You have iced it, stretched it, and waited it out. It came back the first week you went back to doing the thing you actually care about. Usually that means nobody has looked closely enough at how you move. Every service below is delivered by a board-certified Doctor of Physical Therapy: Dr. Heather Smith, PT, DPT, OCS, or Dr. Shannon Chapman, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS. Your therapist runs the evaluation, does the hands-on work, and writes the progressions. One clinician, start to finish.

Find the actual source of the pain, not just the spot that hurts. Then build the strength that keeps it from returning.

A fine needle into the trigger point that keeps re-tightening. Tight tissue lets go and the motion you lost comes back.

Hands-on work for stiff joints, guarded muscles, and irritated nerves. Room to move first, so the exercise can hold.

An injury does not have to end the season. Rebuild strength, speed, and the confidence to trust the leg again.

The gap between finishing rehab and performing well. Strength built on an assessment of how you actually move.

Joint, muscle, and bone pain read by a board-certified orthopedic specialist. New injury, chronic ache, or post-surgical.

Recovery is part of the work, not the absence of it. Soft tissue care that stops soreness costing you next week.

Most clinics solve their scheduling problem by splitting a therapist across three patients and sending you to an aide for the exercise half. Aureum Physio does not have that problem, because there is one treating clinician. Your Doctor of Physical Therapy, a board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist, is with you for the full 40 minutes, every visit, from the first evaluation to the last progression. They know what your knee did last Tuesday because they were the one holding it. North Carolina has unrestricted direct access to physical therapy, so you do not need a physician referral to start, and we verify your insurance coverage before treatment begins so you know your costs up front. Most patients come in 2 to 3 times a week for 4 to 6 weeks, and many notice a change in the first week or two.