Welcoming Brad Bevil and Lily Swann

Two physical therapists have joined our team in recent months. Welcome, Brad and Lily! Here’s a little more about these two new Symmetry staff members: We’re thrilled to welcome Brad Bevil to the practice. Brad earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas in 2008 and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) from Texas State …

Enter the Get-Up! A tool to help increase the functional years of your life

Folks, let me open this piece up by stating plainly that strength matters! Strength is so important that it may be the difference between an independent, active later-adulthood and hiring a home care professional to assist you in bathing and using the toilet. Strength can heavily influence your financial life, your love life, and the legacy you leave for future …

The Count of Monte Cristo and the Home Exercise Program

  “Probably, if ever I get out of prison!” “True,” replied Faria, “we are prisoners; but I forget this sometimes, and there are even moments when my mental vision transports me beyond these walls, and I fancy myself at liberty.” -Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas   Recently I dug back to a book I should have read in high …

Shouldering the Load of Recovery

The shoulder is a joint of high acclaim. Isaac Newton “stood on the shoulders of giants.” We cry on our friends’ shoulders when disaster befalls us. They are the joints that allow us to perform complex manipulations of objects. Without a mobile shoulder joint what good is an opposable thumb? We could still play video games and conduct a text …

The Case for a Regular Physical Therapy Check-Up

Early in the year, it’s often a period of review, recap, reflection, and resolution. We take inventory, and then plan for the future. This process can apply to multiple facets of life – certainly to include our physical beings. Functioning well physically enables us to productively participate in all aspects of our vocational, social, and recreational lives. So we schedule …

A Physical Therapist’s Reflections on Knee Surgery

Having been an orthopedic PT for 15 years and treating many, many patients with knee injuries, I knew exactly what had happened when my leg buckled during a soccer game last November. Indeed, an MRI confirmed that I had torn my ACL. Not only that, but I’d also torn my MCL, my LCL, and my lateral meniscus, and chipped some …

What is an Orthopedic Physical Therapist?

Physical Therapists are trained to examine, differentially identify dysfunction, and to provide treatment and/or prevention methods for conditions that limit the body’s ability to move and function in daily life. For many medical conditions, physical therapy provides an effective and inexpensive alternative to pain medication, surgery, or other more extensive medical interventions. An orthopedic physical therapist specializes in the care …