Element Performance & Physical Therapy

Element Performance & Physical Therapy Physical Therapists who specialize in helping active adults be pain free. Tired of not seeing results? https://www.element-physicaltherapy.com/contact-us

06/03/2026

I’ve had this shoulder blade pain with reaching overhead, turning my head, and sitting. Here’s how I’m treating it. This is often an issue with tightness along the joints of the midback.

Use a foam roller, place it along the midback. For me the symptoms are on my left side so I’m going to get my left arm overhead. Keep some tension in the stomach to prevent your low back from arching, and bend your midback over the roller.

At the same time, press the left arm towards the floor. It’ll produce a stretch/soreness in the left upper back area. To increase tension there, extend the spine further along the roller. You can also do a small snow angel movement with the arm to look for the pocket of tightness.

Do this 10-15 reps, 3-4x/day to loosen the area and improve your pain.

📲 Ready to rehab smarter? Visit www.element-physicaltherapy.com to get started.

💪🏾Element is a private-based physical therapy group who specializes in helping active adults workout, run, or play sports pain free. 90% of our clients have already tried the traditional rehab system. From weekend warriors to marathon runners and iron man participants, we have you covered. Located in Northfield + Lincoln Park!

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email [email protected]

If you’re an active adult who’s tired of being told to rest or “it’s because of your age,” our team has you covered. No ...
05/27/2026

If you’re an active adult who’s tired of being told to rest or “it’s because of your age,” our team has you covered.

No cookie cutter programs, just results!

📲 Ready to rehab smarter? Visit www.element-physicaltherapy.com to get started.

Follow for more tips on moving/working out pain free!

💪🏾Element is a private-based physical therapy group who specializes in helping active adults workout, run, or play sports pain free. 90% of our clients have already tried the traditional rehab system. From weekend warriors to marathon runners and iron man participants, we have you covered. Located in Northfield + Lincoln Park!

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email [email protected]

We are super excited to welcome Julia Larson to our Northfield team for the summer! Julia brings high energy, a bright s...
05/20/2026

We are super excited to welcome Julia Larson to our Northfield team for the summer! Julia brings high energy, a bright smile, and ambition! She will be shadowing to learn more about the profession! Learn about her below:

My name is Julia Larson, and I’m going into my senior year at Occidental College out in Los Angeles. I’m studying Kinesiology with a minor in Public Health and intend on going to PT school post grad! I grew up as a dancer, more recently became a yoga instructor, and I’m currently working on getting certified as a personal trainer. Other than that, I love reading, hiking, and live music. I’m so excited to be shadowing at Element this summer!

Element is looking for a full time PT at our clinic in NORTHFIELD.Tired of seeing 20 patients per day? Or are you tired ...
05/19/2026

Element is looking for a full time PT at our clinic in NORTHFIELD.

Tired of seeing 20 patients per day? Or are you tired of working with clients who don’t even want to be there? Wish you could see 7-8 clients per day? Wish appointments were 1:1 for 60 minutes?

Located in a 10,000 square foot gym, Element is a private practice that provides our clients with specialized care. We take pride in providing a premium experience of physical therapy. No cookie cutter exercises, no guesswork. Most clients come to us because they’ve already tried the traditional rehab approach. We focus on treating the primary drivers of pain so you know exactly how to help clients hit their goals. We offer prehab, rehab, maintenance, and performance services for our clients.

We’re looking for a motivated PT who’s looking to grow professionally, clinically, and personally. Mentorship includes: communication, sales training, clinical reasoning (plans of care, differential Dx, progressions/regressions etc). Ideal candidate is someone who is residency or fellowship trained.

DM or email [email protected] for more info!

10/24/2025

Element is looking for a full time PT at our clinic in NORTHFIELD.

Tired of seeing 20 patients per day? Or are you tired of working with clients who don’t even want to be there? Wish you could see 7-8 clients per day? Wish appointments were 1:1 for 60 minutes?

Element is a private practice that provides our clients with specialized care. We take pride in providing a premium experience of physical therapy. No cookie cutter exercises, no stopping rehab at what’s “medically necessary”. As an out of network provider, you’ll have the opportunity to help your clients achieve any of their goals. We offer prehab, rehab, maintenance, and performance services for our clients. The road SHOULDN’T stop at the end of rehab.

We’re looking for a motivated PT who’s looking to grow professionally, clinically, and personally. Mentorship includes: communication, sales training, clinical reasoning (plans of care, differential Dx, progressions/regressions etc). Ideal candidate is someone who is residency or fellowship trained.

DM or email [email protected] for more info!

10/20/2025

Our approach is simple: let’s find WHERE your pain is coming from, THEN we find your deficits that may be contributing to your pain.

Our client is a long distance runner, and she came in after seeing multiple providers, and underwent months of rehab with no real progress.

On her own, she was performing loaded interventions + speed interventions without having some of the minimum requirements to MAXIMIZE her function.

We found limitations in her ankle range of motion, knee mobility, hip strength, and single leg stability. We start addressing these deficits in a STEP-BY-STEP fashion, and she’s starting to see results 💪🏾. Sometimes people progress things too quickly, leading to continued pain.

Tired of not seeing results? The traditional physical therapy system is not meant to maximize results. That’s where we come in. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email [email protected]

10/10/2025

Not all PT is the same. Here is a testimonial from just ONE visit. When was the last time you had ONE visit with a provider, and it left that much of an impact to leave a review?

We take pride in offering specialized care to our clients. We help you find the source of pain; why you’re experiencing pain; we give you a timeline of recovery; offer preventative care; help you understand what’s safe pain vs harmful pain; and we get you results. What’s more important than getting out of pain?

✅Tired of not seeing results? The traditional physical therapy system is not meant to maximize results. That’s where we come in. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email [email protected]

10/08/2025

Definitely not for everyone with knee pain, but here’s a strategy we sometimes use for individuals experiencing joint-related pain with bending the knee.

A towel behind the knee helps to create some space in the joint as you sit your hips back towards your feet. The strap helps to stabilize the towel + create a little more force with the mobilization.

Typically right after this, we recheck the painful movement (squatting or just bending the knee) to see what changes were made 🙏🏾

✅Tired of not seeing results? The traditional physical therapy system is not meant to maximize results. That’s where we come in. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email [email protected]

09/30/2025

Our eval process is 1 on 1 with our docs for an hour. The MOST important part though is the first 20 minutes. We sit and chat with you about your symptoms, what you’re experiencing, what you’ve tried to treat it, your workout routine, etc. That actually gives us an 80% idea of what’s going on.

THEN we look at movement. Watching your movement helps us determine which areas to examine in detail; what areas may be tight/weak/hypermobile; and what movements potentially produce your pain.

This is an example for someone with hip pain. Our upper extremity or spinal evaluations look very different. Not pictured are manual joint assessments to the hip, knee, and ankle, some plank assessments, and our breakdown of what’s going on + the timeline of recovery.

✅Tired of not seeing results? The traditional physical therapy system is not meant to maximize results. That’s where we come in. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email [email protected]

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