Spine and Sport Physical Therapy – Chula Vista

There is no physical therapy doctor in this place. Some are physical therapy aides, some are licensed physical therapy technicians who think they are doctors.
There’s a brazilian therapist here who doesn’t care if you had a spine surgery. She is the only one that increased the weight of the machine that I pulled with the rope on my waist to 50 LBS. I’VE BEEN DOING THIS MACHINE FOR A LONG TIME. I CAME HOME WITH A HP AND BACK PAIN THAT DIDN’T GO AWAY FOR 2 WEEKS. she disappeared most of the time and I had to do the excercises by myself. She threw at me the excercise band to put on my ankles saying «HERE! «and walked away. I said I’m restricted to bend she just kept walking. WOW !!! Another technician helped me. She didn’t check the excercises I was supposed to do on my chart. I skipped some important excercises. She didn’t ask what my pain level was, I felt this technician or aide is not motivated doing her job at all. I was supposed to do the test in the computer but she couldn’t figure out how to make it work. She attached the tens unit and hot therapy on me without turning on the 10 min timer bec she was busy trying to figure out how to make the computer work. I didn’t do the computer test. She turned on the timer for 5 min.
There is another licensed physical therapy technicuan who graduated «doctor» but actually she’s not a physical therapy doctor maybe she think she is. She cut my therapy excercises on many occasions because she either has evaluation to do with another patient or she’s working with two of us patients at the same time. She asked me if the excercise was too easy for me and said she will make it more difficult next time not checking my chart I have chief complain on my both knees, that is being treated by an orthopaedic doctor. She made me stood up on the balancing board without holding she said for two minutes and walked away. She made this excercise up for me to do, not considering I had 2 spine surgeries that if I fall from the balancing board, WHICH I ALMOST DID, she is held accountable. She even asked me «was it easy?» WOW!
The pull up excercise bars are increased everytime I came for my Physical therapy maximum up to 180 lbs. I came home with shoulder pain, neck pain and back pain. This clinic may consider evaluating the Patients according to their AGE, GENDER, PHYSICAL CONDITION IF THE PATIENT HAD SURGERY, ON THEIR HIP, KNEES, OR SPINE. THE 12 SESSION TWICE A WEEK PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSIONS, 24 VISITS AS A PATIENT, I FEEL BEAT UP BECAUSE I’M ALREADY PULLING 180 LBS WEIGHTS AFTER A MAJOR SURGERY.

That physical trainers are awesome the only thing I don’t like they take your blood pressure in front of other clients and the client are all staring at you so I called and let them know I’m not comfortable them taking my blood pressure in front of other people and like two other people said they feel embarrassed too but don’t know how to tell them so today i called talked to manager and let her know and then she told me that childish that you guys are talking about it too each other you guys are adults well I told her some people are embarrassed to them or don’t know how cause they think they might get made that was so rude of her to say that that was unprofessional of her

I was first sent here with a work related injury. I was happy with the therapist and the care I received. I never felt uncomfortable and I actually enjoyed going here. I was kind of sad when I left. A few months later I was in a car accident and needed therapy for my back and requested to go here because I already new the therapist and felt comfortable there. This place is really big. They have lots of room, lots of equipment, awesome therapists and they work with you. When I was getting therapy for my back they gave me exercises that would help strengthen my back but wouldn’t aggrivate the problems I had previously with my hands.
I love this place and would most definitely return although I don’t want to be in the position of needing to return.

This place is ok. It’s huge, all spaces are filled with something-​a machine, computers, tables, etc. I was sent to this facility by my doctor. I have to admit I was expecting a clinic like setting but it was a mini gym. To my defense, I’ve never been to physical therapy. I was expecting to first speak to a doctor or registered medical personnel, but instead I was directed to work with I believe who was a student. In cases like these, I would much rather prefer to speak to medical personnel who is certified and who is well experienced in the field.