Mike Russo

I came to see Mike Russo at Healthquest about less than a year ago because of a hamstring injury from exercise. I was always proud of my flexibility, but the injury started to frustrate me because my ability to perform lifts was limited.
Coming to Mike was rather a leap of faith; the dissatisfaction with doctors during the years left me with mistrusts and doubts about their usefulness in fixing any sort of medical or physical problem I had. I walked into his office with the slightest hope that this middle-​aged physical therapist knew what he was doing. And with the smallest idea of what physical therapy could do, I wished he could just make my problem go away instantly.
The customer service provided combined with field expertise was exceptional. After the first session, I came to admire the caring nature he has for his patients. Because I knew nothing about physical therapy or pulling a muscle or tightness from not stretching, I’d always ask him a lot of questions. The calm manner in his answers gave me confidence in his practice. Some days I’d come in really bummed because I couldn’t perform certain exercise movements due to the pain, he’d tell me, «don’t worry. You’ll get better, as long as you do the stretches I give you.» His sincerity sometimes made me wonder if he realized telling me everything would shorten the number of my visits, and thus lesser financial benefits on his part. But his job is to help people get better and he does it with great care and utmost integrity.
From then on, I’ve come to Mike when something is wrong and everyone I know who has come to see him for therapy has come back with only positive reviews.

I’ve been to several Physical Therapy throughout my life. I have a disability called Spina Bifida so I’m constantly having pain in my upper body and legs. When I moved to Long beach 3 years ago, I came upon Mike Russo at Health Quest PT. .at this point in my life my pain was just to much to bare and I was willing to try anything. I came upon him and told him about my pain and issues. The first visit he listened to me and asked questions to better understand me, and help me with my issues. I really liked that. Upon continuous visits after that, he would explain to me step by step, my exercises he created for me. Strength training and conditioning /​PT. He not only explained to me how to do the exercise, but he told me how they would help me. I felt very comfortable and loved my progress. From that point on I started feeling a lot better and move movement in my legs and upper body. After having 28 operations though out my life, there’s been much stress on my body. Believe it or not after a few months of working with Mike Russo, I wanted to keep up the active routines. So I decided to try walking a 5k. I did and felt great. I still kept on seeing Mike Russo and he kept on encouraging me. By this point the exercise he was teaching me and helping me do my pain was just becoming less and less. I kept on doing what he told me and I communicated with him, and found I was getting better. I have never had a PT guy ever explain to me such thing, unlike Mike. I highly recommend Health Quest PT! I wouldn’t go anywhere else. I can say now, I have become more active and started running half marathons. Whenever I feel pain coming on, I go right back to Health Quest for my pain issues!