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Patient Spotlight: Hip Pain

January 15, 2019 By Denise Schwartz 2 Comments

Meet my patient, Ann. Ann is a retired NICU nurse who first came to The Manual Touch Physical Therapy after seeing my article I shared on Facebook about Hip Hinging. Ann was intrigued by what she read and wanted an alternative to the medication she was taking for the pain in her hips, joints, and […]

Filed Under: Physical Therapy Spotlights, Real Stories Tagged With: hip pain, joint pain, physical therapy

Meditation Class with Judy Craven

August 18, 2018 By Denise Schwartz Leave a Comment

Come Learn How to Integrate Mindfulness & Meditation Into Your Everyday Life. Mindfulness and meditation are hot topics these days, and for good reason. Learning these skills can be an important element of improving and maintaining your overall health. Mindfulness expert, Judy Craven, will teach a Mindfulness & Meditation Classes at The Manual Touch Physical […]

Tagged With: Meditation, mindfulness, physical therapy

Meditation Class with Judy Craven

July 21, 2018 By Denise Schwartz Leave a Comment

Come Learn How to Integrate Mindfulness & Meditation Into Your Everyday Life. Mindfulness and meditation are hot topics these days, and for good reason. Learning these skills can be an important element of improving and maintaining your overall health. Mindfulness expert, Judy Craven, will teach a Mindfulness & Meditation Classes at The Manual Touch Physical […]

Tagged With: Health, Meditation, mindfulness, physical therapy, wellness

Client Spotlight: Don Reck

August 28, 2017 By Denise Schwartz Leave a Comment

Why did you begin building birdhouses? When I retired over 10 years ago, I needed a hobby, something I could do in a man cave. So, I began making birdhouses and bird feeders as I love birds, particularly the blue jay.  Their blue color streaked with white is so beautiful.  For my backyard I made […]

Filed Under: Physical Therapy Spotlights, Real Stories Tagged With: back pain, bird feeder, birdhouses, denise, physical therapy

What is Mindful Movement?

August 26, 2017 By Denise Schwartz 2 Comments

Mindfulness – quite the buzz word these days.  I’ve seen articles fly by on my google homepage about: Mindful eating Mindful showering Mindful meditation Mindful exercise How about Mindful Physical Therapy?   I haven’t seen an article about Mindful PT fly by on my homepage.   But really, PTs have been teaching mindfulness forever – we just […]

Filed Under: Health & Wellness Tagged With: exercise, injury free, mindful exercise, mindful movement, mindfulness, movement, physical therapy, prevent injury

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Denise Schwartz is an exceptional practitioner. My core health and strength have been incredibly improved. Through the weeks of Physical Therapy at Manual Touch she has given me tools to use (exercises) to continue to maintain my strength when these sessions end.  My initial symptom was my painful knees but immediately Denise saw that the origin of my problem was in my hips. The recommendation to Manual Touch was solid, but when it turned out that Denise had trained with my wonderful Physical… Read more
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I can honestly say that Denise was the first physical therapist to listen to my story.   She has demonstrated more patience and compassion than any other therapist that I’ve ever met. For the past 8 years, I have been symptomatic with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a rare genetic condition which affects the connective tissue throughout my body. As a result of this disorder I deal with ongoing severe acute and chronic pain and a variety of other rare overlapping conditions such as thoracic outl… Read more
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Denise Schwartz is an amazing physical therapist! I work as a cocktail server for 10 hours every shift! And had a lot of lower back pain that was occurring half way during my time at work. After visiting Denise, my back pain at work completely went away! I really loved how she had an app I could use if I forgot the exercises we did. She was professional and you can tell she really cared about her clients. I Would definitely recommended going to her!”
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Denise has worked on areas of severe pain and has diminished them to a tolerable level.
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I had several issues when I began therapy at The Manual Touch.  My sacrum had rotated;  there was stiffness in the right side of the neck; and pain in the left bicep. Denise did an excellent job resolving these issues.  Besides being very knowledgeable, she is also easy to work with.  I looked forward to, and enjoyed, my sessions with her. If I need physical therapy in the future, I will definitely return to The Manual Touch.
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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 year round. In 2016, May in Terre Haute Sprint triathlon run, I tore some fascia connecting my lowest abdominal and my leg right in the groin area. The condition was diagnosed as Sports Hernia. Denise started me off with couple of sessions in a week.… Read more
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I injured my shoulder in September 2018, and when it didn’t heal on its own but instead became frozen, I saw a doctor in late November 2018, who started me on PT at another place.  They got me back to 80% mobility by January 2019, when my PT ended. However, I never got back to full mobility and also continued with mild pain. On October 21, 2019, I attended a talk by Denise Schwartz on shoulder pain at which she mentioned that such pain could also be caused by injury to the bicep tendon.  Her… Read more
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When I started to work with Denise I had shoulder and lower back pain.  She taught me various exercises along with posture that resulted in significant reduction in the pain.  Also, significantly improved my balance.  Her massage therapy greatly reduced the sensitivity to pressure that was caused by my open-heart surgery.
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The variations of exercises are great working the entire body to help my problems of balance.
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I am a pediatric  physical  therapist  who  (unsuccessfully) tried to treat my own shoulder pain for more than 1 year.  By the time I started PT with Denise, my pain was significantly impacting both my personal and professional life. After 2 visits with Denise, the pain lessened and my function improved.  After 8 visits, I was nearly painfree.  Denise and I continue to work together to improve my overall movement and muscle strength.  My body feels better than it has in years.  I hav… Read more
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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. We also aim to promote wellness in our communities through ongoing education. 
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Testimonials

Denise Schwartz is an exceptional practitioner. My core health and strength have been incredibly improved. Through the weeks of Physical Therapy at Manual Touch she has given me tools to use (exercises) to continue to maintain my strength when these … Read more
I can honestly say that Denise was the first physical therapist to listen to my story.   She has demonstrated more patience and compassion than any other therapist that I’ve ever met. For the past 8 years, I have been symptomatic with Ehlers Danlo… Read more
Denise Schwartz is an amazing physical therapist! I work as a cocktail server for 10 hours every shift! And had a lot of lower back pain that was occurring half way during my time at work. After visiting Denise, my back pain at work completely went a… Read more
Denise has worked on areas of severe pain and has diminished them to a tolerable level.
I had several issues when I began therapy at The Manual Touch.  My sacrum had rotated;  there was stiffness in the right side of the neck; and pain in the left bicep. Denise did an excellent job resolving these issues.  Besides being very knowl… Read more
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… Read more
I injured my shoulder in September 2018, and when it didn’t heal on its own but instead became frozen, I saw a doctor in late November 2018, who started me on PT at another place.  They got me back to 80% mobility by January 2019, when my PT ended… Read more
When I started to work with Denise I had shoulder and lower back pain.  She taught me various exercises along with posture that resulted in significant reduction in the pain.  Also, significantly improved my balance.  Her massage therapy greatly r… Read more
The variations of exercises are great working the entire body to help my problems of balance.
I am a pediatric  physical  therapist  who  (unsuccessfully) tried to treat my own shoulder pain for more than 1 year.  By the time I started PT with Denise, my pain was significantly impacting both my personal and professional life. After 2 … Read more
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