Specialized Physical Therapy Evaluation and Treatment
At Oswego Physical Therapy Clinic, I am committed to providing you with an unparalleled Physical Therapy experience. Together, we will work to create a personalized plan that will help you navigate the path to recovery. With my expertise in Manual Therapy, Therapeutic Activities, and compassionate care, I will be there to motivate and guide you every step of the way.
Hours: M-Th evenings, Friday-Sat 8 AM to 2 PM
The Oswego Physical Therapy Clinic Treatment
Diagnosis
Restoring Spinal and Extremity Mobility
Reducing Pain
Facilitation of Tissue Regeneration (muscles, ligaments, tendons)
About Me
With over 35 years experience as a licensed Physical Therapist, I specialize in hard-to-treat cases such as acute and chronic disorders of the neck, spine, and extremities. My focus is to help clients who have a complicated diagnosis or do not have a diagnosis. My practice is 100% one-on-one, hands-on therapy with instruction on therapeutic exercises.
Besides a Physical Therapy degree I also have:
- Physical Education and Sports Massage degrees from the Netherlands.
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy (Clinical Masters in Manual Therapy) degree.
- A Trauma informed background (facilitation of the ventral vagal complex to promote calming and soothing effects on pain through emotional awareness).
My career has taken me across the US, from New York and Florida to major hospitals in California and Portland.
A recent Physical Therapy pain and recovery survey ranks me in the top 1% in effectiveness as a Physical Therapist with a significant number of fewer treatment visits.
I am a 20 year resident of Lake Oswego. Besides spending time with my family I am pastionate about ultra-marathoning, mountain climbing, yoga, and meditation.
I am motivated to:
- comprehend the complex effects of trauma and pain,
- be guided to not only reduce suffering,
- move beyond mere survival,
- be able to flourish despite challenges and adversity with one’s health.
Testimonials
Hans is the best Physical Therapist I’ve ever had, and his approach is markedly different from all other PTs I’ve had over the past twenty years. I have degenerative arthritis and have had extensive experience with other therapists/therapies over that period. All of the therapists I have seen before created as much pain as they alleviated, and most of them were very similar to my experiences as an athlete in weight training. It was a mentality of “no pain, no gain” at all of the PT clinics I have visited. I would see a licensed therapist for fifteen minutes, after which I was assigned an aide who accompanied me on the same “circuit training” as my coach or an athletic trainer had previously. With Hans you get an entire hour with he and he alone, and there are no aides who are pushing you to work harder and/or increase the weights and reps on the machines. He also incorporates therapeutic massage, which provides much more relief than anything I’ve received at other physical therapy centers. I cannot more highly recommend anyone more qualified than Hans to help with pain relief, healing, and rehabilitation.
It’s unfortunately rare to find a physical therapist who will incorporate treatment methods beyond the current limited constructs of western medicine so I was truly grateful to find Hans. Where many others I have seen in the past would have prematurely rushed me into the usual exercises, risking long term damage in my case, Hans instead recognized that I had experienced too much prolonged chronic pain and that first we needed to retrain my brain and injury to rediscover sensations other than pain through light massage, then we could proceed to exercises. It was a revelation. While I was familiar with studies being done on the technique I really didn’t even know it was possible for me to experience anything other than pain. He has helped me develop a new relationship to my injury that is blended with pragmatism and progress. Before you can get strong again you have to heal, and Hans wisely includes the healing process in his treatment. He is also a joy to converse with. Can’t recommend him highly enough!
Hans is amazing at his job! He’s extremely knowledgeable, a great listener and he will figure out exactly what your specific issue is and come up with a plan to correct it. I have multiple injuries and I’m currently working with Hans weekly and I’m already feeling stronger, more flexible and in less pain. Hans is well rounded in his approach to wellness and therapy and I appreciate his bed side manner very much. I feel completely comfortable working with him and I appreciate his expertise I would definitely rate Hans as the top physical therapist in Portland, Oregon He is a 5 star therapist
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