My wife needs a recommendation for a physical therapist or sports medicine specialist in Chicago.

April 26, 2008 12:25 PM

My wife needs a recommendation for a physical therapist or sports medicine specialist in Chicago.

My wife is 44. She likes to run and work out. She has developed a pain deep in her butt, hip and left heel that gets worse the harder she works out or runs. With the spring weather, we've started running outside again, and this has made it much worse than on a treadmill. It sometimes gets bad enough that it becomes hard for her to sleep. Other than this she is healthy and in good shape.

She's had this pain to varying degrees in the past, and even went to a doctor at Northwestern Hospital who spent all of two minutes with her. He told her to work her core to strengthen her muscles, and if it gets worse, to go to a therapist. She didn't like this doctor and doesn't want to ask him for a referral.

Well, now it's worse and she really needs a good physical therapist who can work with her to help this problem. Please post personal recommendations for clinics in Chicago, downtown preferred (we live just south of the Loop in Printers' Row and don't have a car).

Thanks all.

posted by jeff-o-matic to Health & Fitness (1 answer total)

We've had good experiences with Athletico in the past - looks like the closest location to you is 19th and Archer. Generally you can get a free evaluation if you call or walk in, so you can use that to see if its a good fit. I've heard decent things about Accelerated as well and it looks like they have some south loop / loop locations.
posted by true at 2:27 PM on April 26, 2008