The Body in Motion Advantage

All treatment sessions are one-on-one with an expert performance Physical Therapist, and are scheduled for either 1 hour or 30 minutes. The rate for treatment sessions and other services vary, so please call us at (860) 364-3001 to inquire about pricing.

We are Doctors who practice “out of network” with insurance. Our billing team will verify your out of network benefits to determine if it makes sense financially for you to utilize insurance or pay our discounted cash rate. Clients who have a high deductible or do not anticipate meeting the insurance deductible typically choose to pay our affordable cash rate at the time of service.

*** For more information, please read items to the right  on how the changes in many health insurance plans have actually made it cheaper to not use your insurance for some services (like PT) if you have high copays or a high deductible.

Once you inquire about our services or book an appointment, our insurance verification team will check eligibility and benefits on your behalf. Medical professional either have a contract with insurance companies and are classified as “in network” or do not have a contract but still work with insurance companies and are classified as “out of network”. Here at Body in Motion Physical Therapy we choose to be “out of network” practitioners so our clients can still utilize insurance without having the insurance companies control our clinical decisions by being bound to a contract. Clients who have a low deductible or who intend to meet their out of network deductible are encouraged to utilize insurance benefits. You may owe a co-pay or co-insurance at the time of service but the bill is sent to your insurance company and our practice is reimbursed by your insurance company for our services rendered. Conversely clients who do not have out of network benefits or have a high deductible would pay our discount cash rate which ranges from $80-160. Cash payers can pay at the time of service with HSA, FSA, credit, debit, check or cash and would never get an additional bill in the mail from Body in Motion or their insurance company. Clients who have a high deductible would actually pay less the “cash method” vs. paying upwards of $400 per visit towards their deductible. 

Due to progressively worsening reimbursement rates and pressure from insurance companies, the therapists at in-network clinics have to see at least 2 patients per hour (usually many more) and they often use technicians and assistants to provide much of the actual patient care. The care often includes modalities like heat packs and ultrasound, and the majority of a patient’s time at the clinic is spent doing exercises they could do on their own time. Furthermore, these types of clinics tend to require patients to attend 2-3 appointments per week.
We do not believe that modalities are nearly as effective as our hands-on treatment, and we also do not agree with having patients pay to perform exercises in the clinic that they can easily perform at home or at a gym.
All of our patients receive one-on-one care and hands-on treatment from a Doctor of Physical Therapy in every session. Most sessions are a full hour unless the patient chooses 30 minute sessions. With this long-session, one-on-one treatment approach, the plan of care for the vast majority of our patients only involves one appointment per week.
When you consider the time savings of fewer trips to the clinic and the value of resolving your pain so much faster than average, the out-of-pocket expense at Body in Motion is a huge bargain.
On top of that, the out-of-pocket expense for our treatment sessions is sometimes less than a patient would pay at a clinic that accepts and bills their insurance.

As deductibles and PT copays have skyrocketed in recent years, many of our clients who have high PT copays or have not met their deductible pay less out of pocket or “cash” for our treatments than they would if they went to a clinic that “takes their insurance.”
So before deciding on where to get PT based solely on which clinics “take your insurance,” make sure you know how much you’ll be paying at your in-network options versus an out-of-network clinic like ours …
If you have a deductible to meet, you’ll likely end up paying the full bill for your PT sessions until you meet the deductible (and these bills are often $300+ per session). However, you usually won’t start receiving those $200+ bills until after you’ve been getting care for 6-8 weeks and have racked up an enormous total balance (again, often being asked to attend PT 2-3 times per week).
And guess what else… just because you’re paying $300+ per session at a clinic that is in-network with your insurance, does not mean that your insurance is applying that full amount towards your deductible! They often only apply the amount that they have agreed is reasonable for your PT sessions which is, of course, far less than the amount the PT clinic actually charges.
Most people are quite unaware of the games their insurance companies play in order to pay out as little as possible and maximize their profits.

Our insurance verification team here at Body in Motion will do the hard work for you before you even begin services with us so you understand your insurance benefits. If you will be paying 100% of the bill until you’ve met your deductible, we will suggest you pay our cash rate which is $80-160 which is “discounted” compared to the $300 bill you would get at a traditional PT office having to meet your high deductible.

If you have met your deductible, our billing team will let you know what your co-pay or coinsurance costs would be and we’ll be happy to submit vists on your behalf.

* One other thing to consider is whether or not you have just one deductible or if you have both an in-network deductible and an out-of-network deductible. If you have two deductibles, then claims from an out-of-network clinic like ours will not apply to your in-network deductible.
With all the above information, you can now get a real sense of what your true costs will be, what level of care you’ll be getting, and then make the best decision on where to receive your physical therapy treatment.

We accept most, NON-Medicare (federal plans). When you inquire or book an appointment with us we will immediately send you a digital intake form where you can share a photo of your insurance card via our HIPPA compliant portal. From there our insurance verification team will check your eligibility and benefits for Physical Therapy. Regardless of using insurance or going out of network we want you to know you will NEVER owe more than $160 per visit (even if you have a high deductible).

Medicare Beneficiaries: The US government has some interesting laws that control where Medicare beneficiaries can spend their healthcare dollar and persuade healthcare providers to enroll in their system. Because we are not participating Medicare providers, we can only accept Medicare beneficiaries as patients when the patient does not want Medicare billed for any PT services. This request to not involve Medicare in payment must be made up front by the patient and be made of the patient’s own free will.

In other words, if you’re a Medicare beneficiary and are adamant about seeing us for your care even though we are not participating Medicare providers, we can help … However, the only way we can provide you with PT services is when you truly don’t want Medicare involved and you ask up front that Medicare not be billed or involved in your physical therapy care.

If you do want to use your Medicare benefits for physical therapy, we cannot provide you with treatment at our clinic but we can help you find a good Medicare provider in your area.

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Perhaps you’re having a hard time deciding on exactly what to try first?
Or maybe you’ve already tried various treatments but you’re still in pain?
Many of our clients find us after their Physician told them “you just need to rest,” but rest alone wasn’t the answer and every time they tried to be active again, the pain would return.
Many have been given pain pills and muscle relaxers but don’t like using them, don’t want to become dependent on them, and know that those things are not treating the true causes of their pain.
Some have tried Physical Therapy before but were at a clinic where they were directed to do a generic exercise unsupervised as the Physical Therapist rushed from one patient to the next … rarely using any hands-on manual therapy or spending much one-on-one time with them.
Some have relied on their personal trainer or massage therapist to fix the problem even though those professionals don’t have the training or legal scope of practice to diagnose and treat complex pain/injury.
Some have even had surgery that didn’t solve the problem, and occasionally made them even worse.
Does any of the above sound like your current situation? …

Frequent Questions

We have compiled the following list of frequently asked questions based on years of successfully treating thousands of people with injuries in the greater Farmington Valley and Bloomfield, Connecticut area.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us directly via email or you can call us at (860) 364-3001. If it’s after business hours, click here to schedule a free video consultation to discuss your specific pain / injury with an expert Manual Physical Therapist.

We successfully treat the vast majority of pain/injuries of the muscles, joints, and nerves throughout the body.
Our Physical Therapy success stories include patients dealing with everything from headaches and neck pain to bunions and ankle sprains; from knee, hip and low back pain to rotator cuff tears and tennis elbow. We’re also great at helping wrist and hand pain, and have a lot of experience treating TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint) problems as well.
Chances are that if your pain/limitation is due to a muscle, joint, or nerve, and doesn’t require surgery, we can help (and we’ve had plenty of patients who were told they needed surgery but their pain was resolved with our treatments).
So that’s a little about what we treat at Body in Motion. Here’s a little bit about our patients…
The majority of our patients are highly active and highly motivated to move, look, and perform their best. Exercise/sport are very important to them and they also place a high value on their time.
When they have an injury or pain that is keeping them from staying fit and performing well, they want the highest quality, one-on-one care and usually don’t have the time to go to a clinic 2-3 times a week for 2 months; and they certainly don’t appreciate being asked to do things in the clinic that they could easily do on their own time (like stretches and exercises).

After injury, most people visit an orthopedic specialist or general practitioner. I encourage you to ask yourself what kind of solution that Doctor visit provided to your problem? Unless you need surgery, an MRI or Orthopedic MD is not necessary and medication does not provide long term relief but typically just masks the symptoms.
Though there is certainly a place for these medications, it is important to know that they are treating the symptoms and secondary results of the injury, NOT the cause of the symptoms and inflammation.
In traditional Physical Therapy, there is a large emphasis on modalities (ultrasound, electrical stimulation, heat/cold packs, etc) but studies show that these modalities are passive and have mostly a placebo effect.

Here at Body in Motion Physical Therapy you’ll see success faster because we provide a real solution to your problem. With very specific hands-on manual therapy techniques like dry needling, cupping therapy, soft tissue mobilization and joint mobilization we have the power to change the physiology in the muscle or joint.  We also pride ourselves on the coaching and accountability we provide clients in between in person visits. Whether you see us in our Bloomfield office or your working with us remotely, we invite our clients to join our digital app. Within this app, clients can find access to their custom, individualized rehab/exercise program which video demonstrations. In this app our clients have unlimited access to text their Doctor for ultimate communication, support and accountability. Our clients are not just sent home with a sheet of paper with a few generic exercises on it. We want our clients to success and that requires a high level of accountability and coaching.

So with our unique hands-on treatment approach, our interactive digital app, and the fact that every session is a full hour of one-on-one care, our clients tend to need far fewer total visits than they would at most other offices.

Have you ever skipped a workout because you just didn’t know what to do? Have you ever gotten to the gym and went straight for the elliptical because you were overwhelmed by the other equipment? If so, Muscles in Motion is PERFECT for YOU!

Muscles in Motion is our premium strength training program which is prebuilt to suite any body at any level. This is a 100% digital program which occurs within our coaching app. This program is perfect for the individual who doesn’t necessarily have pain but wants to have accountability for doing more efficient and effective workouts. This program is also perfect for busy individuals who enjoy going to the gym or working out at home but don’t want to spin their wheels any longer trying to figure out what to do.

Muscles in Motion includes “office hours” with your coach every Friday from 1-4pm ET where we will review exercise performance and answer questions.

If this approach to fitness sounds like one that will allow you to reach your health/wellness goals, call (860)-364-3001 or email to get more information on how to join Muscles in Motion.

In general, the longer you wait to get treatment, the longer it will take to fix the injury and get you back to 100%. Moving the tissues back into their pre-injury arrangement becomes harder the longer they have been in a distorted/injured state.
Additionally, the longer an injury has been present, the more loss of strength that occurs and the more likely that detrimental movement “compensations” will develop that can lead to injury in other areas.
So it’s important to get treatment as soon as possible after injury if you want to get better with the fewest possible sessions. With all that said, we have plenty of patients at Body in Motion who have been dealing with their pain for decades and we are still able to significantly improve their condition.

It is often possible to continue your sport/exercise to some degree while we are treating your injury. It really depends on a lot of factors but we advocate for most of our clients to continue doing what they love while in PT.
We pride ourselves on getting our patients back to the activities they love as soon as possible, and though full rest is occasionally necessary, we usually have them performing these activities throughout their care. After all, we can’t say that you’re “fixed” until you can do the things you want without pain, right?

This is always a tricky question, because it varies with every patient and is dependent on a large number of factors. What we can say is that, for reasons described above, you will usually need far fewer treatments at Body in Motion than you would if you were going to a more traditional PT clinic or Chiropractor.
Pain and dysfunction that has been present for a long time will usually, but not always, take longer to fix than more recent/acute problems. Certain conditions like herniated spinal disks and frozen shoulders will take longer to resolve than something like an ankle sprain. And though notoriously ‘stubborn’ conditions like tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis can sometimes be fixed in a just a few treatments, conditions like these also have a tendency to need multiple treatments.
In general, it is rare that we need more than 5-7 treatments for the average patient, and quite often 2-4 treatments are all that is needed. In an industry where 2-3 treatments/week for 1-2 months is the norm, that’s quite good. But again, factors like age, severity of injury, other health issues, and how long you’ve been in pain can occasionally make the path to 100% somewhat lengthy.
Before we’ve had a chance to meet you and evaluate your condition, there’s no way to say how long it will take to fix your specific injury, but we should be able to give you a pretty close estimate at our first visit; and that first visit can be in the form of a Free Consultation called a “Discovery Session.” Click here to inquire about one scheduling one of these free sessions.

All of our patients receive one-on-one care and hands-on treatment from a Doctor of Physical Therapy in every session. Most sessions are a full hour unless the patient chooses 30 minute sessions. With this long-session, one-on-one treatment approach, the plan of care for the vast majority of our patients only involves one appointment per week.
When you consider the time savings of fewer trips to the clinic and the value of resolving your pain so much faster than average, the out-of-pocket expense at Body in Motion is a huge bargain.
On top of that, the out-of-pocket expense for our treatment sessions is sometimes less than someone would pay by going in network. As deductibles and PT copays have skyrocketed in recent years, many of our patients who have high PT copays or have not met their deductible pay less out of pocket for our treatments than they would if they went to a clinic that “takes their insurance.”
So before deciding on where to get PT based solely on which clinics “take your insurance,” make sure you know how much you’ll be paying at your in-network options versus an out-of-network clinic like ours …
These days, some insurance plans provide zero coverage for PT visits or require copays of over $50/visit. And if you have a deductible to meet, you’ll likely end up paying the full bill for your PT sessions until you meet the deductible (and these bills are often $300+ per session). However, you usually won’t start receiving those $300+ bills until after you’ve been getting care for 6-8 weeks and have racked up an enormous total balance (again, often being asked to attend PT 2-3 times per week).
And guess what else… just because you’re paying $300+ per session at a clinic that is in-network with your insurance, does not mean that your insurance is applying that full amount towards your deductible! They often only apply the amount that they have agreed is reasonable for your PT sessions which is, of course, far less than the amount the PT clinic actually charges.
Most people are quite unaware of the games their insurance companies play in order to pay out as little as possible and maximize their profits. So as you weigh your PT options, it’s very important to:
Inquire with your insurance company about what percentage of the total PT bill you will be required to pay at an in-network clinic (especially if you still have a deductible to meet). If you will be paying 100% of the bill till you’ve met your deductible, ask the prospective PT clinic the amount of the average bill sent to an insurance company (the PT clinic’s amount on the bill … NOT what the insurance company has agreed they will pay the clinic). In most cases, you will ultimately be paying the full bill until your deductible is met.
If you have met your deductible, ask how much your copays will be? Ask how many times per week the average patient is asked to come in for treatment.
Consider the quality of care you’ll be receiving at your various options, and how much value you place on receiving higher-quality, one-on-one care from a Doctor of Physical Therapy rather than a PT Assistant (PTA) or an unskilled “Tech.”
Consider how often you’ll be missing work and/or time with family to attend your PT sessions. Again, you can ask any prospective clinic how many times per week their average patient is asked to come in for treatment.
Ask the above questions, do the math, and you may be quite surprised at what you find!

Yes! Here at Body in Motion our goal is to merge fitness with healthcare in the most revolutionary ways. Our Client Performance Specialist is a certified and highly skill personal trainer who works directly under the Doctors at our practice. Our personal training services bridge the gap from Physical Therapy to the outside world and help to more easily transition back into sports and regular activity after injury. Whether you’ve completed a course of Physical Therapy with us and now want exercise training or you’re coming to us for personal training only, we’re happy to help you reach your fitness and health goals. This can be done virtually or in person at our Bloomfield, Connecticut office.

Please note that our in house personal trainer has her own clients and never aids or assists in our Physical Therapy appointments. The benefit to seeing our personal trainer over a personal trainer at a gym is our trainer is mentored by our Doctors of Physical Therapy. Our personal training clients are always safe in our office.

No, you do NOT need to see a Physician prior to seeing a Doctor of Physical Therapy at Body in Motion. All of our Physical Therapists are Doctors and thus have the ability to evaluate and diagnose. This is a fantastic new regulation that helps us help you so you can get in sooner and heal faster.