Founded by Pete Egoscue in the 70's, Postural Alignment Therapy (PAT) is used to treat pain, both chronic and acute, due to misalignment in the body as it loses its designed posture. The human body is designed to move! However, with most of society becoming more and more sedentary, the body begins to develop musculoskeletal dysfunctions and compensations. When those are present, pain and injury set in or have an increased likelihood of occurring. Posture Alignment Therapy restores the body back to its designed posture, alleviating pain and returning you back to an active, pain free lifestyle.

Posture Alignment Therapy is an investment. Not only is there a financial investment, but there is also a time investment. Your e-cise menu could take anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours to complete. While not all clients will require two hours of therapy daily, some do. Most of our clients who fall under that category are in so much pain they will do their menu daily, regardless of how long it takes. 

Financially, we offer different therapy packages and different therapy experiences.   You can work face-to-face with a therapist either in-person or via Skype. Others will choose our Online Therapy and simply email your therapist posture photos. For more information on our different options and our pricing structure, please visit our Pricing page. 

After talking with your therapist, the two of you can determine which option suits you best, and you will have an idea as to how many visits you might need.

We ask that you do your exercises, what Pete Egoscue designed as a “menu,” daily.  Some clients will need to do their menu more than once per day, but for the majority, once is enough. The therapy is designed to systematically and methodically chip away at your dysfunctions and compensations. We have to remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day! By doing your menu daily, you are giving your body the positive stimuli that it needs, restoring proper alignment, and eliminating pain!

Soreness is normal and can be a good thing. We call this “muscle awakening” and should diminish the more times you do your menu as your muscles adapt and adjust to the new work. Keep in mind that we view soreness different than pain. If you are experiencing true pain be sure to let your therapist know so any necessary menu adjustments can be made.

The program created by Pete Egoscue, has fostered an education-based therapy experience. We will walk with you, step-by-step, through each of your visits. While some clients require several visits, others require just a few visits. Generally speaking, most of our clients need somewhere between 8 and 16 visits to see results. Keep in mind that, for most of our clients, we are working to eliminate structural dysfunctions that have been decades in the making.

Simply put, yes. Posture Alignment Therapy is a specifically tailored set of exercises designed to eliminate your structural dysfunctions that are causing your pain. The majority of yoga and Pilates classes are group-based where everyone in the class is asked to do the same exercises, positions, or moves. While certain positions might be easy for one person, they might seem physically impossible for the next. Pete Egoscue created a program that fosters a client-driven therapy experience where you and your therapist work together to develop your exercise menu, taking only what your body is able to functionally give on that day.

You can be treated for standard physical therapy if you are interested.  Medicare can be utilized in network.  Most PPO’s are out of network.  We have no contracts with HMO’s.  In Florida, direct access  allows  physical therapists to see patients without a doctors prescription for 30 day and then would need a doctor referral. We can assist with referrals as needed.