Back pain consultation · Fort Collins, CO
One $200 appointment at Muscle Restoration Therapy in Fort Collins, to find out whether your back pain is actually a muscle problem.
Who this is for
Most people who book this consultation have already spent a year or more trying to get their back sorted out. They are not looking for another opinion. They are looking for someone to actually test what is going on.
How the consultation works
You have probably heard a lot of promises. This is not a promise. It is a test.
In one appointment, our therapist uses specific muscle testing to find out exactly which muscles have stopped working and are putting extra pressure on your spine. Then we get to work. If we can get those muscles firing again — even briefly — you will feel the difference in that first visit. That tells us whether we have a path forward for you that is not surgery.
Covers the muscle testing and the hands-on treatment in that first appointment. You are not paying $200 just to be told to come back.
Our head therapist uses a specific muscle testing protocol to identify which muscles in your back have stopped functioning correctly. When muscles are not doing their job, extra pressure shifts onto your discs and joints. That is often the source of pain that other treatments keep missing.
Once we know which muscles are not working, we get to work on them in that same visit — hands-on manual therapy, and where appropriate, targeted tool-assisted work. The goal is to get those muscles responding.
Most patients leave that first consultation feeling at least 50% better than when they walked in. That is not a cure. It is proof of concept. It tells both of us whether muscle restoration is the right path for you.
After the session, our therapist will walk you through what they found and what they recommend. Every case is different. The point is that you leave with an honest picture of where you stand — not a sales pitch for a package you may not need.
Why this is different
Our approach starts by finding the dysfunctional muscles first. Everything else follows from that.
If we find something structural that is beyond our scope, we will tell you that too — and we do have additional options like spinal decompression if your discs need it. Either way, you leave the consultation knowing more than you did when you walked in.
Proof and credibility
3,000+ clients helped, and a Google review page the clinic did not have to pay for.
100+ five-star reviews on Google from Fort Collins patients.Muscle Restoration Therapy · Google
About the practice
We have been working on Fort Collins backs, shoulders and knees for more than 25 years. The practice was built by Mark Rise around a single idea: before you treat the place that hurts, test the muscles around it and find out which ones have quit doing their job.
Mark graduated with honors from Boulder College of Massage Therapy and holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from the University of Nebraska. He is a licensed massage therapist and a certified Muscle Activation Specialist, and he developed the systematic muscle testing approach the clinic still works from today.
Everything happens in person, at the clinic on McMurry Avenue. There is no remote version of this.
Questions
Both. The $200 covers the muscle testing and the hands-on manual therapy in that first visit. You are not paying $200 just to be told to come back.
We will find that out during the consultation. If muscle restoration is not the right path for you, we will be honest about that. We also offer spinal decompression for certain disc issues, so there may still be options we can discuss.
Chiropractic care works on the structure of your spine. We start with the muscles around it. If those muscles are not functioning, the pressure on your discs and joints keeps coming back regardless of adjustments. We are looking at a different part of the problem.
The consultation is $200, paid at the time of your visit. We are a cash-pay clinic, which is what lets us give you a full appointment and a straight recommendation.
That depends entirely on what we find. We do not sell packages before we know what you need. Your therapist gives you a straight recommendation at the end of the consultation, and you decide from there.
At our clinic at 4532 McMurry Ave, Suite 204, Fort Collins, CO 80525. All care is delivered in person at that location.
