TESTIMONIALS

CHRIS ARCHER

Pittsburgh Pirates

“The staff here is so positive and uplifting. Whether you’re doing “pre-hab” or rehab you’re going to walk out refreshed with the best possible mindset. Even when times are tough, it’s all love all the time with this crew.”

ERIK COLE

Carolina Hurricanes

“Whether working out the kinks or getting us back to 100% after a surgery, EPIC PT is the only place I trust with my family or myself when we need physical therapy.”

CALEB MARTIN

Miami Heat

“EPIC is always on top of any rehab that I’ve needed. Always making time and taking care of me. Staff is super professional and efficient too.”

CODY MARTIN

Charlotte Hornets

“Appreciate the tailored treatments, the facility and always positive experience I have there! EPIC always gets me right!”

CEDRIC SIMMONS

Professional Basketball Player

“As a professional athlete I have been going to EPIC for over 10 years.  Whether it’s dry needling or rehabbing a major injury, I always leave feeling better.”

RAYA COLEY

Coker Basketball

“Having the opportunity to rehab at EPIC PT changed my life! They were there 100% for all three of my ACL injuries and prepared me for a safe return no matter the goal! More importantly, my time at EPIC inspired me to pursue Physical Therapy as a career! Not only will you be provided the best care, but gain a new family along the way!”

ASPEN HUGHES

Collision Roller Derby

“Like most athletes, I worried about a career ending injury, but at EPIC PT they prioritize top tier sport specific recovery. They made sure I was able to get back on skates stronger than ever.”

JENNIFER CRISSON

Marathoner

“My family and I have been coming to EPIC for years. I can not thank them enough for everything they have done for my family and I. I wouldn’t be the runner I am today without them.”

SYDNEY HARTIS

Swim, University of West Florida

“I will forever be grateful for EPIC PT and their amazing staff. Their knowledge and personalized approach helped me improve my shoulder health, keeping me healthy and in the pool!”

MORIAH EVANS

Track and Field, Highpoint University

“Thank you to Epic Physical Therapy for always having a positive environment, being very uplifting, and helping me through my hardships. I couldn’t have done it without you!”

CHESSON HADLEY

PGA Golfer

“I have loved working out at EPIC throughout the years. With all of the facilities I have at my disposal, I exclusively use EPIC because of the people. I love coming in in the mornings and seeing all the familiar faces. From the trainers to the patients, it is an amazing friendly place and I recommend it for all of your workout and therapy needs.”

DRY NEEDLING

Dry needling is a therapeutic modality utilized to treat soft tissue restrictions, lack of mobility, and pain. The needles can target "knots" or "trigger points" and provide great relief for patients. A thin needle is placed and causes a physical reaction within the body to help the muscles and surrounding tissue relax. The goal is to reduce pain, increase mobility, and allow individuals to strengthen through a greater range of motion. Dry needling is best used in conjunction with stretching and strengthening exercises thus improving overall function.

SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION

Soft tissue mobilization treatments involve hands-on techniques that are provided to address muscles or muscle groups that have become tight, tense, and painful feeling due to overuse, injury, or surgery. These treatments are useful for reducing discomfort in the affected areas and improving mobility of the surrounding joints. They are often used in conjunction with therapeutic exercises typically applied beforehand to allow for more freedom of movement and less discomfort while performing the exercises. This can allow for a more comfortable and effective treatment session.

CUPPING

Myofascial cupping is a soft tissue therapy that involves the application of cups either in a static or dynamic fashion on the skin and utilizing a decompressive force. This creates a vacuum effect that lifts up underlying tissues such as the fascia (connective tissue) and muscles to improve blood flow, reduce tension, and reduce discomfort in the targeted tissues.

INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION

Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization, or IASTM, is a manual therapy technique where different types of instruments are used to aid in mobilizing the skin, fascia, muscles, and tendons to promote an inflammatory response and improve restrictions in the area. IASTM can help promote remodeling in your skin and tissues, increases collagen synthesis, and increases fibroblast proliferation. IASTM has also been found to decrease pain to the area, increase blood flow, and improve range of motion.

HYPERVOLT

The Hypervolt is a massage gun that has several different speed settings to provide a percussive deep tissue massage over large surface areas of the body. The device can be used to relieve tissue tension and increase blood flow to the area, which may increase range of motion and aid in soft tissue recovery. It has a wide variety of heads that can be utilized to target different tissues and parts of the body more effectively.

BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION (BFR) THERAPY

Blood flow restriction training, or BFR, is the use of a specialized tourniquet that is used to partially occlude blood flow during the completion of targeted exercise. This type of training has been shown to be extremely safe with this device all while creating significant positive adaptations in muscle strength, size, and endurance. Although the use of BFR can be very challenging, there is extremely strong research supporting these positive adaptations while using weights that are as low as 20-40% of a person's one repetition maximum weight limit. For comparison, if BFR was not being used, higher loads of 65% or greater would need to be used to create the same gains we are trying to achieve. Being able to create these positive changes at a much lighter load, and sometimes in a quicker manner, can be a huge rehab and training benefit especially when we are dealing with a possible injury, post-surgical status, or other training demands that we need to balance out.

ALTERG

The AlterG is a specialized treadmill designed to reduce the weight-bearing load on the lower extremities of the body during exercise. It utilizes a pressurized chamber to uniformly reduce gravitational load and body weight by precise 1% increments. This unique feature enables patients and athletes to move unrestricted and pain free - restoring and building muscle strength, range of motion, balance, function, and fitness.

NORMATEC

Normatec is a dynamic air compression sleeve that aids in recovery from heavy training sessions to combat soreness. The dynamic air compression provided by this device surrounds the affected area and pulsates between different zones while other areas hold, improving the movement of fluid out of the limbs. This leads to faster recovery and recuperation so you can get back to the activities you love quicker. Normatec can be utilized on multiple body parts such as your arms, legs, and lower back/hips.

GameReady

The Gameready system is a clinically proven system that combines a powerful control unit with a complete range of innovative, circumferential wraps to integrate active cold and intermittent pneumatic compression therapies with greater adjustability, comfort, and convenience than ever before. The easy-to-use, portable system takes RICE (Rest-Ice-Compression-Elevation) to the next level for your injury or surgery recovery. If you would like to arrange getting one of these devices post-operatively, let us know and we can help you do so.