When you get out of bed in the morning and take your first few steps, do your feet feel like blocks of painful cement? Does the bottom of your foot, heel, or arch hurt with every step? Do you ever have pain on the sides of your heel, but as you walk your foot feels […]
The Manual Touch Physical Therapy
Whole Body Approach
Reclaim movement, function and life
For information, call: 847-541-7600
or email: info@themanualtouch.com
For information, call: 847-541-7600
or email: info@themanualtouch.com
Our Mission
We believe all body systems and mental/emotional health are connected. We take a whole body approach to discover why patients are not healing and what were the initial causes of their current symptoms.
Our mission is to use this whole body approach to help patients heal and overcome pain and limitations, resulting in improved quality of life.
A winner of the
2015 Patients' Choice Awards
for
Wheeling Physical Therapist
Verified by
Opencare.com
Testimonials
Judy has been living with Rheumatoid arthritis for the past 30+ years and typically uses a wheelchair around her house and a cane or walker outside. “I seem to be in less pain, can stand longer. I also am walking somewhat straighter and further.”…
I have really appreciated the physical therapy services provided by Denise Schwartz for the severe osteoporosis in my spine. I feel the exercises she has taught me have improved my overall strength and balance, and helped minimize pain from certain m…
I’ve been to several other PT’s but have never had as effective and long-lasting results as I experienced through Denise. While training for a 70.3 Ironman this year, I developed some debilitating hip and leg pains that made me question whether I…
There is no worse than a nagging injury that keeps you off from pursuing the athletic endeavors. Being an avid road cyclist, gravel rider, cyclocross racer and a marathon runner turned into a recent Triathlete, I train all year round and race all yea…
Before PT: I had difficulty in walking due primarily to knee pain and was dependent on a cane and/or walker and had no confidence with either aid. After PT: With the expertise of Denise as my physical therapist, I was guided and taught a series…
Denise has worked on areas of severe pain and has diminished them to a tolerable level.
On the occasion of my 69th birthday, I celebrated with a special, extended workout that included a set of 10 pull-ups and several other body-weight exercises. But the most important and most appreciated dimension of my body on that day and all others…
Due to a stroke of good luck, I saw a class on Lower Back Pain offered by Denise from The Manual Touch Physical Therapy at Northbrook YMCA. I followed up with an assessment by Denise. Three years ago, I fell and broke my right arm and hip, followed …
I was referred to Denise by Karen Brownlee, my instructor at the Northbrook YMCA. I had a pain in my right biceps muscle, possibly from trying a biceps dip exercise. This was after consulting with my orthopedic doctor, who had prescribed two type…
I’ve enjoyed running most of my adult life. Mostly sticking to the short distances such a 5k to 10k. But after having 4 kids and and my increasing age, running was taking a toll on my body. A few years ago, after some pain in my left heel, I …