ONE ON ONE PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION AND TREATMENT--GET READY TO FEEL BETTER!
ABOUT MELISSA BROWN PHYSICAL THERAPY
As a patient of Melissa Brown Physical Therapy, you will meet one on one with your physical therapist. After an evaluation, your physical therapist will give you the tools you need so that you can help yourself recover. You will be given a personalized program that will be progressed as you improve. You will have access to communicate with your PT by secure messaging or email anytime that you have questions or concerns. With a new location in downtown Kalamazoo, your options are to meet in clinic, in your home, or online.
Can I still receive telehealth PT?
Yes! If you live in the State of Michigan but outside of Southwestern Michigan area, you can receive telehealth PT. Dr. Brown is also a registered telehealth provider in the State of Florida! Telehealth physical therapy involves working one on one with a physical therapist over a secure video connection for evaluation and treatment sessions. Research has shown that many orthopedic injuries that do not require hands-on treatment can be treated very successfully through telehealth. If you need advice on symptom management and progression after a concussion, or help with treatment of vertigo symptoms, this can often be addressed through telehealth PT without needing to leave your home. During and after cancer treatment, it's important to keep up your strength and activity level. Telehealth physical therapy sessions can be effectively performed online so that you can safely remain in your home if your blood counts are low or you feel weak. Some individuals live too far from a PT clinic to receive treatment each week, and telehealth PT can be a great solution to assist with recovery!
ABOUT YOUR PHYSICAL THERAPIST
Melissa Maidlow Brown, MPT, DPT, ITPT
Dr. Melissa Brown has been a physical therapist since 1996. She received her BA from the University of Michigan, and both her Master of Physical Therapy and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees from Temple University. She has worked in the inpatient hospital setting in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Kalamazoo seeing patients in orthopedics, neurology, cardiology, oncology, and after organ transplant. She has experience in outpatient orthopedics and neurology. She is an ImPACT Trained Physical Therapist, certified in the treatment of patients after concussion. She has been McKenzie trained in mechanical diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the spine and is working toward certification in this area. She is certified in the LSVT BIG method of treatment for patients with Parkinson's Disease. Dr. Brown has worked as a college human anatomy instructor and is currently an instructor at Western Michigan University's Doctor of Physical Therapy program.