Premier Physical Therapy & Sports Performance

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Destry Witthaus

I have been intensely involved in sports my whole life and still continue to maintain an active lifestyle. I am a 44 year old active duty military member which requires maintaining a healthy lifestyle and to stay in the best shape possible. To maintain this, I continue to play soccer, beach volleyball, tennis, golf, and bike pretty heavily. I believed my career, along with playing all those sports since childhood, had taken a toll on my back and knee due to the pain I was beginning to feel on a daily basis. In my 26 years of military service, I have always tried my best to steer clear of seeing the doctor or taking any kind of medication. That was until I started asking for Advil so often my fiance started pestering me to see the doctor. Finally, one day at work, the pain got so bad that a co-worker had to drive me over to see the doctor. After getting x-rays and finding out that there is nothing structurally wrong, my doctor suggested I see a physical therapist. I told him that I have had an experience with a physical therapist in the past and that it wouldnt do anything for me. I then spoke with my fiance who said she knew of someone who she believed would help me. I had been going through pain for a good amount of time and was pretty down thinking that I had run my course of sporting through life and now it was time to pay the pain-man. So I made an appointment with Premier as my fiance had suggested, of course with a lot of skepticism. But from the first time I went into Premier, I knew that this time was going to be different. Dr. Eric sat me down and went through all of my history and completely analyzed my back and knee to get to what exactly was causing my pain. The enthusiasm and confidence that he had about getting me back in the game without surgery or medication was exactly what I needed. The physical therapy experience I had in the past was simply "sit on this exercise bike for 15 minutes and we will be back to make sure you havent passed out." Working with Dr. Eric and Dr. Marsha is more like having a personal professional sports trainer working with me one-on-one, something I thought only the rich professional athletes had access to. They ran me through many different exercises and workouts and were with me every step of the way, teaching me and giving me the encouragement that I needed. Not only did my back and knee feel better but my whole body felt better. They gave me the confidence and the tools that I needed in order for me to maintain my active lifestyle and get back in the game. I believe the reason my experience with Premiere is second to none is due to the fact that not only are they both Doctors of Physical Therapy but they are athletes that hold themselves to the highest standards of health and fitness. I am kind of sad that I dont have a reason to go back to Premier at this time but as active as I am, I am sure it will be sooner rather than later. Since my discharge, I have contacted Dr. Eric a couple of times with questions concerning my knee and he has been more than helpful sending me a plethora of information. I am grateful for everything they have done for me at Premier and with there knowledge and expertise, I am proud to say that I am still in the game.

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Mark Smolenski

I am writing this review about Premier Physical Therapy. My passion is bodybuilding, and has been for over 25 years. Although, I have aches and pains as anyone else who exercises regularly, my wake up call came when I injured my lower back severely. My back pain was chronic and hampered my daily living not to mention putting a holt on my weight training at the gym. I have had some setbacks with my back but nothing like this. My wife told me about Premier PT and suggested that I come in and have a consolation. Feeling a little weird and prideful I started to visit Premier. Starting PT twice per week for a while and than I went to only once a week. They have really helped me achieve about 80 to 90 percent of recovery. I highly recommend them to anyone who could use help with injuries due to sports. Premier has given me the proper tools and knowledge to achieve a greater sense of awareness in my body and they have showed me how to strengthen muscles that I have neglected. Although, I still want to lift heavy weights and be back to my normal gym routine, I must remember what I have learned about proper form, strengthening weak core muscles and to have a proper warm up. At Premier PT they took the time to work with me and answer all of my questions. They have a great staff and interns who provide an excellent service.

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Jack Hartmann

My experience here started very good with one on one help and direction, and felt a solid knowledge, friendliness and caring. But after some time the friendliness and caring stopped. They changed my therapist to an intern without even mentioning a word about it to me. Then about 20% of my brief time there for therapy was directed to training the intern. Discussion was directed between lead therapist and intern and not client. The intern showed no friendliness or caring. Just really no therapeutic connection from Eric, lead therapist or intern. So to me, they were a fine service initially, but changed into a physical therapy assembly line passing on service to an intern or tech that doesnt really care and is not as skilled or knowledgeable as MA or PHD therapist. They made no effort to communicate with me about using intern and changing my therapy to her. Not cool, respectful or professional. Wouldnt go back and wouldnt recommend

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Amer Delic

They have 3 very good physical therapist: Marsha, Kim, and Eric and all are very experienced with tons of attention to detail. The front office staff are very nice, pleasant, and professional. They have a huge backroom with equipment and plenty of open space to do exercises. One thing I love that all the therapist do is recommend equipment for you that they use. They give you the brand name and you just find it on Amazon, order it, and your good to go do your own PT at home while checking in with them throughout the week. They also give you plenty of print outs to take home and even record you doing the exercises so you can reference the correct way of doing the exercises. The attention they give is amazing because its one on one work, not 1 on 3 or 1 on 4 like most PT offices do. I have been to 4 other PT facilities in Pinellas County and Premier has been the best. Look no further until you at least try give these guys a try.

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Wendy Snellgrove

" No pain, no gain." "Physical therapy after a complete knee replacement is excruciating." Wrong! Premier Physical Therapy in Clearwater was recommended to me by a friend who had successful therapy there. Here I found a wonderful staff of Doctors of Physical Therapy. Yes, doctors not therapy assistants! I was happily assigned to Dr. Marsha Cholog. She thoroughly reviewed my surgery and tailored a program to my needs. I have had physical therapy several times in the past and find that Premier is unique in helping their clients heal and educating them so that improvement continues after you are released. The facility is beautiful and the camaraderie between the doctors and patients is great. You are at ease while performing your workout. They get results. I will also be going on a program to delay an additional knee replacement! Thank you so much for helping me heal. ❤️

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