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

Here’s a phenomenal way to load the quads. It can be an aggressive position, so if you’re battling knee pain it may not ...
02/28/2026

Here’s a phenomenal way to load the quads. It can be an aggressive position, so if you’re battling knee pain it may not be the best time for this one. We typically introduce these as we calm the knees down around the middle/latter portion of a rehab program.

Start in a kneeling position, use your back foot to drive directly upwards. This loads your back leg’s quad. To maximize your back leg’s quad contraction, be sure the torso stays vertical the entire time. Hold for 3-5s, enjoy the burn.

✅If you’re looking to get out of pain asap, you’re tired of not seeing results, you don’t like the traditional therapy system, or you want to work with people who specialize in active adults….we have your answer. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

It’s VERY rare that we have to tell our clients to stop their activity. Every injury responds differently.One hamstring ...
02/27/2026

It’s VERY rare that we have to tell our clients to stop their activity. Every injury responds differently.One hamstring strain does not get treated the same as another hamstring strain.

When we do an evaluation, we find out what tissues are affected by the injury. Then we need to establish how angry or how irritated the tissues are. That gives us an idea of how to load the person to maximize their recovery. From there, we address other deficits they have. MEANWHILE we are monitoring their running volume to make sure their body can tolerate things appropriately.

✅If you’re looking to get out of pain asap, you’re tired of not seeing results, you don’t like the traditional therapy system, or you want to work with people who specialize in active adults….we have your answer. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

What happens when you work with clinicians who specialize? You skip the guesswork. You see results. A common misconcepti...
02/24/2026

What happens when you work with clinicians who specialize? You skip the guesswork. You see results. A common misconception is that all PT is the same. Think of us like restaurants. There is fast food, fine dining, different cuisines, etc. They all offer a different experience. We specialize in active adults looking to workout/run pain free!
✅If you’re looking to get out of pain asap, you’re tired of not seeing results, you don’t like the traditional therapy system, or you want to work with people who specialize in active adults….we have your answer. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

02/24/2026

Northfield! Hope this helps! Please see your email and text messages prior to your appointment as well! We are located INSIDE of MyBody Complex (193 Northfield Rd). If you’re driving SOUTH on northfield Rd, the building is on your LEFT. If you’re driving NORTH on northfield Rd, the building is on your RIGHT. Full locker rooms and showers available

MONTHS overdue, I’d like to introduce Dr. Danny Randar to our Northfield location. As a former tennis coach/collegiate p...
02/22/2026

MONTHS overdue, I’d like to introduce Dr. Danny Randar to our Northfield location.

As a former tennis coach/collegiate player, a disc golfer, and as a marathon/ironman athlete, Dr. Danny brings experiences with endurance athlete programming and nutrition/dietetics to help manage training with injuries.

Dr. Randar earned his bachelor’s of science in Food Science & Human Nutrition from Clemson University in 2016, an ACEND-accredited dietetics program. He later earned his DPT from the Brooks College of Health at the University of North Florida. He then completed his orthopedic residency at Midwest Orthopedics at RUSH, placing him in the top 10% of DPTs across the country. He is currently awaiting the completion of his Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS). Dr. Randar also holds his certification in dry needling (CIDN).

If you’re tired of not seeing results, DM us or email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

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 info@element-physicaltherapy.com 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 info@element-physicaltherapy.com

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 info@element-physicaltherapy.com

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 info@element-physicaltherapy.com

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 info@element-physicaltherapy.com

A lot of people think, physical therapy is the same. We can’t tell you how many times we’ve had the conversation of peop...
09/24/2025

A lot of people think, physical therapy is the same.

We can’t tell you how many times we’ve had the conversation of people explaining their injuries, explaining what was done to rehab it, and then we realize they were doing the wrong things.

Think about it like this: If your bathroom has a leak, and you fix a pipe in the living room, does that fix your bathroom leak? Often times the interventions being prescribed aren’t relevant to the painful area.

One thing that’s guaranteed with us: results. Every. Visit.

✅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 info@element-physicaltherapy.com

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193 Northfield Road
Northfield, IL
60093

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