Company Profile
Company Overview
Established in 1987, Sports and Orthopaedic Therapy Services is a physical therapist owned facility, well known in the region for advanced manual therapy procedures and effective outcomes. Our philosophy of care includes hands-on manual therapy and therapeutic exercises using our fully-equipped and spacious physical therapy facility. Most physical therapists provide “quality care”, but when treatment time is limited to less than one hour it is difficult to provide “comprehensive treatment” of patients with complex or multiple problems. We pride ourselves in allowing our therapists to complete a thorough evaluation with emphasis on a muscle energy model of assessment along with other screening tools such as the SFMA. We feel that one can only arrive at an effective treatment plan after determining an accurate functional diagnosis.
Treatments at SP.OR.T.S. are usually longer than the 45 to 60 minutes common to other facilities. Each therapist is only asked to see 12 to 15 patients per full treatment day giving them adequate time to conduct a thorough exam and comprehensive program. Documentation is completed using WebPT our EMR, which we have found to be very PT friendly. We strive to address biomechanical efficiency, posture, pain, swelling, strength, balance, and endurance, as well as affects from joints above and below the injury site. We always provide a written home program for our patients taking into account their goals, thoroughly explaining the working functional diagnosis and rationale for each procedure.
We are a clinical internship site for many doctor of physical therapy programs in the region as well is nationally. The owner Robert Grossman, PT, O.C.S. has taught many postgraduate courses locally and around the country on topics from assessment and treatment of somatic dysfunctions of the spine and extremities, altered neurodynamics, and “closed chain manipulation” - techniques he has developed to address connective tissue restrictions affecting all the joints of the body. We are keen on staying current with the literature and are well versed in all forms of manual therapy. New employees will benefit from the collegial environment and the many learning opportunities available from the owner and other staff.
Company History
Sports and Orthopaedic Therapy Services was founded in 1987 by Robert C. Grossman, P.T., O.C.S. and John A. Romero, M.A., P.T., S.C.S. The facility has 3200 sq. ft. of treatment area and office space with Isokinetic and other exercise devices, but the emphasis of treatment is on accurate assessment of somatic dysfunctions and their treatment through manual therapy. The treatment population is of all ages excluding infants.
The founders Mr. Grossman and Mr. Romero were chief physical therapists for the Washington Bullets and Washington Capitals during the 1980’s when they were working in Friendship Heights, so they developed a keen interest in sports rehabilitation and treatment of athletes of all levels from club players to professionals and Olympians.
Together they opened an additional facility in Kensington, Maryland in the mid 1990’s. In 2006 the two facilities separated ownership interests with Robert Grossman owning the Silver Spring facility and John Romero taking over the Kensington facility. Even though the ownership interests have changed they still operate and share in much of the same intellectual property and cooperate in many other clinical and operational ways.
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