Function Physical Therapy

I had a motorcycle accident and was treated by this company for almost a year. Mike was my therapist and was outstanding. The individual attention and knowledge at Function Physical Therapy is unbeatable.

Michael is super knowledgeable and friendly. He has an athletic background (including knowledge of yoga) and can explain how to rehab injuries in a relatable way. Lauren is also very attentive, friendly, and nice to work with! Such a great staff and wonderful team!
I also love that the office has hot green tea!

I only give four stars because I am claustrophobic and this is a basement office with no windows. Also, front desk staff can be a little too strict. I called 23 hours ahead of appointment to reschedule and was told of their 24 hour policy. Come on…
THAT BEING SAID:
Function has a small, well-​knit staff of professionals who truly want to help. They remember your name, your pain tolerance, and goals. They push you just enough so when you leave you are sore but not in pain.
I have never had to wait. They hear the door open and I am immediately placed in a room where we begin. You can show up early and still no wait.
Intelligent staff, but can still dumb it down for idiots like me who aren’t sure how to digest the information their surgeon spews at them. I poked my head into Back2Health down the hallway (a competitor) and was blasted in the face with loud trap music and the smell of cheap chlorine and sweat. Not my thing… physical therapy isn’t a party, and Function brings a professional attitude to a sensitive profession. The office feels like you’re in a submarine that Don Draper decorated (in a good way). Also, seems like no what time of day I come in, Giada Delaurentis in on the TV — a pleasant distraction during recumbent bicycle sessions.
Go here, and nowhere else, if you are serious about alleviating your symptoms. This business is no bs in the best way possible.

I was diagnosed with Osteoarthritis 2 years ago, and was told to find a physical therapist and just keep moving. After calling several places, I found Functional Physical Therapy on Sunset. Angela and her caring and experienced staff have kept my pain manageable for over a year. in September of 2013, Angela refereed me to an Orthopedic surgeon and November 12, 2013, I had my hip replacement surgery.
Without Angela’s encouragement, persistence and support, I would not have had the courage to go through the surgery. I was up and walking on the day of the surgery with a walker/​cane and now I am on my way to full recovery. I just started my post op physical therapy today, Dec. 9, 2013, and I was told that in a few weeks I will be able to resume my one hour daily walks, water aerobics, things I haven’t been able for several months. Thank You Angela!!!

I have been suffering with hip and knee pain for a long time and my doctor recommended physical therapy. I was lucky to find Angela and her team. It is due to their caring and professional attitude and tender loving care that I am back to my daily one hour walks with my friends. Life is good once again!

This has been my second stint in PT for shoulder issues over the last 2 years and my experiences could not have been more different. I first dislocated my shoulder in February 2011 and did physical therapy in Michigan for 3 months. My physical therapy was not personalized, painful, long, and an overall just not enjoyable.
This caused me to have some speculation about doing post-​op physical therapy but the experience has gone better than I could have ever imagined. Angela is extremely knowledgeable and has tailored a regiment specific to me and my shoulder. I am only 10 weeks post-​op and my shoulder feels as good as new! I already have full range of motion back and my shoulder feels stronger everyday. I have already recommended Function PT to my peers– their service, staff, and office is far above the rest!

As someone whose body seems to be falling apart, I know this place pretty well now. I used them for post-​surgery rehab on one issue and healed up quick, and I used them preventively on another one and the problem went away. I’m back yet again for another issue, and the service is as good as ever. They do necks. They do backs. They do hips. They’re three for three so far. They get the pain out.
I’d tried literally six other PT places over the last fifteen years for different problems and never got great results out of therapy. This place honestly changed my perception of it.

Function Physical Therapy is as good as it gets. Over the last 3 years, I have had shoulder impingement, pulled adductor muscles (both legs), and now have frozen shoulder. There was a time when I changed insurance plans and I had to see a different PT — and that was tragic. Then, when I changed health insurance companies again, I was so grateful to discover that Function PT was covered. Angela Smith and her team are a special group of people. They have not only restored me to full movement in those areas mentioned above but have gotten me to better than where I would’ve been had I not hurt those areas! Angela knows what she’s doing and I enjoy my time with her — even though she’s putting me in painful positions! Her staff is top notch — friendly and efficient. If you need one of the best physical therapists in LA, go to Function P.T.

My tendency is to ignore the pain and just hope that my body heals itself. But when my wife came home one day and raved about Function PT, I thought I’d go check it out too and see if they could help me get my shoulder back in order so I can swim again, especially since it’s largely covered by my health insurance.
I’ve been 8 times now and highly recommend Angela and her colleagues, Carmen and Amanda, at Function PT. Angela is highly skilled, personable and one of the few people I enjoy seeing several times a week for an hour. I feel like my shoulder is slowly improving and definitely feels tons better after each appointment. Despite Angela’s insistence, I continue to use my shoulder in its damaged state and so I know that it will take longer to heal, but Angela is understanding and does everything in her power to fix my shoulder and allow me to continue living my life. These ladies at Function PT are awesome. I’m going to be a lifelong client!

I recently switched from Bechtel Therapy/​Sherman Oaks where I had a very negative experience and this place is wonderful! They deal with my insurance with ease and their program involves getting rid of my scar tissue with deep tissue knee rubs that start each session for 15 min straight! It has impoved my acl 100% from where I was with the other place which did only 3 rubs and then never again. I have achieved complete flection and am about to start on harder things to get back my workout and walking ability. They give printed handouts of all excercises (the other place didn’t!) so I do them all correctly and dont forget. Can’t say enough about how happy I am to find this place!!!

Doreen and the rest of the people at Function Physical Therapy are great! Everyone always made me feel valued and respected, and Doreen took me from broken-​down to running again in under two months. I cannot recommend Function Physical Therapy, and PT Doreen Akry, enough.

I’ve been going to here for well over a year and not because they don’t know what they’re doing. No. It’s because I’m falling apart and every time one thing gets better, another one breaks down. I guess if I were a car, I’d have been junked by now, but sadly, because I am human, I am forced to live and endure this. Back, knee, hamstring, shin splints, I’m just a cornucopia of injuries but allow me to say that the Physical Therapists that work here are the best.
Each of them has been amazing in helping me get back onto the treadmill. Now, although this might now be your particular goal, if you listen to what they tell you, you will get better. (of course there is no guarantee but then again, no one can promise rain either). But trust me, as a Jewish woman and an athlete, I know my way around the medical world and John and Angela really know their stuff.
They accept Blue-​Cross insurance, that I know and they are really terrific about trying to schedule you at at time that works for you. They are even open one Saturday a month. They are, however, very, very busy, so you need to make your appointment sooner rather than later.
The rooms and exercise areas are very clean. The administrative staff is great and there are never a lot of people around so you do feel like you are being paid attention to. No factory style here.