OPPT Optimal Performance Physical Therapies

I’ve been going to physical therapy here for 4 months. My therapist, Lauren, is great. She listens to me and works to help me get to my goals. She definitely knows her stuff. As a terrible runner who got a stress fracture in her ankle and suffers from chronic inflammation, recovery has been a process but I feel like OPPT is doing all they can to help me recover and to be a better runner.
The office is located on the second floor of a 3 story building on the corner of Dakota and Cleveland in South Tampa. It sits directly behind the MacDonald’s on Kennedy Blvd. The front office staff is super sweet and on their game. They give reminder calls if you’re coming in 1x per week (more often and you don’t get a call but you get a print out of your schedule) and check patients in and out. There are usually several clients seeing therapists at a time and almost always sports on TV. The office is big and there is a large open space with a treadmill, bikes, an elliptical, weights, and therapy tables. Everything is clean and sanitary. They are constantly wiping down tables, washing towels, and changing pillow linens.
Your first visit is a consultation which I think always takes place in one of the private rooms. Everybody is very professional and friendly. After the first visit the pain/​fun begins. Each session usually starts with a 5 – 10 minute warm-​up (which will vary based on the body part you’ve injured) after that the sessions change– it might be weights, resistance band exercises, balance work, etc. etc. It changes every visit. I had friends tell me they don’t go to physical therapy bc they can do all the exercises at home. Well, I certainly don’t think that is the case. I don’t think I would be as healed as I am today or have as much knowledge about my body if I wasn’t in PT at OPPT.
OPPT has flexible hours for therapy with all therapists available early morning or evenings on rotating days for those who work. I’m really happy that my injury brought me to OPPT (which was recommended by my podiatrist). I will also be happy when it’s time to leave though. :)