I was reluctant to get Physical Therapy for my broken ankle post ORIF surgery. A year had passed, and I was "getting along just fine"- accepting that my abilities... read more now had limitations. Then I fell a few times after, and more recently tore/perhaps sprained my lateral meniscus a few weeks into my half-marathon training.

After days of scrolling, reading about PT, and talking with others who have worked with a PT my initial thoughts were:

1 - Too expensive
2 - Not being heard & then getting a standard plan that I could of downloaded for free and followed myself.
3 - combine 1 & 2 = upset/waste of time & money
4 - I can find countless amounts of videos on youtube (bob & brad PT channel - IYKYK), instagram, tiktok... and create my own plan

Thankfully I came across Damien,

who has completely transformed my view on PT, and it was absolutely worth the investment! His assessment alone was more thorough then any of my doctor visits, and he helped set realistic short term goals that fit within my training plan. The plan was customized and adjustments were made along the way according to our conversations and the responses my body was having to the exercises. Each exercise was explained in a way that was encouraging and kind. Can I find them online? - sure... but I simply would of gone through the motions whereas Damien helped me connect the dots from mind to each movement with clear direction/cues that has changed they way I think about how I'm running/hiking/biking/lifting ect.. My range of motion and running gait has improved significantly, and pains that I didn't even realize went hand in hand with my "real injuries" have subsided.

I looked forward to each session, and was always greeted with a wag of Kenzo's tail in a welcoming space with great tunes. I'm eternally grateful for such a life changing experience.

O - and I crossed the finish line of the toughest half marathon to date feeling better post race than the last!

  When I worked with Damien, I spent a lot of time in physical therapy getting to know the guy. My most egregious injury was a broken knee. I tore my... read more ACL (complete rupture) and had a bucket handle tear to my meniscus. Prior to this Damien had helped me with a dislocated shoulder causing persistent pain. (I get injured a lot as an athlete.) I'm not sure if you have experienced being unable to walk, and that you're here means you're experiencing something, but I could not have gotten over the hurdle without Damien. For starters I was using both my hospital required Physical Therapy, and Damien simultaneously. What Damien knew the hospital didn't. The hospital did not want me at an external physical therapists but I declined to adhere to their program and went to Damien simultaneously. It is because I was with Damien that my knee is feeling better. For starters Damien put emphasis on things the hospital only told me to manage six months in, but that I had been managing from the get go because of him. A specific example is known as "scar massage" I started this the week after surgery. The hospital failed to really emphasize it's important and the general PTs sortve brought it up but Damien made me do it. Because of his experience and outside knowledge (he can follow his own curriculum and not be forced to use a hospitals guidelines.) I was able to not have skin form back tightly which would've caused me long term pain. The way a hospital PT has to run is on a special directive and they can't stray from it. Damien can see a problem and follow and pursue that path. By the time I got to an "ACL expert" (who I was on a waitlist to see and is by the way is an amazing PT over at the hospital) I was already six months in with the "general PT" who didn't know as much and got excited about studies Damien told me about 6 months prior as back pocket knowledge. Damien prescribed me BFR cuffs, when I met with the expert he did too. But six months AFTER I'd already been working with them and owned a pair. The expert really was a good amazing doctor who does conferences and publishes papers, so he helped a ton, but he was always strapped for time because he's the only available ACL doctor and expert in the hospital. He has to see many people and you get 30 minute sessions with him or 1 hour 30 classes with him and MANY others at once that he is working with while working on you. The biggest difference is Damien is his OWN guide. No insurance to tell him what to do or how to make it run. He will pick his plan and make it work FOR YOU. Because he understands the body and isn't stressed for time he can even read any new research whenever and make sure he knows all about YOU specifically. I have been out of surgery post op for 2 years now. Specifically my injury was complicated because I had to wear a brace for my meniscus to heal and couldn't bend my knee to allow the sutures on the meniscus to completely close (doctors orders) but with an ACL you should bend immediately. This put my recovery behind. If I followed the general PT (wrong) advice I wouldn't have bent my knee, making it possible I'd need second surgery if it stuck and possibly not have full range in my leg EVER again for bending. Instead the first day after surgery Damien called me and told me they were crazy bend it in a controlled environment. He walked me through it and I met with him 3x a week. It is because of him I can bend my knee all the way today two years later. I don't believe I would be able to, and I'm 24 years old, this could've affected me for life. Bottom line is he has better knowledge than anyone I've met and I've met four physical therapists now through my experience with needing surgery, and one orthopedic surgeon. And Damien was always not one or two but 5 steps ahead of them. They'd tell me "new" info and I'd nod and shake my head like wow so cool you know about this study Damien told me about 6 months ago. I always wondered did they not want me to go to him because they were embarrassed trying to keep it mums the word that they couldn't keep up?

  Quick summary: Damien is by far the most skilled physical therapist I have ever worked with, and I've worked with a lot. Save yourself the wasted time and money experimenting... read more with other physical therapists and just work with Damien.

More detailed version: over the course of 10 years I spent well over $15k out of pocket working with more than a dozen specialists for an issue with my shoulder. The issue was beyond frustrating - I couldn't lift weights with anything beyond extremely light intensity, and as a very active person, it was a major hit to my quality of life.

But what was especially frustrating was that every person I worked with would give me fairly basic exercises, I'd do them for weeks & months with no change, and ...that'd be it.

They'd say, "Well, I don't know what else to do."

Until I worked with Damien.

He didn't know what the issue was at first either. But he actually seemed bothered by not knowing - and genuinely wanted to find the answer with me.

Over the course of 3 months he worked with me like a detective, seeing how my body responded to a variety of exercises.

Finally we stumbled on a few exercises that gave me instant relief... exercises that, oddly enough, weren't even close to my shoulders. A small muscle in my lower back was weak and causing everything on my left side to be out of wack.

Within 2 months I was working out hard again, for the first time in 10 years.

Just like that, my saga was finally over thanks to Damien.

I've continued to go to Damien for all the other small issues I've accumulated over the years and have the same experience every time.

He is gifted. Stop searching and work with him.