Second Arrow Richmond Physical Therapy

Why We Stepped Out of the Insurance System as a Physical Therapy Clinic
 

Multiple Body Parts Getting Involved
 Insurance LIMITS healthcare practitioners from providing holistic or Whole Body Care. Although your back, knee, and foot injuries are all related, a physical therapy clinic driven by your insurance company will only focus on your foot. Multiple body parts could turn into years of care making little gains versus months of fundamental, life changing gains at Second Arrow. This is not about cozy; this is about real change. 
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Patients Being Cut Off from Care
Because many Insurances will *allot* X number of visits to patients, clinics will discharge and turn patients away fully acknowledging the patient still needs care. Our Package system allows patient to dictate their number of visits.
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Delayed Care
There is a delay in even starting care that often plagues Insurance based clinics. The state of VA allows physical therapists (DPTs) with clinical doctorates to be seen directly, but these Insurance based clinics still require the referral. Moreover, they have their patients packed in like sardines. Forget the burn out this often causes your physical therapist - it makes it so your “-itis” your “acute phase” starts making the shift towards “sub-acute” and worse, towards “chronic.” All phases of pain are treatable but “the length of care” to treat them and “outcomes” are both significantly affected by how quickly a problem is addressed and, as you’ve already guessed, the longer it takes to find appropriate care and the worse the outcomes, the more money it costs you.