PT Squared, LLC

10/23/2025

My schedule wasn't full but my heart is! 🩵
Today was the first day at my new location within the Transtormation Center! If you're looking for specialized treatment of your musculoskeletal issue outside of traditional healthcare system constraints, reach out to see how I can help! 💪🏼

Or if you know you're ready to schedule, book here:
https://pt-squared-llc.square.site/

10/13/2025

Join me and the TC Community this Thursday, October 16, as I lead this fun "Strong Feet, Strong Foundation" workshop!💪🏼👣 Your feet will thank you! 🩵

10/07/2025

with and is not only ok, but it's good! Like anything, training may need to be adjusted for your level of pain, but running is NOT going to hasten the degenerative (aging) process!

10/06/2025

**shared with permission**

CONGRATS to this badass runner client of mine and her husband who ran the Milwaukee Lakefront Half Marathon yesterday and crushed it! This was her 5th half and she got a new PR! 💪🏻

This girl showed resilience and strength as we worked remotely (via my telehealth option as she's in the Milwaukee area) through a cluster of variable and sometimes frustrating symptoms in her right leg which included consistent peroneal tendon pain and intermittent hip/lower back pain with sciatica flares. 🦵😓

Needless to say she crushed her PT plan as she also worked with her run coach's plan to not only get through her race but earn that new PR! 🙌🏼

She'll rest for a bit now post-race, but will get back at her strength training (or what I like to call "resiliency building") to continue improving her body's tolerance to the demands of running ("load demands") so she can continue to enjoy running and reach future goals! (Get after those rearfoot elevated split squats with Soleus raises, right Jessica? 😉👊🏼)

I absolutely love what I do! 🥰 If you're looking to get over a running injury and/or become a more resilient runner, reach out to discuss your needs and how I can meet them! 🩵

09/29/2025

No single foot strike pattern is superior! And heel (rearfoot) striking is not wrong!

No single foot strike pattern is superior! In most cases it's best to stick with a runner's habitual strike pattern and focus on other areas when treating injury or enhancing performance.

09/27/2025

great info and illustration of why I'm always preaching to my clients the importance of strengthening the top 3 running muscles - quads, glutes (Medius) and calves (Soleus) and why I also encourage hamstring strengthening 💪🏼🩵

Muscle activity during running 🏃🏽‍♀️
The quads, calf and glutes are important shock absorbers and the hamstrings work hardest during the swing phase.

09/25/2025

2 runners continuing to run! 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃‍♀️
They're happy, therefore I'm happy! 😃

Turn-around time to feeling better can be quick as evidenced by these two examples from the past week.

The first text is from a client who reached out on 9/14/25, was seen on 9/18/25, and then I received this text today 9/25/25.

The second text is from a client who reached out on 9/11/25, was seen on 9/16/25 and then I received her message below on 9/20/25.

Trust me when I say, turnaround times like this just don't (can't) happen within the healthcare system! If you called today to schedule an appointment, you would be lucky if you got one for within 4 weeks. That appointment if you're lucky would be a 45-minute (or 60 maybe) evaluation appointment (that's if your provider spent the full amount of scheduled time with you and wasn't documenting or interrupted in some other way during the session) followed by your next (30-45 minute follow-up) appointment about 2-4 weeks later.

In my first (and only so far) appointments with both of these clients, our first appointment was 90 minutes. From experience working in the system, what they received in this first appointment was easily equal to what I can provide in the system in 2 to 3 visits.  😓

Co-pays for in-system physical therapy can also rack up. So while I am direct-pay and do not take insurances, what we get done in one visit may actually be less expensive when you consider time off from work, travel time to get to the appointments, and co-pays.

Runners want to be running and runners want to complete races that are scheduled. (I believe both of these clients will be able to do their upcoming races!) Runners can't be waiting weeks to get in for appointments. By the time they get done with therapy, eight weeks (conservatively) has passed and perhaps so has their race.

I will also add that not all physical therapists within healthcare systems are necessarily specialized in the nuances of running injuries and sometimes runners are just told not to run and so it is a bit of a gamble when you schedule. (As an advocate for yourself if you do schedule within the system, be sure to ask if that therapist works with runners.)

If you're looking for a provider who wants you to keep running when it's safe to do so (and FYI the vast majority of the time it is!), reach out to somebody who genuinely cares, fully understands the running culture, and whom also (sorry to toot my own horn but toot toot) is pretty good at helping runners get back to doing what they love! 🩵💪🏼

09/21/2025

**posted with permission**
This kick-ass runner (working mama of 3) reached out to me for help with knee pain that's been bugging her acutely for the past 2 to 3 weeks. During the exam she reported she has additionally had opposite side hip pain more chronically. She is currently training for an endurance relay race in October and wants to be able to safely continue to train. She's been doing everything right: gradually ramping up her running mileage, continuing to work on strength training, and eating and sleeping well. After a thorough examination, she and I discussed a plan to keep her running and training for her desired race. We discussed that sometimes though we can do everything right, life gets away from us and perhaps the added stress/demands of the return-to-school routine played a role in the timing of her newer-onset knee pain. We also discussed ways that she can show her hip and knee "some love" (eg. handheld roller, foam rolling, stretching) particularly after her runs/workouts and also more importantly she was given some exercises to help "toughen things up" (or differently said build back resilience to load) so she can swiftly get back to pain-free running! A couple of the exercises are shown here. I absolutely LOVE helping runners like her "stay in the game" and continue to run! The way I see it, helping her continue to pursue her health and well-being so she can feel and be her best helps her be the dynamite human being and role model that she is for her kiddos so she can take care of them in the best way possible! Not to mention it fills my bucket! Wins all around! If this sounds like something you or a loved one could benefit from, reach out and let's chat! 💪🏼 🩵

09/20/2025

**shared with permission**
2nd visit for a high school multi-sport athlete with shoulder and arm pain working to establish better coordination between her scapular stabilizers and rotator cuff muscles so that her volleyball serve and her softball pitch not only feel better but also so she can perform better! Think: more efficient and strong muscles equals a stronger serve and pitch! Reach out if you or someone you love could benefit from this type of service 💪🏼☺️

09/13/2025

Though I have experience and expertise in helping clients through any musculoskeletal condition, I especially find joy and purpose in helping injured runners! Having worked in an in-system outpatient orthopedic setting for 23 years, I have witnessed runners get poor quality care and be underserved. In my out-of-system setting, I now find great pride in being able to help runners not only get through their running injuries successfully and swiftly, but feel empowered by the experience! If you are looking for quality care as you try to navigate your running injury, reach out!