“In no particular order: Bruce Lee, Michael Jordan, Allen Ling and Tiger Woods. These are the dudes that have inspired me. Because of Allen’s work I killed it at this gig. Thanks for being a true friend.”

“I spent many physical therapy sessions to rehabilitate my injuries sustained from the collapse of the Cypress Freeway (big 8.3 quake of 1989). Allen and all the staff at PTI were vital to my recovery. They were knowledgeable, knew when to be gentle and when to be encouraging. I’ve been to other clinics before and has found the right therapists really made a difference. PTI is my PT clinic of choice!”

“Thanks Allen, my ankle feels great.”

“To Jason & the PTI staff, thanks to you, I still get a kick out of life.”

“Thanks for your help in keeping this old body going!”

“I spent about two intense weeks with Allen, Hillevi, and Sid, recovering from the most painful and lingering injury of my football career. They were extremely concerned, attentive, and knowledgeable in their rehabilitation of my condition. I was surprised that I was able to play effectively without pain at the Shriner’s game a week later. I am extremely grateful to these professionals for their time and efforts and highly recommend them to any player out there.”

“Thanks for your great work fixing my shoulder.
Play hard and don’t let go!”

“PT Innovations really took the time to tailor their approach to meet the unique needs of my injury and my training regime. Everyone at PT Innovations from the head Therapist to the newest intern always puts the patient’s needs first. The staff’s philosophy and work ethic successfully restored the full range of motion and strength in my shoulder.”

“Allen has been my physical therapist for the past three years during which time I’ve had to rehabilitate from hip replacement surgery and other physical problems. He is the best physical therapist I have ever used and the only one I trust to work with me. He is currently working with me on recovering from a second surgery on my hip. His work is of the highest professional standard and extraordinarily helpful to me.

Thanks Allen for getting me back in the trail racing game!”

“Thank you very much to both Physical Therapy Innovations and Pain & Rehabilitative Consultants Medical Group- Dr. Jamasbi for all the help in healing. Back in 2006, I broke my right hip and needed hip replacement – the operation failed, and so again, in 2008, a repair of the damaged hip was attempted – still not right! Anyone out there who knows my personal struggle with my life ending as I knew it – no more rollerblading, ice skating, bike riding, downhill snow skiing – saw all the fun end.

Now, jump to November 2009, after years of physical therapy and also an electronic Medtronic electronic pain blocker (installed in my back) – I am finally on the road to recovery and I feel like I can say, “I’m getting my life back!”

I feel I owe my life to the offices of Allen Ling of PT Innovations in Orinda CA, and Pain and Rehab Offices of Dr. Jamasbi in Berkeley CA. Together, they took me the quickest route to get me back up on my feet and almost off my crutches and cains forever! So, here’s a great big hug and thank you for giving me my life back. Everyday, I feel like it’s worth the rise-out-of-bed because my body is healing.

Physical Therapy and the Medtronic device, together, have moved me to the point of enjoying life again – more easy-going…..

Thank you Allen Ling of PT Innovations and your awesome/incredible physical therapist(s) at PT Innovations.”

“I want to give a shout out to Sam. As a gym member, I am frequently in both the Oakland and El Cerrito facilities. I always feel confident about the cleanliness of all of the equipment I use because I see how devoted Sam is to taking care of your space. When we so often hear of bugs getting passed along at gyms, it is reassuring to know how clean PTI is. Thanks Sam!!!”

“I want to give a shout out to Sam. As a gym member, I am frequently in both the Oakland and El Cerrito facilities. I always feel confident about the cleanliness of all of the equipment I use because I see how devoted Sam is to taking care of your space. When we so often hear of bugs getting passed along at gyms, it is reassuring to know how clean PTI is. Thanks Sam!!!”

“My experience with PTI has been extremely satisfied. I’ve been dealing with sciatic nerve pain and Han is a great therapist that has helped me out extremely. I did not have much faith when I first was told by my physician to try physical therapy and I’m glad I did. In office and aquatic visits are both helpful. I have even continued independent aquatic classes of how great they work with me and also of how much faster I recuperate. Staff is very friendly especially the therapists.”

“My name is Tenzin Dolma and I was one of your patient. Today I am writing regarding my therapist, Emily Brown. Ms. Brown is very passionate about her career and very compassionate with her patients. I believe that she expertise in her field. For your company to have a worker like her is something your company should be proud of. To have a successful company there needs to be good workers which you guys have. For me to have met therapist like her, I feel fortunate.”

“Went in due to pain in my left elbow on setting up for squatting – pretty big deal for me given that I compete powerlifting and the pain had gotten so bad that I had to spend 15-20 minutes massaging my arm before each training session just to be able to get under the bar to start warming up.

Session was with Kelly, at the Albany (Kearney Avenue) location.

Inside of 5 minutes he’d done several basic tests for strength and mobility and diagnosed a nerve entrapment issue in my neck. Inside of another 5 he’d done some very hard massage on my back and some extremely painful (_IN A GOOD WAY_) things to the muscles surrounding my neck on the left side, which resulted in dramatic improvements in all of the tests and an elbow that was completely pain-free for the following 6 hours and still hurts less a day later than it did when I walked in. Another 5 and he’d run me through what I should be doing at home to fix the issue long-term. Another 10 and we’d figured exactly what I was doing to cause the issue, what I needed to change, and what I should keep the same (if you’re interested, it was failing to maintain a neutral neck position when squatting).

So, to recap:

• 5 minutes for a diagnosis
• 5 minutes for a treatment that offered immediate short/medium-term relief
• 5 minutes for exercises to do to fix the issue completely
• 10 minutes for a complete description of what I was doing to cause the problem and what I should change to stop it from coming back.

This also resulted in a lot of areas that were mysteriously weak (particularly my lats) getting a lot stronger immediately – apparently they’re associated with the same nerve, so freeing it up allows them to activate more effectively. Lat function was one of the tests he used in the diagnosis, and given the improvement I think he may have identified (and reversed) the reason I went from doing strict pull-ups in sets of 10 a year ago to struggling to get 2 at the end of the summer.”

“I had a great experience at PT Innovations. the Aquatherapy at the plunge has been a Godsend. My therapist, Kelly & Danny were very caring and sensitive to my needs. I also had an awesome pain relieving massage from Chris. It’s a wonderful feeling to know that your therapist really show empathy, professionalism and quality service.”

“I have been to Physical Therapy Innovations for a couple of injuries over a period of about 5 years. I have never received anything but the most professional, courteous, enthusiastic service there. They stand out because the people who have helped me there, including at the front desk, seem to care so much about me getting well. They are always prepared with my appointment info and chart. The director, Allen Ling, sets the mark high, requiring that the staff really try to work with each patient in what I thought was a holistic fashion. I had gotten depressed about my knee/foot injury which had severely limited my mobility over the past 2 years. As a former jogger, I know not exercising like I used to was really impacting the way I saw myself. The director, Allen, asked me many questions and really got to know my needs, desires and the long-term impact on my life of the injury. His treatment, which employed a number of different modalities, really helped me regain my self-confidence and hold on to the vision of how physically fit I was and how important that was to my sense of self and most importantly to believe that I was on my way to being well again. He asked me for a lot of feedback in terms of how each modality helped me heal. He used physically therapy, massage on other muscles that affected my foot, pilates and exercise. He knows a lot about sports therapy and has completed some neuro-muscular training so I was surprised at what he told me about my running and sore spots in my calf that had developed I didn’t know about from running that were still affecting my foot injury which he worked on. I am so grateful for the healing that took place there and to feel so many years younger after Physical Therapy Innovations worked on me! I am very grateful.”

“I have nothing but the highest regard for you and your skilled staff who have contributed to my recovery and rehabilitation.It’s been a very uplifting and inspirational experience to have your team look after me. I know I don’t have to tell you how important it is to have trust and respect and confidence in one’s care providers. It makes all the difference in the world in terms of recovery. Special thanks to Jim, Doug, and Christine, who treated me with the utmost skill, attention and talent.”

“Christopher is amazing (in the el cerrito office). I just had full left hip replacement and am healing, but need full right hip replacement done next. My back is taking all the pain from my healing hip and other bad hip. Christopher has been able to break-up many solid/hard muscles in my back within one session. Last time I went, he cured the numbness in my right arm (due to wrong use of crutches) – he is extremely skilled with muscle repair/separation. I am a solid block of cement, and he is the miracle that is able to break up this solid block of pain.

Thank you PT Innovations for employing such an amazing employee who really understands the pain I am having. Thank you too, Allen for helping me see the benefits of having my hips done now rather than later. I am starting to feel better just knowing that you are on my side.”

“I’ve only been to PTI once so far, but I had a great experience. Lee was the PT Assistant who worked on me, and he was great and personable and really took his time with me–he worked on me for about an hour. He explained everything he was doing very clearly, encouraged my feedback, and was quick to adjust everything he was doing based on my reactions. When he found a sensitive area, he wasn’t shy about setting aside the machines he was using and getting in there with his hands. He also gave me some great tips for a few things I can do on my own to work on healing that I wasn’t aware of. And he was such a nice guy…

I’m 7 weeks out from ACL surgery, and Lee managed to relieve some fluid buildup that had been reshaping all over my leg for weeks. My session was last Friday and today was the first day I came home from work and didn’t have a giant ridge of swelling anywhere.

It was quite the different experience than Kaiser PT, which, in 2 visits, has only consisted of going over how to do some exercises and then making sure I do them correctly (nothing wrong with that, but PTI definitely felt like more of a treat).

Overall, PTI was clean and had a range of patients from rehabbing athletes to older folks. A very friendly atmosphere and all sorts of equipment. And unlike Kaiser, they keep it warm and cozy inside!”