Private Home Physical Therapy...

Questions...

• Do you have trouble just "getting around" these days?
• Have you ever fallen down?
• Do you want to be more active, but are afraid to do so?
• Do you get "worn out" from just doing little things around the house?
• Do you think your home may have safety hazards?
• Do family, friends, or caregivers help you--but you think they need "coaching" on the best ways to do it?
• Do you feel "stiff" or "tight"?  Do you have much pain?  Do you have poor circulation?
• Are you afraid you may end up in a nursing home or care home?
• Are you ready to enjoy doing what is needed to maximize your health, strength, and abilities?

Possible Benefits...

• Better health
• More self-confidence
• Increased strength and endurance
• Increased safety
• Improved abilities
• Decreased pain
• Just feeling better overall

• Intelligent, creative, knowledgeable, and organized problem solving
• Individualized approach tailored to the client's specific needs
• Instruction in walking ("gait") for maximum safety and mobility
• Instruction in safe mobility for bedroom, bathroom, stairs, and uneven surfaces
• Work with families, friends, and caregivers so they will assist the client in the best ways
• Home safety modifications and recommendations for safety equipment when needed and desired by the client
• Monitor cardiac and pulmonary (breathing) status to help clients exercise safely
• Massage, soft tissue and joint mobilization; stretching, strengthening, breathing, and relaxation exercises
• Instruction in and progression with customized home exercise programs
• Posture and positioning for maximum comfort and good skin care
• Compassionate, warm, encouraging, friendly, flexible, and humorous approach
• Will encourage and challenge clients to reach their best abilities without being "pushy"
• Will assist clients to find individualized solutions to their mobility problems

Brian Julian, PT
      The goal of Senior Mobility Solutions is to assist those clients who can most benefit from this service.  All services are provided by Brian Julian, PT, who has extensive experience in this area.
        Brian completed Physical Therapy school with a BS degree from Long Beach State University in 1989.  He then worked at San Francisco General Hospital and RK Davies Medical Center in San Francisco before beginning his home health career in 1990 with Visiting Nurses and Hospice of San Francisco.  Since then, he has specialized in home physical therapy with older people, working also at Sterling Regional Medical Center (Colorado), Humboldt Home Health, and Mad River Hospital Home Health Services.  In addition to seeing private clients, Brian currently works at Mad River Adult Day Health in Arcata, and leads a free weekly exercise class at the McKinleyville Senior Center (Thursdays at 2 p.m.).
        Prior to PT School, Brian received a BA in Philosophy (1980), and then worked several years with developmentally disabled, mentally retarded, and mentally "ill" people.
        Since 1990, Brian has worked with an immense variety of people in their unique home environments, and has continued to avidly study human health.  In 1995 he studied to become a Certified Natural Vision Instructor, and now teaches community classes in natural vision improvement, educating students in how they may improve their eyesight through practice of relaxed vision habits.
        Brian has consistently striven for excellence in listening, communicating, and teaching, and he displays these qualities in his work with people, along with compassion, energy, and a sense of humor.
 

About our services...
        Senior Mobility Solutions (SMS) does not bill or provide documentation for Medicare or other insurances, but instead works directly for the client, operating on a "fee for service" basis.
        Initial phone consultations are free.  Home physical therapy visits are $75 per session, with each session lasting approximately an hour or so.  A travel surcharge may be added for clients living outside the Arcata/Blue Lake/McKinleyville area.
        Clients vary widely in how many sessions they need:  some benefit greatly from just a single visit; others may need sessions once or twice a month, weekly, or in some cases several times a week.  SMS will be flexible in arranging a schedule that meets a client's individual needs--both initially and as these needs change over time.
        In some cases, clients may need nursing, medical, or other services that are beyond the scope of SMS.  These clients will be advised to ask their doctors for the appropriate professional referrals.  Also, in some cases clients may be eligible for Medicare benefits covering PT (physical therapy).  SMS will advise such clients of this possibility, and those who wish to pursue this option can then ask their doctor for a referral to home health PT (if the client is "homebound"), or outpatient PT.