Welcome to "Better Together" — The Kepros Physical Therapy & Performance Blog
Becoming Better Together
We will be using this space to provide you with health tips, clinic information, treatment resources, diagnosis information, and other information. As the novel coronavirus has spread around the world, all of our lives have been altered from social distance, working from home, and having many of our usual social/recreational places being closed for the time being.
If you have topics you would like us to explore, please reach out to us at info@keprospt.com or on our Facebook page. We love feedback and interaction from our KPT community and want to provide content and information that is relevant for you.
To start, we thought we would give a rundown of telehealth, which has recently become a large part of our practice.
Telehealth
With all of these changes, it’s important to continue to take care of ourselves through diet, activity, and exercise. There are physical and mental health benefits from being active each and every day. Kepros PT is still here to help in any way needed to keep you moving. To keep everyone safe, we are offering a new way for you to connect directly with our physical therapists and physical therapy assistants through telehealth.
Telehealth (virtual physical therapy) visits are an excellent option that allow for real-time interaction to keep you on the right track. We are still able to provide the treatment and care you have come to know and expect from KPT. As telehealth is new to almost everyone, we wanted to take some time to answer some common questions and discuss what to expect from these visits.
What is Telehealth (Virtual Physical Therapy)?
A virtual physical therapy visit is a meeting with a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant utilizing a secure online video platform. This allows for personal interaction and assistance with changing movement patterns and performance. During your session, we assess how you move, go through exercises to correct form, and help advance you when you’re ready. We still provide individualized plans for your situation to fit your current needs.
The goal of any course of physical therapy is to teach you how to manage your symptoms, and it’s the same with telehealth. We can show you how to do some hands-on work if it’s needed, much like we would in the clinic. With PT, movement is our medicine, and we can still do that with you via telehealth!
How are Telehealth Visits Covered?
Most insurers are covering telehealth visits the same they would for usual physical therapy treatments, and many plans have even waived the patient cost share through May.
Please contact us or your insurance carrier for more information on how your policy is covering telehealth.
How Do I Schedule?
Contact us to set up your initial consultation and we will make sure you are paired with one of our therapists to get your plan of care started.
We are here for you during this unique health emergency and want to continue helping each of you work towards your recovery goals. COVID-19 has jump-started our efforts to utilize telehealth as an option, and we hope to continue to offer this as an option in the future.
Check out the video below if you’d like to see what a telehealth visit looks like.