Blasczyk Physical Therapy

I was skeptical when a friend recommended Blasczyk Physical Therapy for my acute, one-​sided back pain that I’d had for about 2 months. Judy and Tiffany gave me ultrasound and massage in their office and gradually introduced some simple exercises that I could do at home. After the first day my back was better and after a month the pain is gone. They’ve also started helping me with my chronic bone-​on-​bone knee situation, also with ultrasound and massage but, more important, simple exercises that I can do every day in a few minutes to strengthen and support my knee joints.
I am so grateful to these wonderful women for improving my quality of life and helping me feel stronger and pain free. I had had a couple of unimpressive experiences with physical therapy in the past. Judy and Tiffany are knowledgeable, smart, personable, and truly interested in helping their patients get well. Their office is well run as well. I will miss seeing them, now that I’m feeling good! But I’ll be back in a minute when I need help with something else. Couldn’t recommend them more!

Tiffany called it on day The first day I came in for a bone on bone knee rehab, Scynvisc!!! my orthopedic doctor was talking cortisone and I mentioned the Scynvisc and he was like… «Ok that is a great idea»!

I have been a patient of Judy’s for 2 years now, and she has improved my life in a giant way. Prior to seeing Judy, I saw a different physical therapist who offered manual therapy. She took very good care of me and I was happy with her. When she retired, a friend referred me to Judy. Since I started seeing Judy, I am in much less pain than I have experienced in many years. I see Judy less often than my previous therapist, and yet am in better shape. Judy maintains my neck and shoulder issues, and also deals with transitional problems when they appear. I feel better than I have in more than a decade, and am very glad I found Judy. I have also seen other therapists in her office and they have all been wonderful.

My daughter has been Judy’s patient since she was twelve years old. She will be headed off to compete on a D-​1 college gymnastics team this fall. For the past six years, Judy’s «magic hands» have provided pain relief for her lumbar strains, smashed tail bone, bulging discs, general lower back spasms, and now the recovery phase of a pars stress fracture (lower back.) Competitive gymnastics is a grueling sport for growing teenage girls, and we credit Judy with helping my daughter get through all these years of over training – by kneading out the knots, providing deep therapeutic massage, and zooming in on the trouble spots along her spine. She’s also provided relief to two other of my gymnast kids. And when my own back seized up a week before a half marathon, she got me loosened up and on the road in time for a personal best!

I recently had the privilege of being treated by all the kind /​knowledgable folks at Blasczyk PT. I was refered by my Surgeon for some Pre-​Op conditioning for a up-​coming back surgery.
I have been treated by many PT’s over the past 8 years here in Santa Cruz and I found these folks to be the best I have come across — hands down!
As soon as I entered the office I was greated by staff who immediately started the «warm — up» excercises and stretches before I actually saw the Therapist.
I have flat back and so we were trying to loosen some of the knots out f my back thru very tolerable but intense «hands-​on» massage. I went x3 a week for 4 weeks and at the end we accomplished all that we could for my up-​coming Surgery.
I really have found ALL these folks to be top knotch and I would NOT hesitate to refer or even return post-​op for effective treatment.
Incredible source for effective PT on whatever body region needing effective Physical Therapy.
Bob

Not your average «here are your excercises, good luck» physical therapy. This is manual therapy which is more like therapeutic massage. Judy is a spine specialist who I have trusted to work on my neck and lower back as needed for years. I don’t have a specific injury, but rather degenerative discs, so there is no real solution to my problem. But Judy and her staff have been able to give me relief beyond any I was told to expect. My doctor has been quick to give me injections for the discomfort and associated muscle spasms, but that only lasts so long. Therapy is absolutely my treatment of choice.