Advanced Physical Therapy of Torrington, CT

Amazing place to get Physical Therapy. All of the CPT's are very knowledgable and very nice. Sam is fantastic and has taught me so much while helping me. Kevin, Amanda, and everyone else there are awesome as well! Highly recommended!! They make physical therapy fun!

Kevin is very professional and experienced in physical therapy. All of my questions about healing are answered and he creates the best program of PT for my recovery. I highly recommend him and Advanced Physical Therapy in Torrington.

I went for Advanced Physical Therapy in Torrington following rotator cuff surgery. My first visit they assigned me to a student who was condescending and arrogant and just kept leaving me to talk in the back and made me do exercises I was not ready to do with little instruction or monitoring me. Not wanting to be a guinea pig for a trainee as this was extremely serious to me (as it should have been to them), I refused to work with her again. I was then assigned to Kevin Tucker, an “experienced” PT (a whole 2 years worth I later learned). After maybe the first two months I was not getting any improvement in neither my range of motion nor pain. This PT went on vacation and I was assigned the head PT in that location twice. He said he believed I had adhesive capulitis (frozen shoulder). My ortho confirmed. I was forced to work back with Kevin Tucker when he returned from vacation. I saw him over 130 times!!!! He has since moved to one of their other locations. He made NO improvement in me AT ALL. I requested several times to switch therapists as he was not helping me, but was never allowed to do so. He did the SAME stretches on me and had me do the SAME exercises EVERY time! I requested notes made from EVERY visit and they’re basically worthless. Every visit is almost the same notes. Not detailed like every other PT I’ve seen. Nothing useful in the notes AT ALL!!! Clearly this was NOT working but no one there would listen. He went to a one weekend seminar on dry needling and kept trying to force me to let him poke around on me with needles. NO WAY! They seem to mostly just hire interns right out of college with no real knowledge and they were all more concerned with what cartoons or inappropriate music they wanted to play. In the meantime I fell into a deep depression as this has completely devastated me and destroyed my life, my career, my body, my relationship. I told my ortho again whatever they were doing there was NOT WORKING! He agreed and I was told to stop going. After a third (and one final) surgical attempt 8 months later to “fix” me (three years later and still no better) I went to another EXPERIENCED physical therapist. Within one to two visits she simply told me to point my thumb up and I was able to move my arm (still a huge struggle) ON MY OWN. Not easy and I still have a long way to go. But the new PT did more for me in one visit than Advanced Physical Therapy did in over 130!!! They need to stop hiring college children and spend the money to pay for people with actual expertise. Who knows what damage was done to my shoulder in all that wasted time or how much quicker I could have recovered. Now my other rotator cuff has a full thickness tear I am told due to overcompensating for my other side for THREE YEARS!! If they had someone experienced work with me maybe this would not have happened. They also line the beds up like we’re cattle in stalls with no privacy in one big room. It can be embarrassing at times. I’ve lost my career, my relationship, my self esteem, my confidence. My depression and anxiety are worse than ever having dealt with this for so long (THREE YEARS) and still no end in site. I’ve been told it may be permanent now and my shoulder may never improve. I hate leaving my house and only go out for dr appts now. I’m completely distraught, exhausted, and disgusted. I would NOT recommend being treated at Advanced Physical Therapy in Torrington (Kevin Tucker is at another location now though) until they hire actual experienced physical therapists. They are messing with people’s lives and livelihood and need to be held accountable for the consequences of their poor handling of people’s injuries!!!!!!!

I have found that everyone here at Advanced Physical Therapy of Torrington, CT to be very caring and compassionate. My therapist, Amanda, always listens to my concerns and makes me feel like what I have to say is important to her. She always answers my questions and thoroughly explains things to me. I have had nothing but a positive experience so far.

Staff is friendly, Amanda is an awesome physical therapist and the facility is immaculate.

I have been to a few physical therapy facilities in the past 30 plus years, and I can say that Advanced Physical Therapy of torrington is the tip top place of choice for recovery to go to after any kind of minor or major operation 5 stars, not to mention the staff makes you feel like your in you own home, very comfortable Bob P from New Hartford

Amanda Holtzman is an exceptional physical therapist. She is knowledgeable, helpful, caring, friendly, and professional.

I have to say my experience at Advanced Physical Therapy of Torrington has been a positive experience. Samantha is very attentive and thorough. The atmosphere is friendly and the facility very clean. I am happy I chose them for my PT.