Healthwell Physical Therapy Group

Greg is awesome and practical! He helped diagnose my hip injury and gave me several helpful exercises to work through.

Mindy Marantz is an amazing physical therapist. I have a variety of complicated and painful issues and Mindy has helped me tremendously. I have been to a variety of health practitioners over the years and Mindy’s unique techniques, skill set and knowledge base are far superior. She is more interested in determining the root cause of my pain vs simply approaching it as a quick fix, which is unfortunately what many other health practitioners do. She spends a lot of time and research on my specific conditions and instead of treating the obvious, through her visceral therapy, she treats other parts of my body that could be responsible for causing my pain. Working with Mindy, I feel that I have made great progress and that I truly have someone supporting me, on my team, throughout my path to recovery. Not only is she fantastic at her profession, but she has an incredibly sweet and gentle demeanor. I look forward to each visit with her as I continue to learn a great deal about my body and her positivity about my progress has really helped me during a very challenging time in my life. She has made such a positive impact on my physically and emotionally.

This review is overdue. In 2000 i developed unbearable pain radiating down my left arm. My primary care doctor prescribed various pain killers and recommended two different physical therapists prior to finding Health well. Neither of the other therapy groups was able to give me pain relief for more than an hour or two. After X-​rays and MRI’s, the possibility of bone cancer was ruled out, however doctors disagreed as to weather my cervical degenerative disc disease was the only source of the extreme pain, or if multiple sclerosis was adding to the problem.
On the first visit Mindy did a comprehensive evaluation and introduced me to Susan, who worked with me for over a year. In addition to working with my upper spine Susan was able to help adjust my entire spine and fix the alignment in my pelvis.
Health well therapists treat the whole person to cure pain.
They have treated me for two more recent problems that resulted from accidents, and i am totally satisfied with them. They have a variety of specialists and their approaches to managing and curing pain is better than anything else i have experienced.

This review is specifically for Karen who helped me recover from a dislocated collarbone and cervical fracture. I had met with her initially and was impressed by her detailed assessment. She did a thorough hands-​on assessment of my body, checking for restrictions and properly considering how my hyper-​mobility can affect that assessment. That is, loose for you may be tight for me. She did not restrict the assessment to only the collarbone and neck. With this type of injury, the shoulder, arm and upper back are all involved. [I had a brief foray with a different PT at this facility and then, fortunately, went back to Karen.]
When I first went to see her, we did not know that I had fractured a vertebra (the doctor misread the x-​ray and did not forward it to a radiologist for months. Grrr.) When I told her what had happened, she modified things to better focus on what could be corrected. After completing my sessions with Karen, I had recovered quite a bit of mobility, and the pain in my shoulder, across my collar bone and in my neck was decreased. I continue to do the exercises and stretches she recommended.
Okay, I am a pain in the ass when it comes to any form of bodywork. I have had quite a lot of it through the years. So I know good, bad and everything in between. Karen knows what she’s doing. ‘Nuf said.

My experience has been amazing from the second I booked my appointment. The receptionist Erin was super professional. She emailed me all of my appointments and even looked into my insurance coverage.
Mindy is my PT. She looks at the body as a whole, not just one rib out of place. She finds parts of my body that hurt, that I wasn’t even aware of and fixes them! She gives at home exercises to supplement the therapy which have helped. Thank you Mindy! I will definitely be sending patients your way.

Mindy and the team at Healthwell are amazing! Mindy not only has exceptional manual skills and brilliance, but she truly seems to care. I have had physical therapy in several other locations and found Mindy through several recommendations. I appreciate that Mindy spends the entire visit working with me and doesn’t pawn me off to an inexperienced, low cost aide the way most other clinics do (which has only led to re-​exacerbation of my problem in the past). Mindy helped me with an annoying, persistent back problem and managed to help my neck and hip in the process. She treats the whole body and seems to have the magical touch. Further, her front desk staff are professional and spent a great amount of time figuring out my insurance and working with my crazy schedule. Thank you Healthwell and especially Mindy for your dedication, compassion and excellent care.

I have visited Healthwell Physical Therapy several times as has my husband and several friends and neighbors. I recently had an acute back injury with intense pain and needed to see Mindy Marantz on an emergency basis. Mindy fit me in to her busy schedule and expertly assessed my condition. Mindy is very knowledgeable with excellent diagnostic skills but she is also intuitive and caring. Mindy understands how the entire body works and the sometimes delicate balance between muscles, alignment and movement and she shares her knowledge with you so you understand what is happening with your body and how to heal. The exercises she prescribes are simple and realistic and if you bring your smartphone she will film you so you can refer back to the video later if you need to refresh your memory. I have left each appointment feeling better, stronger and empowered to positively impact my own healing and overall health and well being. I consider Mindy to be an expert practitioner and she is the only physical therapist I will see even though she is not a provider on my insurance. I gladly pay out of pocket and I consider her fees to be very fair for the level of knowledge, ability and service I receive.

At the time of treatment from Karen I was a stay at home mom of two young children and I had pulled my back out early in a week that my husband was away. It was horrible. Over the course of one day I ended up completely hunched over and in major pain. I was able to see Karen two times over the course of 3 days and by the third day I was back to normal and Karen had given me great stretches and tools to make sure it didn’t happen again. I am so grateful to Karen and would most certainly go back to her! Thank you KAREN!!!

I have had mild chronic pain in my lower back for 20 years with acute bouts of more serious pain lately. While I’ve been to many chiros and PTs over the years, I have never had this amount of care and knowledge. I am treated by Karen, who has been very helpful in pinpointing the direct area of weakness. The work she does on my back in session is really good and the exercises she gives have been easy enough for me to be consistent with at home. Not only is my back strength improving but she is teaching me proper mechanics to help with everything from sitting to walking to working out. I’m really thankful I found her!

They told me I was covered by my insurance. I was not and they racked up the bills until eventually I rang my insurance myself.
Also, my therapist had no access to email … didn’t seem to worry her that she never received my MRI interpretation!
She had me doing lots of stretches which exacerbated my leg pain greatly.
Glad to be rid of these unprofessional people and back with ActiveCare on Geary where they are doing a great job.

this review is long overdue and i don’t like writing negative reviews but i believe one PT, in particular, was way out of her scope and hurt me in the process. if there was a designation for 0 stars. i would select it. this review is for KAREN ONLY.
back in august 2013, i was getting PT for pain in my foot. it was red hot, i could not touch the skin, at night i couldn’t even put a sheet over it, and walking was very painful. i had already been in a walking boot for 3 months prior to coming to karen.
during my first PT session karen said i could recover by coming «twice a week for six months.» i’d never heard that before from any PT but i trusted her. i sat in her PT room week after week in foot pain and the burning pain ended up traveling up my leg. hmmmm. pain that was local and was now up my thigh.
fast forward five months and i was NOT better. i asked her what my prognosis and plan was. she said, «you likely have CRPS/​RSD. it’s a nerve pain condition and it’s chronic. i told you about this at the first session.» i had never heard of this condition. i said, «how do i get treated?» karen slightly shrugged her shoulders and said, «see a pain doc.» of course she didn’t know any and of course she wasn’t planning on advising about this five months ago.
i was in a panic. turns out i lost precious time — FIVE MONTHS with karen. with CRPS/​RSD you need to get first line treatment within first THREE MONTHS. so she suspected i had this and continued to «treat me» for the next five months! she originally said six months, remember?
fast forward july 2015 and i now have CRPS/​RSD disease, no cure, arthritis in left toe joint due to the disease, and morton’s neuroma. got some peripheral nerve blocks that helped temporarily. pain doc at UCSF said, «yes, people with CRPS have it for the rest of their life.»
thanks karen for not referring out within four unsuccessful PT sessions. that is what practitioners do when they don’t achieve results. they do not continue to «treat» and receive payment for twice a week for the following five months.
do i blame karen for the progression of foot pain to a lifelong incurable painful disease? absolutely. read all about this disease and you will see time is critical.
two things: AVOID KAREN. and if you do not see any results within four session, you tell that practitioner you need to be referred out. all other PTs do this. why didn’t karen do this? you should call the owner and ask. i am convinced i was harmed by going to healthwell. irreversibly so. and karen practiced as a negligent PT.

Precilla at healthwell treated my SI joint injury. When I came to her I had been to countless other physios and sports doctors in the city. I could barely walk when I arrived to her now I’m back running :) She is amazing! She knew exactly how to treat my SI injury. The best physio that I’ve seen. Would totally recommend her to anyone with a similar injury. In fact, all the staff I met there were great. All extremely good at what they do.

Do yourself a favor & make an appointment at Healthwell Physical Therapy Group. Over my lifetime, I’ve seen numerous physical therapists elsewhere. The practitioners here are superior. The Healthwell Group is highly recommended by my MD. Mindy Marantz is a genius. Her knowledge is vast. She is exceptionally talented. Karen Hodges is likewise fantastic. Their focus is on you. They listen to you & they have the training and the skill to help you. I am so much better now. How rare it is to actually see improvement and truly be helped. Plus, free parking usually is available so an office visit here is very easy to make work with my work day. Thank you, Healthwell!

So glad my MD referred me to Healthwell! I have been seeing Mindy for a few weeks and I’m constantly impressed with the thoughtful care she has given me. She is a great listener and her fascination with the complexities and individualities of the human body is inspiring. She works with various complementary modalities and always checks in to get my feedback. This is the opposite of my experience of physical therapy being perfunctory. Mindy is amazing!

This review is long overdue. I am glad I got to this finally! This one is for Karen.
I injured my shoulder mid last year not heeding to the pain I developed while swimming. This went on for months and my work aggravated it. I finally saw the Physio Therapist cos it got to a point where I couldn’t use my arm anymore and my slipped disc pain sprung back same time. By the end of 12 – 14 sessions of 45 min each at Healthwell, 75% of my pain has been treated.
Karen has put me through some effective stretches, a couple of pilates sessions which brought a great relief from pain. It’s almost gone and a couple more sessions would fix it all.
I had been to many Physio Therapists, but nothing like in SF. Back in the east coast, hot/​cold therapy, stimulator were majority of the session. I noticed that PTs here work manually applying pressure on your effected areas along with some daily stretches that could put the displaced part back in its place! Thanks to Karen!

This review is for Karen but also they have a great support staff and billing specialists who have helped me with tons of insurance muck and misunderstandings over the past 2+ years (Erin and Stuart especially).
I’ve gone to PT off and on for 10 years. 3 different states, countless therapists and joint/​musculoskeletal problems in a variety of areas in my body. Karen has totally figured me out Iike no one else could. I feel like I have some traction now and am making real changes and progress. I continue to go to her even though I’m now paying out of pocket.
She kind and personable but more than any other therapist I’ve ever seen. she’s so intelligent and conscientious. She is continually updating her knowledge by doing continuing education and certifications and you never feel like she’s going through the motions with you. She’s diligent and an incredibly hard worker.

What I want in a physical therapist is first-​rate knowledge about how the body heals and the hands-​on support to to meet my body’s individual healing needs — and p.t. Mindy Marantz at Healthwell exceeded all expectations.
After five surgeries and numerous therapists, I finally found Healthwell which takes the best of the healing body-​based therapies, such as Feldenkrais, into the p.t. arena. If you have a choice, choose Healthwell. Even if you don’t have a choice, try Healthwell. You will save time, reduce pain and discover your body’s healing capabilities.

Great therapist who really helped me with my chronic neck pain, however I am rating this a 2 because they have horrible billing practices and a $ 125 cancelation rate (under 24hrs) that they regretted to ever inform me about except within the small print, not even when I spoke to the receptionist.
They never once asked me for a co-​pay or notified me of a statement even after receiving treatment for 6 – 8 weeks. They then had never sent me a bill and called me saying they were going to send me to a debt collector. I then had to pay a large sum for all 6weeks of treatment. To sum it up, they are extremely disorganized and uninformative.
Also, they set up all your appointments in advance without your consultation or agreement, thus making the cancelation fee even that more difficult.

Healthwell Physical Therapy Group is a great practice that truly takes a holistic approach to healing. I have a lower back injury and have had two surgeries. I have been to multiple physical therapy practices and health practitioners and appreciate the welcoming environment that Healthwell creates. I have done both physical therapy and massage therapy with two different therapists at the clinic. Their manual work is especially great, as you know if you have a lower back issues. I would really recommend Healthwell for you physical therapy needs.

I have been to several PT clinics for a chronic pain condition, each one worse than the next. I was skeptical when coming to Healthwell, but I can say with confidence that Mindy and Virginia have been the best two therapists I have seen, ever. They favor a total body approach, which is something none of my other therapists have ever done when addressing my condition. The Feldenkrais lessons that I get from Virginia have been a revelation, and complement the PT work I do with Mindy. As I have told them both, I feel less like Frankenstein when walking around now. I have also made steady progress on my chronic pain, and although there is more work to do – I have total confidence in the approach that Mindy and Virginia have provided.
I recommend Healthwell to anyone seeking a personal PT experience, one where you are listened to and respected. The staff has tremendous experience and a broad range of approaches, so keep an open mind. It’s not just about the quick fix, it’s about a comprehensive approach to healing your body, for now and the future. That’s why it’s called Healthwell!