Select Physical Therapy

Select PT clinic located on S Lamar near Ben White Blvd in S Austin, Tx. offers the BEST clinical treatment that I have received over my long lifetime.
Mary G. Is the best therapist I have ever worked with. The entire staff works well as a team and is very curteous, respectful, and caring.

I highly recommend James Sanchez and Select for anyone needing physical therapy/​rehabilitation. I received excellent treatment and instruction for home exercise routines.

I injured my right knee while snowboarding on Utah last winter and my doctor recommended Select for my therapies. I am really glad that I got to go here, because they actually help you. I’ve been in therapies with Matt and he is super cool, he works on the muscles that I need to improve and I always get to do exercises that help me to walk better. I love everyone who works here, they are super nice and helpful. I absolutely recommend this place if you are looking for a place for dp your Physical therapies.

I suffered a challenging compound injury to my dominant arm about a year ago in a car accident. It was mis-​diagnosed initially, then several «specialists», «experts» & orthopedists, supposedly the best in Austin, for over a year, were dismissive, arrogant, unwilling to listen much less fully diagnose or, God forbid, actually help me heal this difficult and complex injury. It all accumulated into loss of about half my strength (was a climber that prior could hang my entire body weight off that arm), basic function, constant pain, sensitivity, cracking noises when extended… all the doctors had were 5 minute visits where they didnt bother to even listen, incomplete diagnosis’ because it didnt fit into a convenient «box» for them, and frankly completely arrogant lack of willingness to accept or, much less resolve, the complexity of my issue and its inter-​relatedness. They offered no solution beyond shoving more steroids into it and more paid visits, with no perceptible results.
Per Googling my MRI results, this is an issue that is almost always mis-​diagnosed, and yet the symptoms I was showing were textbook if you googled the MRI tech’s conclusions, including the way I was holding the arm immediately after the accident and well into the full year of my «treatment».
Needless to say — I was frustrated and once again WHOLLY unimpressed with the factory farm-​like health care system we have, worst in the 1^st world, where the paperwork, patient volume and profits ALL supersede taking the time actually communicate with and maybe even occasionally heal your patients (so much for that Hippocratic oath — right?).
Finally I was referred to Sharon at Select PT. She took the time to listen to all my observations, concerns, the nuances of my injury and subsequent history, more so than she probably needed to to know what to do to help solve it. That was itself a first. She IMMEDIATELY diagnosed the nerve damage that was at the heart of my inability to actually «work my way out of it», which is all I ever wanted. She showed me a few simple motions and exercises, gave me some good, ground level advice on how I can begin to work my way back to health. Over even just a week I was able to, using her guidance from ONE meeting, get the elbow to a point where I could begin to do fairly serious yoga again, push ups, and other things to strengthen the arm because the pain and sensitivity was being brought under control enough to do so. She actually helped me understand how it was directly related to my other injury in my neck, again something ALL the doctors failed to even mention over more than a dozen appointments. After only ONE MONTH, I have been able to regain significant use of my arm back, am able to work on adding strength myself, and for the first time in a year, after only ONE HOUR, Sharon has for the first time given me hope that I can recover. I have to do the work myself but that is fine by me. She didnt push me for more visits if I didnt need them. She emailed to check in on me, which she totally did not have to do. TRUE medical care, expertise and concern fro your patients, What an increasingly RARE commodity in this country. Prior PT offices would perpetually hound me to come back to keep racking up the bills while making no improvements. She just wanted to know I was getting better. She is everything health care SHOULD be but has forgotten how to be in the paper pushing, insurance company-​dictated, profit before patient system we all suffer from.
I will forever be in Sharon’s debt. She is a saint. She is obviously highly knowledgeable and skilled, She listens (unlike the doctors) and then charts a path by which you can finally be healed and help yourself. I will owe her for the rest of my life, finally being able to throw a ball with my kids and life a somewhat normal life. Read the other reviews — «the only place where they actually listen», they care, and they know what they are doing. The doctors should be ashamed of themselves. She didnt get rich off of helping me, while they did off of NOT healing me. I think that says it all. I cant recommend Sharon and SPT any more strongly.
If you are hurt and frustrated — call down there. It will be the smartest thing you ever did. I promise.

So after a running injury last fall, my doctor recommended Select Physical Therapy to get me back on track. I’m so glad he did!
All my sessions were with Casey, and I highly recommend him. In addition to the exercises I did during my appointments, he gave me things to do every day at home. It was tedious, but necessary, and it paid off in the end. He also educated me on the exact mechanics of what was causing my pain, which was interesting.
Scheduling was always pretty easy They have some appointments that are available outside of the typical 9 – 5 on weekdays, which was really helpful.
There’s a parking garage underneath the garage, and there was always lots of guest spots available.

Holy moley! Unfortunately, I have been in PT more times than I care to remember for upper and lower back issues, as well as overall body alignment due to dancing injuries.
This is the only place I have been where they actually listen, assess, and most importantly MEASURE the baseline and the results. How else can you know if things are improving!!!
Anyway, this place is exceptional because they offer MANUAL THERAPY, which is why I come here. This means they use manipulations (basically adjusting you like a chiropractor), plus they use strengthening exercises to maintain the alignment. They use hands-​on techniques to gauge your range of motion, joint movement, alignment, etc. There is no ultrasound of electrode therapy, which I think is great because I have found it to be useless in the past and not supported well by research.
Lastly, these clinicians are up to date on current practices in the field and actively participate in continuing education. Many of them are completing or have completed fellowships in Manual Therapy. This is the environment you want for someone treating your precious body.
I have already been feeling better, although I know I have a long road ahead of me. Mostly Nazish has been my PT with Casey helping to adjust my stubborn neck in moments of desperation. They are excellent, well-​educated, and extremely personable. I am so happy and lucky I was referred here.
An extra plus is this place is on the Red River bus line that goes to campus, for all you students out there!

After a totally disastrous group of sessions at the South Lamar branch, setting my recovery time from foot surgery back an entire month, I switched to the Red River branch across from St David’s Hospital. It was as if I had arrived in Heaven from Purgatory.
A good physical therapist, like a mechanic, is hard to find. I have had a lot of it and have to say that Matt Elizondo is the best I have ever encountered. He actually worked on the affected body part for a decent length of time to produce an improvement in function. He also worked on strengthening other body parts whose mechanics had been affected by the surgery. He didn’t waste half my time and money on exercises I could do at home. Furthermore, he answered all my questions.
Finally, he didn’t look at me as if I were a basket case with problems that might not be able to be fixed, as I experienced at the South branch. He gave me hope. No recovery can occur without it.
Five stars also go to Ms Marcus at the front desk: an efficient and pleasant front desk person is equally hard to find.

I came here feeling quite discouraged from my rib subluxation injury. I had a great experience with my therapist (whose name I am desperately trying to remember, but it is escaping me). He was supportive and positive and answered any and all of my questions. He made me feel empowered to heal and helped me get better in a little over two weeks, after I had been in pain for nearly 4 weeks. I am so grateful. I will be back here just as a preventative measure because I enjoyed working with him so much. I’m sorry I don’t recall his name :(

I didn’t want to go to the doctor. I didn’t want to go to PT. I wanted to run. More. Harder. Faster.
Turns out you can’t run very well on a fractured hip and psoas tendinopathy. My doc and colleagues had good things to say about Select Phys Therapy. I didn’t care; I was busy pouting and hurting. Fine, I’ll go to the appointment.
My PT asked me a lot of questions and assessed the current situation, and sent me home with some exercise «homework». I was also ordered to rest. Rest?!? Fine, I’ll follow directions. Matt certainly knew more about the human body than I did.
Every week, I listened to Matt as he explained the mechanics of me in great detail. We did some strengthening exercises and slowly reintroduced some cardio. He answered my many questions and made sure I understood why we performed certain movements, and how I could incorporate those into my running program so I could be a better athlete. I learned about my anatomy, dynamic warmups, and how to workout without crossing the fine line of too much pain.
He always made sure I was comfortable and balanced my care with his other patients.
Over time, my hip healed. I stopped pouting. I started running again. After 12 weeks, I had to say goodbye to Select Physical Therapy and fly on my own.
Incorporating the tools I learned from Matt, I completed a 40 minute walking/​running 5k this week. My clicking IT band also finally fell silent for the first time in a year thanks to Matt’s strengthening exercises. Watch out, 50k! I’m on my way. Slowly.
Thanks also to Emily and Casey who also work hard for the patients. Red River rocks!

Matt took great care of me and my ailing shoulder. He listened to my pains and diagnosed from there. He explained what was likely going on and how each exercise would potentially help strengthen the structure of my shoulder. Great sense of humor and a love of sports make him fun to work with on the road to recovery.

Working with Matt and Casey at the Select PT on Red River was a great experience. I have worked with other physical therapists before, but these guys are the best I have worked with and I highly recommend both Matt and Casey.
I had a torn meniscus in my left knee that required surgery and a long recovery time. Matt was a HUGE help and literally got me back on my feet. Both Matt and Casey are easy to talk to and really know what they are doing. They are super nice and really care about your progress and wellbeing.
Their office was very understanding of my schedule as a college student, and was very willing to work with me on scheduling different appointment times and working on strength building at home. They were also very helpful dealing with my insurance company which made the entire process much easier for me.
Overall, I had a really great experience working with Matt and Casey for the four months I was in physical therapy. Matt helped me go from not being able to walk and on crutches to being back in my normal activities. Their upbeat personalities kept me motivated and positive throughout my recovery process and I would highly recommend them!

Matt and the whole team at Select Physical Therapy were great! He took the time to really explain everything and make sure I understood all of the exercises and how my progress was going on my recovery from my knee injury. He also helped me to see serious results and avoid surgery. I recommend him and the whole team for any injury recovery.