Foot and ankle pain treatment in Milford.

No. Connecticut has Direct Access, which means you can see a physical therapist without a referral from a doctor. You can call us and be evaluated without waiting on an appointment with anyone else first. Some insurance plans still ask for a referral for coverage reasons, so we check that for you as part of your free benefits check, before your first visit.

In most cases yes, and complete rest tends to leave a foot stiffer rather than better. Hurt does not always mean harm. The real question is how far, on what surface, and in which shoes, and that is what your therapist works out at the evaluation. You leave with a specific amount to start with, and it goes up as the tissue tolerates more.

Because insoles and a stretching sheet treat the sore tissue, not the reason it became overloaded. A cause-first evaluation looks at your ankle motion, your calf, your hip, and the way you actually walk. If support in your shoe turns out to be part of the answer, good. For most people it is simply not the whole answer.

We will not invent a number before we have met you, because feet arrive in very different states. What you get instead is a plan with an endpoint. At your evaluation your therapist maps the four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform and Prevent, and tells you what has to be true to move from one to the next. You will always know which phase you are in and what is left.

Less than most people expect, and we would rather show you than guess. We run a free benefits check for you. You give us your insurance details, we find out what your plan actually covers for physical therapy, and we come back to you with real numbers before you commit to anything. No surprise bill, and no pressure either way.