What to Expect During a Performance Physical Therapy Evaluation at Kingdom Wellness & Rehab
Step 1: Phone Consultation
Your care starts with a 20-minute phone consultation designed to learn as much as possible about you, your medical history, and your performance goals. This conversation allows us to ensure we’re the right fit for each other while giving you space to ask any questions prior to your first visit. While we won’t diagnose over the phone, we’ll provide clarity on next steps and what to expect moving forward. If we are a good fit for each other, we will schedule your first appointment with us, the Comprehensive Physical Exam.
Step 2: Comprehensive Physical Exam
Your first in-person session includes a thorough, head-to-toe evaluation to uncover the root cause of your pain—not just the symptoms. We’ll guide you through a comprehensive movement screening, assessing strength, mobility, and fundamental movement patterns while observing your body in motion. This may include palpation, joint-specific assessment, and ruling out nerve involvement. For athletes, we incorporate specialized, sport-specific analysis. We take a holistic approach, addressing the entire body to understand how everything works together.
We do recommend wearing comfortable clothing that you can move easily in, especially if we’ll be assessing a specific joint.
Step 3: Begin Treatment
From day one, we begin building and implementing your individualized treatment strategy. Together, we’ll establish clear goals and collaborate on a plan tailored to your lifestyle and performance needs. Treatment may include manual therapy and joint mobilization to restore movement and reduce pain, along with targeted techniques like dry needling, cupping, or IASTM/Graston. You’ll also progress through therapeutic exercises, plyometrics, and neuromuscular re-education to reinforce proper movement patterns and support return-to-sport readiness. Recovery strategies such as compression therapy and assisted stretching help optimize healing along the way.
