Revolution Physical Therapy is open for business! We are credentialed with all of the major insurance carriers. We were waiting on our approval from Highmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield prior to making this announcement due to the large volume of people who carry their insurance. We have a very flexible schedule to accommodate mostly anyone, with evening and weekend hours available. Appointments are preferred and that includes same and next day appointments if you need to be seen immediately.
No referral necessary. Revolution Physical therapy is direct access certified. This means that when you are in pain, you can come and see us with out a physician referral. All major insurance carriers now reimburse for this.We treated our first patients on Monday and are currently accepting new patients. If you or a loved one are experiencing pain please take the time to get it looked at. We treat the pain and the cause of the pain, not just your symptoms. The sooner you get treated the sooner you will be pain free and will know how to prevent it from happening again. Tip: I always tell people if they have pain longer than five to seven days to have me take a look at it because the cause of the problems is not going to get better on its own.
Highmark BCBS published a study that was conducted in Pennsylvania and Maryland revealing that seeing a Physical Therapist first decreases costs and improves patient outcomes. This means you get better faster and it costs you and your insurance carrier less. It just makes sense to see a PT first. If an athlete sprains their ankle, they do not go to the physician first. They go to their athletic trainer. If the trainer thinks they need to see a physician they refer the athlete to their physician. This is part of what helps athletes get back sooner, they get treated early and often. Unfortunately most of us are no longer in school and do not have an athletic trainer to attend to us. As a PT who has worked with high level athletes, I believe everyone deserves to have the same treatment. The treatment the pro and college athletes get. Below is a perfect example of a gap in treatment and how it delays getting people from getting better and increases costs.
A patient who sprained their ankle and makes an appointment to see their physical therapist on Monday. Prior to their visit the next day, the patient contacted their physician and told them they were going to go to see a PT for an ankle sprain. Their primary care physician told them not to go to PT first and to come to his office for an evaluation. The patients appointment was set for Friday and the physician ordered prescription strength Advil to the pharmacy. The patient then had to limp around for the next 4 days, in severe pain, waiting to see the physician.
Once the patient finally did see the physician, he ordered an MRI which was expensive and unnecessary for an ankle sprain. The patient was scheduled at the imaging center for Friday and a follow up appointment with the physician on Monday. At the follow up appointment the patient's MRI revealed a grade II ankle sprain. This means that the patient had torn two out of the three ligaments in their ankle. The physician then referred the patient( guess where?) back to Physical Therapy. Not very efficient. Then the patient was treated for two weeks at my clinic, and had a 100% return to their pre-injury function.
The patient spent nearly 2 weeks limping in pain, developing weakness and movement compensations, getting out of shape, before even coming to Physical Therapy which makes it take longer for them to get back to 100%. If the patient would have come to therapy first, they probably would have been back on their feet in the time it took to get the MRI.
This is precisely the gap in treatment I want to help patients avoid. The goal is to be back to 100% as soon as possible. At Revolution PT, this is our No.1 priority. We look forward to serving all of you in the future. In the meantime, I am going to continue to leave updates on Facebook and my blog. Thanks for following us. I really appreciate the support.
Wishing you the best,
Lyneil Mitchell, DPT
A sound mind in a sound body is a short, but full description of a happy state in this world - John Locke
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