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Posted 08/11/2011

I have now been here working at the Hruska Clinic for 1 month and am starting to get acclimated with Lincoln and the new job. We have explored the parks and pools with our kids, enjoyed the nice weather (heck, we are used to taking advantage of any nice day where we came from) and are starting to get our home comfortable and lived in.  The question I have gotten the most from people since we moved is why did you move here?  Just for a job? Why would you move your family to Lincoln, NE to work at the Hruska Clinic when you were so established where you were?  Other than to try and get away from the North Dakota winters (yes I am actually looking forward to experiencing a Lincoln winter) the answer lies in what makes the Hruska Clinic different from any other clinic.  As “the new guy” I feel I have a unique perspective on what makes this clinicdifferent.  As I wrote before I spent the last 9 years working for a “traditional” physical therapy clinic in Minot, ND.  I was blessed to have worked with some wonderful physical therapists and people.  But I knew there was more out there.  As a whole I feel physical therapists are caring professionals who truly want to help people feel and function better.  Here at the Hruska Clinic we are not different in that respect at all.  Everyone here is 1000% motivated to help people feel and function better.  However, we have different, and I feel better, tools to get that job done.  We utilize the science of Postural Restoration, developed and taught through the Postural Restoration Institute ™ to guide our treatment in order to address the cause of pain and dysfunction rather than trying to mask the symptoms of pain and dysfunction.  The staff here is immersed in the science of Postural Restoration and dedicated to not only treating patients but taking it a step beyond that and getting our patients back to whatever their hopes and dreams may be.  The first question we ask on our intake paperwork is what activities are you happiest doing, not what hurts.  That frame of mind is what guides us.  Those activities that make our patients happy become our goals as much as they are our patient’s goals.  In addition to the people here, we have additional tools at our disposal to look beyond PT to address other needs that our patients may have.  There are other influential factors that may be limiting what we can do as physical therapists that cannot be addressed anywhere other than at this clinic due to the resources we have available.  For example, our patients may have needs for other specialties including dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, or other specialties that we recognize, understand, and can integrate with our treatments to allow us to achieve the amazing results that we see for people who have not had success anywhere else.  This is what makes us different.  Our attitude, our approach and our tools. They really are unmatched and not available anywhere else and that is why I moved here… oh and for the winters too… believe it or not.

Posted August 11, 2011 at 7:41am by Torin Berge.
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