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In a area with such a prominent medical community what about Southern Pines Physical Therapy makes it unique?

In a word, compassion. Compassion, experience, and expertise is what sets Southern Pines Physical Therapy apart from other providers in the area. As a provider in the area for nearly 30 years, Sue Stovall has a keen insight into the needs of the locals and has built Southern Pines Physical Therapy around the idea that the physical and mechanical side of physical therapy are only half of the challenge of recovery. It is with this mindset that we approach our clients, not as bodies on the mend, but as people who will succeed in their recovery by discovering a healthy balance of physical determination, mental commitment, and a proper understanding of the recovery process.

From the moment you walk in the door to Southern Pines Physical Therapy you can expect to be greeted by our professional staff who will treat you with respect and courtesy. In addition to our front office staff, our physical therapists, physical therapists' assistant, and massage therapist will share their broad range of expertise and experience to provide you with the best care to get you back to life.

We understand that our community thrives on strong local economy. Southern Pines Physical Therapy is locally owned and operated small business. As a member of the Southern Pines community we do our best to support other local businesses and charities. For 5 years we have been a provider for the Moore Free Care Clinic. Our staff believes that the medical community has an obligation to provide care to those all members of our community including those in need.

At the end of the day, we have one goal - getting you your life back!

Testimonials:

Doctors fix a problem - they replace a knee or fuse a back - but it is physical therapy that time and time again has given me back my life.

Sue Stovall has, for 17 years, been there for me, to create the path from surgical recovery to normalcy. She has provided consistent and focused caregiving, finding with her fingers and her heart, just what I need that day to move my healing forward.

Each treatment, Sue reminded me of my potential when I can see only my limitations.

After surgery or injury, it is physical therapy that has encouraged my whole being back to health.
Lottie Rhoads
Pinehurst, NC

We are experts in caring for:

*Total Joint Replacement

*Rotator Cuff Repair

*Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain

*Hip and Knee Pain

*Ankle and Foot Dysfunction

*Gait and Mobility Problems

*Sports and Athletic Injuries

*Lymphatic Problems

*Private Massage

Testimonials:

I want to sincerely thank Sue and her staff at Southern Pines Physical Therapy for all of their services following my recent Total Knee Replacement Surgery. I am quite experienced regarding PT based on my previous orthopedic surgeries (three knee's, two shoulder's and one foot) while I was resident of California. I highly recommend Sue for her attention to detail, her interest in my quick recovery, her knowledge of my therapeutic needs and her friendship. PT can be painful, however, Sue and her staff made our five weeks together quite enjoyable and very rewarding. Thank you!

Don Power
Pinehurst, NC

Dear Sue,

This is a piece that I wrote six years ago during my experience with breast cancer. It was the first time that I worked with a really good physical therapist. Working with you has been my second. Thank you for working a similar miracle.

"If there were a gift I could give every woman who has breast cancer, it would be the gift of physical therapy.

Physical therapy has helped me create a path to normalcy. It has given me back a full range of shoulder motion and abdominal strength. That freedom to move makes me feel more like myself. Although that was the reason that I started physical therapy, the return of physical ability has turned out to be my secondary.

Twice each week, she reminds me, "You're in charge." After so many months of doctors being in charge, treatment schedules being in charge, and cancer being in charge, it is affirming to have someone remind me that I have control over my own body. I own my limitations.

And, ironically, every visit, she says, "Don't help me," as she stretches and shakes and massages my limbs and muscles. She gently asks just a little more of my body that I knew it was ready to give. I relax and revel in her helping my body to heal itself. Of all the professional hands I have felt these many months, this is the first time that someone has encouraged my body rather than intruding into it.

When I tell people that I LOVE physical therapy, they ask, "Doesn't it hurt?" Of course it hurts. Everything on the breast cancer menu comes with a side order of pain.

But this is healing pain. Physical therapy is helping me become myself a little more with each treatment. Flexible, calm, and closer to pain free, I am better able to face the future.

I wish for you appreciation for the body in which you live."

Deni Elliot
Florida