Millan & Orloski Physical Therapy

I am not a patient of Millan & Orloski Physical Therapy… My husband needed a physical therapist since he was recuperating from a foot surgery and my insurance company recommended Millan Physical Therapy. I am not going to lie… I was a little skeptical when I went with him on his first visit… I was used to seeing other modern offices with a lot of technology at hand. My husband decided to give them a try and he starting feeling great after several visits. They make you feel very comfortable and guide you step by step on how to get recuperated faster. They listen to his complaints and concerns and explain to him what he is doing wrong and tell him how to fix it. He has gone there since the summer and continues to go there…
Will recommend to a family or friend.

This place is so caring. From the moment you go in, you are greeted by Lisa, who is so sweet and cheerful every day. The therapists are the best, and every assistant is so sweet and caring as well. Not only do the treatments feel so good, the PTs sincerely care about you and the healing process. They always listen to my complaints about my pains and work to soothe the aches with their treatments and excellent advice. I highly recommend them!

I feel like physical therapy is supposed to be for old people seeing that one of my closest friends worked in a PT office and dealt with mainly elderly. Unfortunately, I needed therapy after a car accident. In short, while waiting at the end of the Manhattan bridge at a RED LIGHT, a van decided to not use its brakes and hit the back of my family’s minivan exactly where I was sitting. It messed up my back and I had a pinched nerve and I was in so much pain. To get my strength back, I had to go to PT.
Originally, I was scheduled at one of the hospitals, SIUH, I believe. But considering it was so far away, we found one that was closer. The place was great. Everyone who helped me was so nice. In the beginning all I did was go into my own private room where they put extremely hot towels and these electric buzzer things all over my back. I’ve heard that not all PT places have private rooms for the patients and considering I only had a hospital robe for the top part of my body, I was extremely grateful. Each room had a door but also had a curtain. That was good because I could have my privacy with the curtain but still have the ability to call for someone if necessary.
I would lie there for a good 15 minutes or so with my eyes closed in the dark and listen to the music on the radio. It definitely helped my muscles especially since it was in the winter when my muscles tended to tighten up.
Then a physical therapist would come in (the stuff done before was done by the «nurses,» not sure what they’re called) and she would use a sonogram type thing all over my back as it sent vibrations into the muscles. Of course that meant my back was all gooey from the gel. After that, she would use her hands to give me a massage. It was weird at first because a stranger was touching my naked back but I eventually got used to it since we started going regularly (3x a week) at the same time so I got to know one person in particular, Monique. She also taught me shoulder and neck exercises to get used to moving them when they were to stiff to do anything else.
That was basically my session for the first few weeks. Once I started getting more strength, the session was longer as after the massage and all that, I would go outside to the main room where they had exercise equipment and whatnot. I lifted free weights and then used the machine and these rubber bands. Monique actually wanted us to buy a rubber band to use at home but from what I remember, she ended up not charging us for it so that was generous (not that it cost a lot but it was generous, nonetheless).
I stopped going a little earlier because I promised to do the exercises at home. I did for a while and when my back starts to hurt, they still help. They always said I could go back if the pain acts up again (this was a few years ago). Hopefully I’ll never have to go back to physical therapy but if I have to, I know where to go.