Octavio A. Perez
January 8, 2019 14:20
My life partner, Brad, arrived at Restore Rehab with a swollen achilles tendon so badly calcified where it attached to his rear heel that he could barely walk on it. The pain and stiffness had become unbearable. It was actually deformed and bulging from calcium buildup within the achilles tendon tissue on either side of his heel. This bulging outward literally destroyed the lining inside of every pair of shoes he owned. Attempting to stretch the tendon sent lightening pain up his entire calf muscle. The pain kept him awake many a night as it would start to send lightening nerve pains from the heel upward all night long. It was extremely uncomfortable both day and night.
We were so happy to encounter Restore Rehab right in our neighborhood! We live in Hell's Kitchen at 57th/10th Avenue, so Restore Rehab was just a few minutes walk down 10th Ave--a wonderful thing when every step Brad took was so extremely painful.
Restore's physical therapists worked with Brad 2-3 times a week at the onset. They are wonderful and very skilled at what they do! They used ultrasound on Brad's heel and tendon to breakup all the inorganic calcium that had deposited there from what she explained to me was the result of decades of inflammation. Brad had badly injured this same heel almost 30 years prior, but did not receive proper physical therapy because he did not have insurance at that time. He didn't even go to a doctor!.
Restore's sessions also included lots of physical training and strengthening/balance exercises on their in-house equipment to show Brad how to correct the damage he had caused from so many years of abusing an incorrectly healed injury, which had never gone beyond the inflammation stage.
We're happy to report that after about 3 months of diligent, weekly treatment and exercising at Restore Rehab, Brad's heel, for the first time in 30 years, has finally completely healed! The sense of freedom and relief when something like this is finally resolved seems nothing short of a miracle!
We highly recommend Restore Rehab to anyone in need of physical therapy for an entire host of conditions. We noticed them working on all kinds of other ailments on people of all ages while Brad received his treatments there. And his insurance, Medicare/Medicaid, was no problem!
You have no idea what a relief just that alone was!
We have absolutely no financial or other type of interest in Restore Rehab. We've voluntarily written this review of Brad's experience there because we feel it's important to know that there are good, honest, highly-trained physical therapists there who know what they're doing. You don't necessarily need to go to a huge, sometimes cold, clinical hospital setting to get excellent physical rehab. Sometimes there's a jewel of a place right in your own neighborhood. That would be Restore Rehab! Thank you, Antonio and Sonal We're extremely grateful to you both for a job well done!
Octavio and Brad