Dedicated to Helping People Become and Stay More Active and Mobile, Live Free From Painkillers, Avoid Surgery and Enjoy All that Northern Michigan Has to Offer!

Petoskey Physical Therapy

(Formerly Optimum DPT)

Some of The Painful Conditions Commonly Treated At Our Practice

Arthritis (Spinal, hip, knee, shoulder, etc)

Chronic / Persistent Pain

Vertigo & Dizziness

Headaches & TMD (Jaw Pain)

Neck & Back Pain

Radiculopathy (Sciatica, Shooting Leg or Arm Pains)

Pulled Muscles & Sprained Joints

Get better, faster and enjoy all the northern Michigan has to offer!

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Petoskey Physical Therapy is a direct care, advanced practice, orthopaedic & sports medicine physical therapy clinic with Osteopractic & Fellowship-trained Doctors of Physical Therapy.  Based out of the beautiful city of Petoskey, Michigan between the coastal resort communities of Harbor Springs and Charlevoix, we are humbled and honored to serve all of Northern Michigan by providing the very best musculoskeletal care for everything from headaches to turf-toe.

Petoskey Physical Therapy is proud to provide the best evidence-based manual therapy in the region, with hands-on care delivered by the only Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy in Northern Michigan; the only Fellow of the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy in the Northern Michigan; and the only licensed Osteopractor in Northern Michigan.  Whether massage, instrument assisted soft tissue therapy, joint mobilizations, spinal manipulations or dry needling-- you are in the best hands.

We are also (at the time of this writing) the only clinic in the northern half of Michigan certified to provide Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation and Training.  Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation is perfect for those frail, injured or recovering from surgery to rapidly get stronger, gain endurance and “put on” muscle without the stress and strain of traditional exercise / loading on the body.  Likewise, for those seeking optimum performance Blood Flow Restriction Training is a “bio hack” allowing for strength and hypertrophy gains in 1/3 of the time of normal high intensity training without any of the micro trauma from heavy lifting.

Petoskey Physical Therapy also offers vestibular rehabilitation for those suffering from vertigo, dizziness or loss of balance— from canalith repositioning maneuvers for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), to gaze stabilization exercise prescription for vestibular hypofunction, to Anodyne / MIRE light therapy for neuropathies--physical therapy can vastly decrease your risk for falls, keeping you mobile and independent.

Our physical therapy practice is also well versed in the evaluation and treatment of persistent (or chronic) pain.  The body heals with time, but sometimes pain lingers.  In these cases, knowledge is power, and understanding the underlying anatomy, physiology and mechanisms of persistent pain is the first step in a recovery plan that may involve breathing exercises, mindfulness, graded imagery, lateralization exercises and graded exposure physical therapy.

With the best elements of conservative rehabilitative care offered under one roof and our unique direct care physical therapy practice we are confident that Petoskey Physical Therapy will get you better, faster and be your first and last stop for your musculoskeletal rehabilitative care!

Explore our practice’s site to learn more.  Do not hesitate to contact the Petoskey Physical Therapy office at 231-881-9770 with any questions you might have, or if you would like to schedule an appointment today.  Our office is located at 267 Creekside Drive, Suite 300, Petoskey, MI 49770.  We look forward to seeing you! 

Direct Physio therapy (DPT)

Direct care is a subtype of concierge medicine.  There is no insurance involved.  No pre-authorizations or authorizations, co-payments or deductibles, denied treatments or benefit limits for the patient to worry about.  Likewise, the health care provider does not have to employ a small army of staff to contend with the insurance company's' red tape or wrestle reimbursement from them.  This produces BETTER care at LOWER costs.

We believe that for basic health care--which a physiotherapist’s care certainly constitutes-- insurance hurts more than it helps.  Just as it does not make sense to have your car insurance cover gasoline and oil changes, so, too, do we think that physical therapy & rehabilitation can be made less expensive and better independent of a 3rd party.

Without the “sting” of co-payments and deductibles which make people hesitate to seek medical care (and use their insurance), people can come in as soon as needed instead of trying to “wait and see” or “tough it out”.  The problem can be addressed quickly and effectively before it has snowballed into something that requires far more care.

Most people will save SIGNIFICANTLY by receiving care at our office. The vast majority of people have either silver or bronze metal-tiered health care plans with deductibles of about $4,000 and $5,800, respectively. With insurance-based physical therapy clinics billing $300-400 per visit and hospital-owned clinics billing $400-$1,500 ( yes, $1,500!) deductibles get met ALOT sooner than later! And with $40-75 co-payments and 20-50% co-insurance payments per visit the out-of-pocket maximums (at $7500+) soon follow. At insurance-based clinics you find all of this out with the first bill which you get 2 months after you’ve have started care. Not fun! Direct Physical Therapy simply makes sense!