Agile Physical Therapy

Agile exceeded my expectations and every interaction was a positive experience. The whole environment was clean and comfortable, the facility was fully equipped, and the entire team was professional, knowledgeable, and friendly. Agile administered very thorough care and provided many resources for me to rehabilitate my reconstructed PCL and ACL (MedBridge, AlterG, Woodway, Graston, etc.). I felt that proper patient care was their priority above all else. I would absolutely recommend Agile to others.
–Danny

I went to Agile for SI Joint and lower back pain. The pain got worse as a result of their direction. Even though I pointed right to the SI joint as the source of the pain, the therapists couldn’t figure out that the joint was out of adjustment — hip was high and joint was rotated. My cousin is a professor of PT and came to town for Thanksgiving. She gently adjusted my SI joint and gave me some other exercises for core. I searched for a PT locally who knew what my cousin did about SI joints. I found one at BEST in Cupertino who I see now. I am gradually getting my core strength back and they are keeping my joint in alignment.
I will never go back to Agile, five weeks of pain and I got worse.

My experience at Agile has been great at all levels. After 8 years of edema and pain from a ligament tear (after the last of multiple ankle sprains), the edema has finally disappeared and I am able to run at an 8.5-min mile pace on a treadmill for 30 min without pain (!) thanks to Jamie’s thorough hands-​on treatment and highly customized exercise plan. In addition to recovering basic function, the therapy has been a great boost to my morale since I never thought I would be able to run again — my only goal was to be able to hike more than 3 miles without pain. I have been in a lot of PT offices/​gyms around the country since I had my first running injury in the 80’s (when I was young, thin, and fit), later worked at a rehab device co. in the 90’s, and subsequently witnessed what went on with my mother’s rehab therapy after mild strokes. I have witnessed both excellent PT practices (with focused PTs and patients with miraculous outcomes) and waste-​of-​money PT practices (PTs who triple-​book, spending only 5 min hands-​on with each patient and not spotting patients while they are performing exercises because they are too busy chatting with each other or constantly checking game scores on the gym TV). I can say without reservation that Agile is one of the excellent places — all of the PTs appear to work very closely one-​on-​one with their clients for their entire appt., the gym is very clean and has upscale equipment, and the reception staff are both professional and pleasant. While Agile is not in my insurance network, I would gladly pay all the copays again for the high quality of care Agile offers.

I do various resistance training, including crossfit — I started having increasing pain in the front of one of my shoulders.
I met with Lindsay, who did a great job of diagnosing issues with alignment and posture, as well as incorrect movement patterns. She didn’t press for extra sessions, and got to corrective methods extremely quickly. I’m continuing with a non-​surgical approach of changing my movement and load patterns for now.
Had a great experience at Agile — highly recommended!

After 3 ACL tears I unfortunately have a great deal of experience with physical therapy. I am confident in saying that Agile is far and away the best experience I have had with any of the PT orgs I have been to. If you’re evaluating Agile vs another outfit you should consider:
1. You get a full 1 hour appointment with your PT. This gives you a chance to perform your exercises in front of the PT to determine if you are doing them correctly, evaluate if there is any discomfort and get any questions you might have answered. Many PT shops only give you 30 mins which means your PT will not have a chance to do most of the items above.
2. Most PT shops give you access to the PT on the first visit and then hand you off to a trainer for subsequent visits. As a result you lose access to the person who is most likely to tell you whether you are doing the exercises correctly and evaluate your progress. It is a big deal.
3. Their PTs are exceptional. I worked with Renee who is fantastic — very experienced, has worked with all kinds of pro athletes, right balance of motivational /​encouraging. I would occasionally have to rebook appointments and work with other PTs and I found all the staff to be excellent (I worked with Laurie a bunch). Almost all (or all?) of their PTs are athletic people who are really motivated to get you back to the same activities you were doing before your injury (as opposed to just working with you until the pain is gone).
4. Good facilities with all the gear you need on site (including an Alter G machine).

I just completed 14 sessions of Physical Therapy at Agile Physical Therapy due to a fracture of my left hubris. I was very, very pleased with therapist Jamie Yang, who was recommended to me by a close friend. Jamie directed me through a serious of exercises each visit with close attention given to doing the therapy that did not aggravate problems I have due to scoliosis of the spine. Making sure that I completed each prescribed exercise in the correct manner by providing «how-​to» written sheets with diagrams, written instructions and added notes to emphasize what I should be experiencing with each. In addition to gaining range of motion on my non-​dominant arm/​hand, I also received exercises to increase strength in my arm and improve my balance, as I lost my balance on rough street pavement and fell that cause the fracture. Jamie is extremely attentive and caring, using her double major of human biology and psychology from Stanford to motivate the patient to best final results. Of course, for best results the patients must follow through and follow exercise plan as directed. Jamie is an extremely caring, competent and experienced therapist. She provided me with a continuing plan for the weeks/​months/​years ahead to keep my body at best function level.
I found the front desk personnel very cordial and facilities well equipped, clean and well maintained. No problems finding parking as a large parking lot accessible from El Camino Real and off side street at traffic light.
Patients on-​site during my visit ranged from teenagers, adults with sports injuries, and senior citizens.

It is hard to measure with 5 stars the gratitude of getting my life back. By the time I first visited Agile, I was already sick for 2 years. My everyday pain level was between 8 and 9. I moved 1 to 2 hours a day. I tried 3 different acupuncturists, 3 different physical therapists, multiple chiropractors and multiple doctors; nothing really helped. Even though I have good insurance, I was told multiple times -” I can’t help you. Please look for someone else.” I still refer to that time in my life as ‘when I was dead.’
At my first appointment Marc asked me what my goal is. I smirked. What goal? I just wanted to move with a bearable amount of pain. 4 months later I asked to be able to wear heels again. It wasn’t easy. A lot of pain, tears, and hard work. Marc had to change his treatment strategies multiple times because my body reacts unlike others, but he wouldn’t give up. He made me think in a different way about my pain. His philosophy was and still is, «Rewind back to the point when it wasn’t hurting and think what caused the pain and what do you need to do to make it better.»
4 years later, I am walking 4 to 5 miles every day, rain or shine. I will never be free of pain, but my pain is manageable. Thank you, Marc, for giving my life back

Just wanted to take a moment to express a debt of gratitude to the fine folks at Agile and to recommend them to everyone looking for a good PT, especially Todd Norwood, who’s the best physical therapist that has ever treated me, and I’ve worked with many these past 35 years as an athlete. After my nasty bike crash back in April, Todd put me back together and I was back on the bike in just a few weeks!

For the past two years, I’ve been suffering from lower back pain and numbness/​tingling in my foot from poor running posture. I saw two other physical therapists and while I saw some improvement, I felt like I didn’t understand the root of the issue and did not see much progress from my symptoms.
It wasn’t until I came to Agile Physical Therapy and worked with Jamie that my pain almost completely went away, allowing me to start running again! I believe that when you’re going through rehab, it’s absolutely essential to completely understand the cause of your injury and maintain good form when going through the exercises. Jamie helped me achieve that, consistently followed up with me, and made sure I was on track to get back to my fitness goals. I think coming out of here, I became an overall stronger runner.
Furthermore, the receptionists and staff took great care of my billing and insurance needs. If you are in need of physical therapy, this is definitely the place to go!

Their receptionist and office manager provided the most unpleasant customer experience to their clients. Everything w this firm is about money. Upon making a reservation, they insisted on you making a payment before showing empathy and finding the right therapist to help you out. The scheduler insisted on working w their therapist schedule instead of working w the patient to find a best fit therapist. I walked away with one session and could not bring myself to this firm to do more therapies.
A year later, I started to receive numerous phone calls at random time slots about needing my payment again because how screw up their bookkeeping department is. Be warn before you go to this center for their service. No one should be treated so poorly!

I have been going to Kaiser all of my life, and felt uncomfortable going out of my shell, and never knew what to really expect.
Being my work has changed insurances, I received a recommendation, for agile physical therapy… I don’t live close. but my referral said it would be worth the 30 minute drive.
Recovering from an ACL & Meniscus tear, I needed knowledgeable attention, being I wanted my knee to be almost as perfect as it was before injury, and not be a problem for the remainder of my life.
After the ease of making an appointment over the phone (they can be quite booked, so try to call a bit in advance), I came in to the office and met with Dave.
I felt as he treated me as a family member, and made me feel comfortable both as a patient & in a friendly manner.
& Being I’m only used to going to Kaiser, I must say. it seems my insurance changed for the better, because the level of service, cleaner facilities, and better equipment, such as that of Agile Physical therapy… have helped me come to a complete recovery.