Care for every kind of comeback.

Five ways in, one way out: moving again. Each one starts with the same cause-first evaluation in downtown Washington, DC, one-on-one with a licensed physical therapist, every visit.

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Find the right fit for where you’re at.

All five are delivered the same way: one-on-one with a licensed physical therapist, every visit. No rotating aides, no wondering who is treating you today.

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Everyone Post-op Chronic pain

Manual Therapy

The clinic is named for this. Skilled hands find the joint or the tissue that has actually stopped moving, then free it up, so you walk out with a plan built around your body instead of a diagnosis code. Whether you are six weeks post-op or six months into an ache nobody has explained, it starts here.

  • You know what is wrong before anything gets treated
  • Hands-on work in the first visit, not by week three
  • Certified in Maitland, Mulligan, and the McKenzie Method
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Athletes Return-to-sport

Sports Rehab

Off the table and back on the field are two different things. Your plan is built around your actual sport, position, and season, and you are cleared against real testing: cut, sprint, jump, land. Trupti is a runner herself, so she knows exactly what being told to stop costs you.

  • Proof you are ready, not a hopeful guess
  • Return-to-sport testing before anyone clears you
  • Prevention built into the last phase, so it does not repeat
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Stubborn knots Chronic tightness

Dry Needling

For the knot that stretching, foam rolling, and massage never fully release. A thin needle goes straight into the trigger point and the muscle finally lets go. Brief, precise, and always optional: nothing here gets sprung on you.

  • Reaches tissue that hands alone cannot
  • Always optional, always explained first
  • Pairs with the plan you are already on
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Backs & necks Stiff joints

Spinal Manipulation

For a back or a neck that has gone stiff and stopped moving the way it should. A quick, precise movement at the restricted segment gives the motion back, then hands-on work and the right exercise make it hold. You hear what it is and why before anything happens.

  • Motion back in a joint that had stopped moving
  • Explained fully first, and never the whole plan on its own
  • Trained in Maitland, Mulligan, and McKenzie technique
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Joints & tendons Post-op

Orthopedic Therapy

Joints, tendons, and the ache that has hung around for months without a clear reason. This is care from a board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, which means the assessment goes past the sore spot to whatever is loading it. Arthritis, tendinitis, post-op knees and shoulders, the pain no scan explained.

  • A board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, every visit
  • An honest answer, including when it is not a PT problem
  • A plan with an endpoint, reassessed as you go
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Still Deciding?

Not sure which you need? You don’t have to be.

A rough guide, if you want one. Stiff and stuck: Manual Therapy. A back or neck that has locked up: Spinal Manipulation. A knot that will not release: Dry Needling. An injury with a season attached: Sports Rehab. Months of joint or tendon pain: Orthopedic Therapy. Every plan starts with the same cause-first evaluation, so guessing wrong costs you nothing.

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Ready when you are.

Request a time and Trupti calls you back herself. Not a front desk. Not ‘someone will reach out.’ The therapist who would actually treat you, on the phone, before you commit to anything.

  • Hours Monday–Friday: 8 AM–6 PM · Saturday & Sunday: Closed
  • (202) 670-8874 Rather just talk it through? The 15-minute phone consult is free.
  • 30-minute Discovery Session first, before you commit to anything

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