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We Accept Most Major Health Insurance Plans At OSR Physical Therapy, our goal is to help make the entire process as easy as possible for you, so we’re addressing some of the most common questions we hear. If your question isn’t answered here, call any OSR location and our staff will be happy to help! Exceptional Care From Day 1. Give Us a Call Today Keep Your Browsers Tuned ........ OSR's New Website Launching Soon!!! FAQ PHYSICAL THERAPY What is physical therapy? This may seem like a basic question, but there is generally some confusion on exactly what physical therapy is. Most people are familiar with the use of physical therapy after a surgery, but physical therapy can help a wide variety of people, whether they have had surgery or not. Physical therapy can help people move better, relieve pain, and improve strength and fitness. It can help those who have health issues that make it difficult to do every day tasks, like walking up stairs or getting up from a chair. Physical therapy can also help an athlete train for a big event or come back from an injury while reducing the risk of recurrence. What will happen at my physical therapy appointment? It depends! That being said, your OSR physical therapist will examine you and talk to you about your daily activities and ask about symptoms. A treatment plan will be made depending on your needs, daily activities, and current level of fitness. Manual therapy, ultrasound, or electrical stimulation may be used for treatments, and you may go through some stretching and weight lifting exercises. Is my physical therapist qualified? All OSR physical therapists are licensed, hold a doctorate or master’s-level physical therapy degree, are expertly trained, and have extensive experience as physical therapists – and they all love what they do! Some OSR physical therapists are certified experts in some areas including orthopedics, certified hand therapy, athletic training and strength training/conditioning. Do I need a referral to see a physical therapist? Typically, no, you do not need a referral to see a physical therapist. Arizona law allows patients direct access to licensed physical therapists for evaluation and treatment. If you plan to use your health insurance, a few plans do require a referral, so it's best to consult an insurance benefits specialist at OSR to help determine your specific benefits for physical therapy. We are happy to help - just give us a call or click on the OSR FirstStop button above to try us out for free! No matter what your goal is, OSR Physical Therapy can help! We love helping our patients become stronger, healthier and living pain-free. We look forward to working with you! Our Scottsdale clinic has outgrown it’s space! In order to take better care of our Scottsdale patients, we have opened a larger clinic. OSR has partnered with the Ice Den to provide our patients with a completely new clinic environment in the same complex! Check out our Facebook updates for more information. Did you know...? OSR's Mountainside locations feature amazing childcare? Bring the kids to your next therapy appointment and try it out! | osrphysicaltherapy.com | Locations | Contact Us Click to Schedule Your Free Pain Consultation Anthem 623.551.9706 | Peoria 623.412.2117 | Desert Mountain 480.265.2140 | Scottsdale 480.265.2122 Click Here for LOCATION DETAILS Mountainside Clinics N. Phoenix 623.434.4655 | Desert Ridge 480.265.2130 | Gilbert 480.857.7123 New Scottsdale Clinic Location Now Open

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Page 1: Physical Therapy FAQs

We Accept Most Major Health Insurance Plans

At OSR Physical Therapy, our goal is to help make the entire process as easy as possible for you, so we’re addressing

some of the most common questions we hear. If your question isn’t answered here, call any OSR location and our sta�

will be happy to help!

Exceptional Care From Day 1. Give Us a Call Today

Keep Your Browsers Tuned ........ OSR's New Website Launching Soon!!!

FAQPHYSICALTHERAPY

What is physical therapy?

This may seem like a basic question, but there is generally some confusion on exactly what physical therapy is. Most people are familiar with the use of physical therapy after a surgery, but physical therapy can help a wide variety of people, whether they have had surgery or not.

Physical therapy can help people move better, relieve pain, and improve strength and �tness. It can help those who have health issues that make it di�cult to do every day tasks, like walking up stairs or getting up from a chair. Physical therapy can also help an athlete train for a big event or come back from an injury while reducing the risk of recurrence.

What will happen at my physical therapy appointment?

It depends! That being said, your OSR physical therapist will examine you and talk to you about your daily activities and ask about symptoms. A treatment plan will be made depending on your needs, daily activities, and current level of �tness. Manual therapy, ultrasound, or electrical stimulation may be used for treatments, and you may go through some stretching and weight lifting exercises.

Is my physical therapist quali�ed?

All OSR physical therapists are licensed, hold a doctorate or master’s-level physical therapy degree, are expertly trained, and have extensive experience as physical therapists – and they all love what they do! Some OSR physical therapists are certi�ed experts in some areas including orthopedics, certi�ed hand therapy, athletic training and strength training/conditioning.

Do I need a referral to see a physical therapist?

Typically, no, you do not need a referral to see a physical therapist. Arizona law allows patients direct access to licensed physical therapists for evaluation and treatment. If you plan to use your health insurance, a few plans do require a referral, so it's best to consult an insurance bene�ts specialist at OSR to help determine your speci�c bene�ts for physical therapy. We are happy to help - just give us a call or click on the OSR FirstStop button above to try us out for free!

No matter what your goal is, OSR Physical Therapy can help! We love helping our patients become stronger, healthier and living pain-free. We look forward to working with you!

Our Scottsdale clinic has outgrown it’s space! In order to

take better care of our Scottsdale patients, we have

opened a larger clinic. OSR has partnered with the Ice Den

to provide our patients with a completely new clinic

environment in the same complex! Check out our Facebook

updates for more information.

Did you know...?

OSR's Mountainside locations feature amazing childcare? Bring the kids to your next therapy appointment and try it out!

| osrphysicaltherapy.com | Locations | Contact Us

Click to Schedule Your Free Pain Consultation

Anthem 623.551.9706 | Peoria 623.412.2117 | Desert Mountain 480.265.2140 | Scottsdale 480.265.2122

Click Here forLOCATION DETAILS

Mountainside Clinics N. Phoenix 623.434.4655 | Desert Ridge 480.265.2130 | Gilbert 480.857.7123

New Scottsdale Clinic Location Now Open

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