Orthopedics & Performance

Physical Therapy like you’ve never had before

The Process

See how we get you better faster, then prevent the problem from reoccurring

Evaluation

90-minute evaluations allow for a deeper dive into your symptoms, a more accurate diagnosis, and a better focus on all the factors involved in your pain or injury. We don’t move on until we’ve identified the root cause(s) of your symptoms.

Treatment

Based on the evaluation, we utilize manual therapy, specific exercise, and lifestyle factors to decrease your pain. When pain is under control, we can target and load the tissue and get it functioning properly.

Prevention

As much as we love working with people, we want to provide you with the tools to treat yourself! Once your goals are met, we discuss a long-term plan to prevent or manage flare-ups, and ideally avoid re-injury.

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Orthopedic Specialty Areas

Pelvic Girdle
Hip

This area includes the low back, sacrum, buttocks, hips, pubis, groin, and inner thigh region. Often overlapping with pelvic floor symptoms, pain/injury in this region can be debilitating and hard to pinpoint.

With many structures in the hip region (tendons, muscle, joint, bone, bursae), it’s crucial to identify the root cause of symptoms for proper treatment.

Shoulder
Knee

Shoulder pain can manifest in many ways. Whether you’re an overhead athlete or struggle with symptoms in your daily life, we can evaluate and treat it.

Whether a ligament tear, tendinopathy, or other problem, we know exactly how to evaluate and treat knee conditions.

Arthritis

Contrary to popular belief, arthritis pain can often be greatly improved and managed without surgery! It is a specialty and passion area of Dr. Michelle’s to help aging adults understand and improve arthritis symptoms.

  • “Dr. Carlstedt is incredibly knowledgeable, compassionate, and by far the most effective physical therapist I’ve worked with”

    — Jenna B

  • “ Michelle is the perfect combination of push and patience. She’s an EXCELLENT physical therapist AND trainer and I have no doubt she can help you be better. Make the call.”

    — Mendi H

  • “ Michelle is an amazing and talented physical therapist. Within 5 sessions she was not only able to assess my problem, but also able to almost completely resolve the issue”

    — Leigh O

  • “ Michelle brought me back from an injury to a place I didn't think possible. I cannot say enough about her professionalism and commitment..”

    — Jane W