to see a physical therapist. You can self refer for 30 days. Of course, if you have health insurance, going to a doctor and getting an examination and diagnosis is absolutely the best course of action. Back in January I had a stuffy and runny nose and I sniffed my nose and felt something pop in my neck/shoulder blade area. The pain intensified over the next day or so and for almost a week I couldn't turn my head....or stand...or sit...or bend over.....or even lie in bed without excruciating pain....having no health insurance I finally went to Medexpress and they urged me to go to Uva and get a scan....sent me away with prednisone and a muscle relaxer. Being poor, I ignored the advice and tried to tough it out. Symptoms progressed from localized pain to numbness on index and middle finger....severe pain in my elbow over the next month....this is becoming a long story, but out of desperation I tried a chiropractor.....despite being skeptical the very first adjustment provided almost instant relief...but it was short lived and subsequent visits did not bring the same relief......finally I looked into PT and went to Move Better Physical Therapy...off hydraulic across from the high school. Did PT twice a week for a month, my therapist was Alan Barb .....and by the end of my 30 day self referal I was making significant progress towards recovery....it has now been 6 months and I still have some pain, occasional pins and needles usually in the morning...but regained feeling in my fingers. I highly recommend Move Better, it was $80 per session and sessions were an hour long! Apologies for the rambling disjointed reply, I am running on little sleep. Good luck!

Not sure on pricing, but I highly suggest [Peter Bower](http://www.peterbower.com/).