What to Expect at Dynamic Flow Physical Therapy
Our process begins with a comprehensive evaluation to fully understand your body, your symptoms, and your story. We assess your posture, breathing, movement patterns, surrounding joints, and overall strength to build a complete picture of what may be contributing to your discomfort and symptoms.
For pelvic floor therapy, we offer both external and internal assessments, always with your full consent. We take time to explain what we’re looking for, what we may find, and why it matters to your healing journey—so you feel informed and empowered every step of the way.
We also take a deep dive into your history: what you’ve tried, what worked (or didn’t), and how symptoms have impacted your life. We approach your care holistically, looking beyond isolated pain to identify the root cause of your symptoms.
You’ll leave your first session not only feeling heard, but with a clear plan in hand. We’ll begin treatment and provide a custom home program so you can start making progress immediately toward symptom relief, better function, and long-term wellness.
Your healing starts with understanding. Let’s work together to get you there.
Relief from symptoms
In this phase, we want to build a foundation to initiate good movement patterns and establish habits to decrease or resolve symptoms. We believe a combination of hands-on techniques (massage, myofascial release, cupping, instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization), and exercises can help build a good base.
Restore strength and coordination
In this phase we focus on stabilization, coordination, and alignment training with optimal muscle firing patterns. We progress to more functional positions for exercises and focus on postural exercises to enhance function. We also use body work as needed to encourage good movement patterns.
Return to activities and sports
The strengthening and performance phase is key to long-term success and life changing outcomes! Not only do we want to make sure you get back to doing what you love with confidence, we want you to have the tools and education to stay symptom free for the long haul and know what to do if flare ups happen.
FAQs
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We are committed to offering you individualized care, focused on you and your goals. We treat the “whole” body not one part and believe this is hugely important to obtain lasting results. Our goal is to make long-lasting, life-time changes, and to teach you to manage or maintain a healthy and active lifestyle per your goals. We want to empower you to feel confident getting back to whatever it is you want to with a customized plan that works for you.
We typically find the fastest and best outcomes with weekly appointments for 6-12 weeks. This may be longer for chronic conditions. At your first visit, your therapist will educate you on the steps needed to reach your goals per findings during the examination. We want you to feel confident prior to leaving your first visit in the process we lay out for you, and have realistic expectations on achieving your goals. Everyone's body responds differently to treatments- complexity, chronicity and other factors all need to be considered, and sometimes we have to build a team of practitioners to achieve the best outcomes.
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You are welcome to use your insurance, but our services will fall under out-of-network physical therapy, which means we do not bill insurance directly. However, you can absolutely use your insurance benefits depending on your plan.
Most of our patients have insurance and still choose to work with us because they value the level of care we provide.
Using your insurance (Out-of-Network / OON benefits)
If you’d like to use your insurance, we will provide you with a superbill after your visits. A superbill includes everything your insurance needs—diagnosis codes, treatment codes, and provider information—so you can submit it for reimbursement under your out-of-network benefits.
Many insurance plans reimburse 30–70% after your deductible is met, depending on your plan. While we cannot guarantee reimbursement, we can help guide you on the right questions to ask your insurance provider so you understand your coverage.
Please also check whether your plan requires pre-authorization for physical therapy.
Why we choose an out-of-network model?
We are committed to providing high-quality, one-on-one care without the rushed environment common in insurance-based clinics.
In-network clinics often have lower insurance reimbursement, which forces therapists to see multiple patients at once, use aides, shorten sessions, or limit treatment to just the “body part” your insurance approves.
At Dynamic Flow PT, we believe you deserve:
Full one-on-one attention
Longer, more comprehensive sessions
Whole-body treatment that addresses root causes, not just symptoms
Faster progress and more lasting results
This model allows us to give you the best outcomes without limitations set by insurance rules.
Payment Options
We accept the following:
Credit or debit cards
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Cash or check
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Due to Medicare rules and regulations, we are unable to provide physical therapy services to Medicare beneficiaries, even on a cash-pay basis.
However, we can work together under a wellness program, which includes:
• General conditioning
• Strengthening
• Mobility and movement training
• Injury-prevention exercises
Softwave therapy
And any services that Medicare does not cover
If you are specifically seeking Medicare-covered physical therapy, we are happy to help you by providing a referral to a trusted in-network clinic.
Your health is our priority, and we want to make sure you get the care that best fits your needs.
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In the state of California for physical therapy we have limited “direct access” which means we are able to treat individuals for up to 45 days or 12 visits which ever comes first without a doctor’s prescription. After that time we will need a prescription to continue treatments. If you do not have a prescription, not a problem. We will send your evaluation (first visit note) to your preferred physician for a signature. We want your treatment team to be as collaborative as possible, and also find this helps with communication.
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If you are pregnant and currently experiencing pregnancy pains such as hip, pelvic, and/or low back pain, it is best to start treatment now to address your discomfort, get your body prepared for delivery and speed up your postpartum recovery. We can also set up monthly check ins to help manage any symptoms that come up. If you are feeling fine, we can also start pelvic floor therapy during your third trimester anywhere from 32-36 weeks. During these sessions, your therapist will provide some hands on bodywork, work on your pelvic alignment, review labor and birth positions, teach you how to “push” and provide you with education about the birthing process.
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If you are having any pain or concerns after childbirth, we can start as early as 2 weeks postpartum and take you through some gentle movement and bodywork. Otherwise, we can wait until after your postpartum OB appointment (4-6 weeks postpartum). We like to start early postpartum to build good habits during the tissue healing phase to decrease risk of issues happening as you return to full activities.
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Even though you didn’t give birth vaginally, your pelvic floor, core and whole body is affected from carrying around the weight of your baby for 9 months. Plus you had a major abdominal surgery. Following your c-section, we can assess how your pelvic floor has been affected externally or internally, address your c-section scar tissue, and work on core rehabilitation.
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What to Expect During a Pelvic Floor Assessment
A pelvic floor physical therapy assessment is very different from a traditional pelvic exam. We do not use stirrups or a speculum.
Instead, your therapist gently evaluates the pelvic floor muscles using one or two gloved fingers placed inside the vagina or rectum. This allows us to assess how your muscles:
Contract
Relax
Coordinate with your breathing and movement
Respond in different positions
We may perform the assessment in a variety of positions (such as lying down, side-lying, or standing) to get the most accurate understanding of how your pelvic floor is functioning.
Your comfort is always our highest priority, and you are in control of the process at every step.