Hands-On Therapy

If you are looking for specialized hands-on treatments so you can get your back, pelvic floor, neck or jaw problem to improve, you've found the right place.

At Purple Mountain Physical Therapy, we have often heard from our patients that they have tried other avenues to resolve their condition, but nothing worked.  Sometimes they are frustrated, telling us that their other providers did not even touch them, or barely provided any hands-on care.   Often we hear that they only received limited one-on-one time with their provider, short appointments or limited treatments that didn't help.   If you are looking for a better approach, one that provides comprehensive treatments and 55-minute, private appointments with your doctor of physical therapy, that includes hands-on treatment, therapeutic exercise, movement retraining, rehabilitative ultrasound imaging, balance and deep core training and other treatments, you've found the right place.   Often it is best to answer your questions and explain our approach to determine if your condition is a good fit for what our PTs offer.  Call us at (616) 516-4334 or reach out to us here with your question and we will be in touch.

At Purple Mountain PT, our treatment approach, including our hands-on care, is different.

We are specialist physical therapists who customize your treatment plan to include hands-on manual therapies with corrective exercises, rehabilitative ultrasound imaging to help teach you to retrain your deep core muscles, education on how to help yourself at home and teaching you what to do.

Our clinic has been established to provide you with personalized, hands-on solutions by working with a specialist physical therapist who also includes therapeutic exercise, pain neuroscience education, rehabilitative ultrasound imaging and more into your treatment.

At Purple Mountain PT, we understand that pain and persistent problems can be overwhelming, affecting many aspects of your quality of life.  Resolving pain involves much more than taking pills, getting an adjustment or doing a few exercises.     Our dedicated team of specialist physical therapists have devoted their careers to helping pelvic health, spine issues and TMJ problems.
You will receive private, one-on-one, 55-minute appointments with your licensed physical therapist.    This gives you the time and attention necessary to comprehensively treat your condition.

Why Choose Us to Receive your Hands-On Care and Comprehensive Physical Therapy?

We will guide you through a progressive physical therapy treatment plan that will be a transformative journey for you so you can be pain-free and live a vibrant life.  Here are some of the things that make your care with us beneficial:

  1. Specialized Expertise:   Our licensed doctors of physical therapy have devoted their career to being specialists in pelvic health, spine and TMJ disorders.  We have advanced, post-doctoral training & experience helping countless others just like you.  This provides you valuable insights and treatment methods.  Would you like to learn more about working with a specialist, who does this allday, everyday?  Who is not guessing how to help you?  Who provides trauma informed care and hands-on manual therapies?  Who uses rehabilitative ultrasound imaging to show you exactly how your muscles are working or need to improve?   We aren't guessing with regard to how to help you, our ultrasound gives you the proof you need to know you are on the right track.  That is what sets apart working with our specialist physical therapists here at Purple Mountain PT.  Want to connect? Call (616) 516-4334 or ask us a question here and we will be in touch!
  2. Hands-on Manual Therapies:  It has taken us years of experience to develop treatment methods that provide you results.   Our hands-on treatments include a variety of manual therapies such as visceral mobilization, myofascial mobilization, trigger point release, joint mobilization, postural balancing, neural modulation and more.
  3. Comprehensive Assessment:  We don't just treat symptoms, we identify the multiple causes of your pain, weakness or issue.  Our comprehensive assessments allow us to create a customized treatment plan to address your unique findings. So often our patients have been let down by prior efforts to get better and we find that usually the methods they tried were not comprehensive and did not address the numerous things contributing to their pain.
  4. Whole Body Framework:  At Purple Mountain PT, we are different.   Our physical therapists use a whole body framework to determine what is happening within your entire body to lead you to this problem you are having.  By addressing things that seem to be overlooked, such as ribcage and thoracic spine mobility or foot and ankle mechanics, we are treating components of your condition that need attention.  Using our whole body framework, we will develop treatments that include hands-on manual therapies with therapeutic exercises, to get you to feel good again.  This framework is very different from other approaches.   Curious if we can help you?   Call us at (616) 516-4334 or contact us here.  
  5. Experienced orthopedic physical therapists:  While we are specialists in treating neck, TMJ, back, hip and pelvic conditions, all of our physical therapists are experienced orthopedic PTs.    Our PTs have the knowledge and skills you need to treat you comprehensively, and if you are experiencing issues related to your shoulder, knees, elbow, foot or ankle, we include that in your treatment plan.
  6. Patient-Centered Approach:  From your first phone call with us, when you speak with one of our knowledgable team members, you will experience the difference we offer.  Your journey is unique and everything we do here, from your first phone call to your final visit, has been established to place you at the center of care.  Our patient-centered approach ensures that you receive trauma informed care, a personalized experience, results oriented treatment and a healing process.

Are you ready to take the first stop towards resolving your pelvic floor dysfunction?   To having a neck or back that doesn't hurt you?  To getting your jaw to feel looser?   We're here for you!

Call us now at (616) 516-4334 to speak with one of our team members.  We love to answer your questions, give you more information about working with us and what to expect.

We know that finding a specialist who knows how to help you can be frustrating.  Our PTs provide the hands-on manual therapies you are looking for, with a comprehensive approach that empowers you to take control of your condition.

Don't let pain, pelvic floor dysfunction or frustration with your back, neck or jaw to control your life any longer.  With the right guidance and specialized care, you can feel great again. We know you may be hesitant.  Or feel like you aren't sure what to do.  You've found a solution with our physical therapists.  Make the choice to take the first step towards better well-being today!  Reach out to us by asking us a question here or calling us to speak with one of our knowledgable team members at (616) 516-4334.

In Good Health,

  Dr. Maureen O'Keefe, DPT

Founder of Purple Mountain Physical Therapy

Specialist Pelvic Health, Spine & TMJ Disorder PT since the 1990's.

All of the Purple Mountain Physical Therapy licensed physical therapists are specialist pelvic health, spine and TMJ disorder PTs.   Each receives mentorship and training in the methods Dr. Maureen uses that are the hallmark of what makes Purple Mountain PT different.   By working with specialist PTs within our healing setting, you will notice that you feel hope and confidence that you are in the right place.

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