Insight Therapy Derek Plonka Mpt

Derek is the best. Not only is he kind and patient but he is both an outstanding PT and an excellent acupuncturist. Derek helped me clear up my frozen shoulder in almost no time at all. Most people I knew with Frozen shoulder were in PT for months. My therapy lasted a couple of weeks. I was so satisfied with his Physical Therapy that I went back for acupuncture. After one session I felt immediately better. He has a healing touch, not only did he make my symptoms calm down but he helped me to understand their source and how to rid myself of them with diet and acupuncture.

I went to Derek Plonka at insight Therapy after a car accident threw my neck and upper back out of whack. Using deep tissue massage, heat and a variety of electronic devices, he was able to bring me back into alignment that has lasted. He is well trained, very capable and works with you until you are truly healed.

I am a physician that sends patient’s to Derek. I started using his services after he cured my best friend’s little sister (age 28) shoulder pains. He is level headed, approachable, smart and gets great results.
I would highly recommend Derek to anyone with any aches and pains.

I was referred to Dr. Derek Plonka as someone who could help me with constant shoulder and elbow pain. I workout a lot and have had chronic pain in those spots for the last few years. I tried the normal stuff of rest, ice, heat, compression, etc. and would only have short-​term results. So, when I went to Dr. Plonka, I didn’t know what he was going to do. For my first treatment, he messaged my shoulders and diagnosed the issue, then gave me a electro-​massage treatment for my neck and back and then used a message wand on my back and shoulder. He wasted no time getting to work, diagnosing me and getting me back in shape. I went to see him about 9 more times and everytime I went my results got better and better. I would tell him about other problems I was having, such as gluteal pain, and he understood that it was actually a problem with my sacrum and got to work on that as well. Not only did he fix the problems I was having, he gave me exercises to correct my posture and even had me run outside, so he could assess my running style. Yup. I was off, I’ve since changed it to what he recommended and can run faster, farther and with no sacrum or glute pain anymore. On top of all this, he’s incredibly friendly and funny, and one of the things I appreciated the most out of him is that he combines Eastern Medicine practices with Western Medicine practices and is very contemporary in his approach.
When my wife was having neck problems (they run in her family), I threw her into the car and drove her to Dr. Plonka’s and as you can guess, he fixed her up as well.
I have since moved from Santa Monica to Ventura, but when I need anything looked at or worked on, I’ll be happy to make that drive back to Dr. Plonka’s office.
Cheers,
Seen