Thank you for taking an interest in Pinnacle Physical Therapy.  We both know that if your patients are getting better faster, you look better.  So do we.  If your patients are happy with your reccommendations not only do you look better but you get more referrals.  So do we.  In our hearts, we both have the patient's recovery, as our prime concern.  So even if you currently use another physical therapy service consider these differences, when deciding where to refer.

 

> We are the new kid on the block, and we have something to prove.  We can't just rest on our laurels and let habit bring us referals.

 

>Not every rehab center has a therapeutic pool and very few of those have resistance current capability.  As you know, aquatic environments provide a compressive environment to reduce edema.  Grades of weight bearing tolerance can be managed by adjusting bouyancy even to patients who don't swim and wont go deeper than a certain level.  Aquatic environments are ideal for low level or arthritic patients that have a difficult time tolerating land based regimes.  An adjustable current gives us the ability to work joint stability in vectors that are outside the direction of resistance.  The constant and predictable resistance is also helpful with individuals who may experience higher anxiety levels with preconceived notions about therapy.

 

>You determine what information you want from us, at what frequency and how you want it sent.  We will send you daily notes if you want them, or just a synopsis right before your next follow up.  If someone is likely to be a poor candidate for therapy we will let you know that also, rather than stringing someone along for a few months and getting nowhere.

 

>Pinnacle is focused on using only interventions that have either been shown to be clinically relevant in the available literature, or have sound scientific basis for expecting results.  Pinnacle does not engage in "fringe" treatments that are questionable at best.

On this page, rather than our links page, we will include links to current research data in physical therapy so you will know what we are up to.  In addition, Pinnacle is eager to contribute to the scientific body of knowledge.  If you want to partner with us, to create a clinical trial, we would be happy for the chance to work together, we can even help draft a grant proposal if that is the direction we choose to take.

 

>Unlike other places, patients get full 1:1 attention by a licensed professional for their entire treatment session.  We do not use aids for any treatment or modality, we do not double book or overbook schedules so therapists have to split attention between different patients.  Therapists may take whatever time they feel is needed to appropriately evaluate and treat the patient's issues.  Therapists are not rushed into seeing someone new every 15 minutes.  Except in the case of abscense, patients will always see the same PT or PT/PTA team.  Continuity of care is not achieved by having patients see someone different every time they come in.  Honestly, you know that many big rehab facilities are more interested in the bottom line, than the patient results.  They insure a fatter bottom line, by maximizing the number of evaluations that a PT can see and then pawning them off on PTA's who perform all the follow ups, or even sometimes encourage the use of unqualified (but cheap) aids to manage patient care.  The owner of Pinnacle PT was a front line therapist for many years and continues to be.  Pinnacle believes that people should get the attention, time and expertise they deserve, and there will still be profit to be made, without sacrificing ethics and integrity.

 

>We would love to establish a mutually beneficial partnership with you at whatever level you are comfortable with.  If you have a website and would like us to add your site to our links page, we would be happy to do so.  We plan to put out a regular newsletter with a clinician of the month section.  If you or your practice would like to be featured as our clinician of the month, just drop us a line, so we can get some biographical or other interesting data from you.  Check out our newsletters on the navigation bar for samples.

 

>If you need to get someone seen today! or the only time they can come in is on Sunday, we can likely accommodate almost any schedule.  While our service area is most likely West Bend and neighboring communities like Kewaskum, Saukville, Port Washington, Grafton, Cedarburg, Jackson, Richfield, Trenton, Slinger, Hartford and Germantown, you might find that we can fill a niche that others in the area can't or wont.  Admittedly outpatient ortho clinics are a dime a dozen, and many probably to a good job.  However, we are comfortable seeing other populations as well. Aside from the resistance pool, we have extensive expertise in amputee and Spinal Cord Injury rehab.  If you have a patient that is a little tricky and needs the extra attention.  Consider giving Pinnacle a call.

 

You are always welcome to come tour the facility if you are in the area.

 

In the future we may have room to have special clinic days.  If you might consider seeing patients farther from your office once a week or so, let us know of your interest and we will keep you informed as space becomes available.

 

We have to put our money where our mouth is.  Send us one or two of your patients and see what a difference Pinnacle Physical Therapy can make.