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Patient Referrals

In the state of Wisconsin, in most cases a client can begin therapy without a physician referral; however, your insurance may require it. Medicare and Medicaid do require a physician referral, but many other HMOs and private insurance companies do not. We can help you determine if you need a referral and will contact your insurance provider on your behalf to verify.
For patients considering a cash pay method, no referral is required; however, we are unable to accept cash for those with Medicare, Medicaid or other government insurance plans.

Our Fax Numbers

Holmen, WI (608) 526-9965
Arcadia, WI (608) 323-2150
La Crosse, WI (608) 519-2225
Blair, WI (608) 989-2285
Watertown, WI (920) 567-2017
Sparta, WI (608) 269-8803

To our new clients:

Thank you for choosing us to Achieve your health goals!

Please click below to our secure platform and complete the items we need to begin your care. If you will be using health insurance benefits to cover your Physical, Occupational, or Speech therapy services, it may be best to have your insurance card available before you begin. Should you experience any difficulties or have questions during the process, please feel free to reach out to us 877-526-9888.

Achieve Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine is OPEN for in-person outpatient services in the following locations:

HOLMEN – LA CROSSE – ARCADIA – BLAIR – SPARTA

Why are we open?  Physical, Occupational, Speech and Massage Therapists are considered essential critical workforce. https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CISA-Guidance-on-Essential-Critical-Infrastructure-Workers-1-20-508c.pdf. We are experts at musculoskeletal conditions. If you are suffering from back pain or muscle strains or had to hold on surgery due to the pandemic, we can help! In most cases, we can see you without a physician referral, reducing the burden on the medical teams needed to care for critical patients. For a free 15-minute consult either by phone or in person to find out if therapy is right for you, contact our nearest location to schedule. Click Here for our locations and phone numbers.

The health and safety of our patients is our top priority if care is needed in person at this time. Click here to find out what Achieve is doing to keep you safe when a visit to our clinic is best for your personal care.

If you are concerned about travelling to our offices, we offer Telehealth Services. Many insurances are covering telehealth for physical, occupational, and speech therapy during this crisis. If you’re unsure whether or not insurance would allow, we are happy to contact the plan to research on your behalf. If insurance does not cover, we have flexible cash pay options to help ease the burden, yet get you the care you need today.

Beginning May 4, 2020, we will resume operations for massage therapy clients in our Holmen and La Crosse clinics. To schedule an appointment, call 877-526-9888.

How much thought have you put into the exercises you’re going to use for your next workout? Did you choose them yourself, or did you find them on the internet or in a magazine? What’s your workout designed for? Do those goals match yours? Are the exercises even safe for you? Using the wrong program can lead to wasting time in the gym, frustration, plateaus in progress and injury. Let’s take a closer look at what goes into program design and the cost of getting it wrong.

Exercise Selection For Your Workout

There are many things to think about when choosing specific exercises. Machine vs. free weights, isolation vs. compound lifts, number of reps and sets, etc. Each one of these factors affects the results, so making the wrong choices could lead to wasting time working on the wrong things, limit your results or lead to injury.

Technique

If you choose the right exercises, but don’t know how to do them properly you will again limit your results, or worse, end up injured. Poor technique leads to inefficient movement and limits the power your muscles can create. It also changes the load on your muscles, joints, and ligaments which can lead to pain and injury.

Volume

Volume is a way of thinking about how much work you’re doing during a workout. Doing a few reps with a heavy weight or a lot of reps with a light weight could end up being the same volume. Same goes for running a shorter distance quickly uphill vs a longer run at a slower pace on flat terrain. If your volume is too great you won’t recover well between workouts and create the possibility of injury. Too little volume and you won’t see results.

Progression

If you’ve been doing the same exercises with the same weight and the same number of reps and sets, you’re not progressing. Same goes if you jump on the treadmill for the same amount of time with the same settings each time. To make progress, things have to change and the program that works for your first 6 months won’t work for you 2 years down the road.

Designing an exercise program is a complex challenge with a lot of factors to consider. Most people have a history of injuries and don’t have the perfect movement in every joint which further complicates things. If you’re not making progress or just want to make sure your workouts are as effective as they can be, have your physical therapist take a look at your program. Your PT can help design an individualized program to help you reach your goals while keeping you safe and injury-free.

Ready to get started? Schedule your appointment today with Achieve Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine.

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