About Performance Plus Physical Therapy
Performance Plus Physical Therapy offers outstanding care and personalized attention to each client. Danelle, the experienced therapist, has a deep understanding of various physical issues, from pain and sprains to strains and more. She uses a warm and caring approach that makes clients feel welcomed and supported. Her expertise is clear as she skillfully treats concerns with techniques such as dry needling, cupping, heat pads, and stretch bands. Danelle also takes the time to recommend exercises tailored to aid recovery. Clients often praise her genuine care, attention to detail, and ability to meet individual needs. Many have noted significant improvements in their well-being after sessions. The clinic is highly recommended for those seeking compassionate and effective physical therapy care, especially from a therapist who instinctively finds and works out causes of pain and tension.
Dr. Dickson is an extraordinarily skilled clinician, and my life has dramatically improved with her care! She is a top-notch physical therapist and has an exceptionally detailed understanding of the body– more than any physical therapist I have ever had. She understands how body systems are connected, and works to address problems through a thoughtful and integrated approach. What I appreciate most is that her work is extremely science-based; she keeps up with the literature, contributes to the professional community, and applies the most up-to-date science to her practice. Dr. Dickson has helped me understand the mind-body connection in a concrete and tangible way. I realize now, after starting to heal under her care, that my pain was affecting my mood and personality! I wasn't myself, decision making was harder, and my overall mood was lowered. Suffering with chronic tension made me emotionally tense. In recent sessions, I've noticed an immediate improvement in mood when she's helped me release tension in my back and shoulders. Similarly, Dr. Dickson has helped me better understand and control neural signals in the other direction– Just as muscle tension can affect my mood (body to brain connection), I can also control and "wake-up" dormant stabilizer muscles with guided practice (brain to body connection). She's helped me reignite the neural connection with those smaller and less-used muscles so that I'm actually able to recruit them in movement. It is really incredible what a difference that connection makes on both my mood and my pain levels! Dr. Dickson has helped me root-cause my pain more than any other clinician I've seen. She has a great gift, backed by extensive study and practice, for uncovering origin points of pain and dysfunction. She helped me realize that my migraines were jaw-tension pain, the jaw tension was from a tense neck, that was from tense shoulders, those tense shoulders were from weak back-stabilizer muscles due to sitting 8 hours a day at work, and gut issues were adding tension to the whole system. I never would have figured that out on my own. Her physical manipulation work, exercises, and ergonomic recommendations have significantly lowered my pain and improved my life. Now I am equipped with targeted exercises and I know what systems I need to work on. I would strongly recommend her practice to anyone in need of physical therapy! She's awesome.
I met Dr. D and hope working on a show at Arena Stage and she was/is ABSOLUTELY amazing! We started working together on early September and continued through mid-October. I was dealing with pretty significant discomfort and pain in the lower area of the back of my neck from a minor injury I’d sustained in January. I was dealing with it for months with little to no relief. But then there was Dr. D! She helped me heal incredibly in the short time we had together and was such a pleasure to work with in the process. My show is over and I’ll miss working with her but am forever grateful for the time we had!
The therapist is very thorough and really listens to the client. And she has an amazing understanding of anatomy and how one muscle affects another. This is the best PT I have ever had!