Finding Paths to Pain Relief And Improving Overall Function!
What is Physical Therapy?
Physical Therapy is by definition “the treatment of disease, injury or deformity by physical methods such as massage, heat treatment, and exercise rather than by drugs or surgery.”
To our Medici Physical Therapy team it is the path to helping our patients reach their maximum functional ability and achieve pain relief.
Your Medici Physical Therapy team utilizes these proven treatments following the guidelines of evidence-based practices:
Therapeutic Exercises: strength, aerobic & endurance conditioning, body mechanics training, flexibility, and range of motion.
Neuro Re-Education: activities focusing on improving movement, balance, coordination and proprioception (perception of the position and movement of the body).
Manual Therapy: Hands-on techniques such as massage, myofascial release, joint movement and passive range of motion focusing on skeletal muscle and joints to address muscle pain, trigger points, joint dysfunction, ligament and tendon pain.
Dry Needling: The use of thin monofilaments (acupuncture needles) to treat trigger points to improve muscle function and decrease pain. Dry needling is a minimally discomforting treatment that provides relief to many patients that receive the procedure.
How We Can Help You:
Our Specialties include:
- Low Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Auto Accident Injuries
- Balance & Walking Difficulties
- Muscle Spasms
- Postural Dysfunction
- Joint Pain
- Chronic Pain
- Sports Injuries
- Work Related Injuries
Why Choose medici Physical therapy?
Patient care is our #1 Priority
If you are suffering with back or neck pain, you’re not alone.
Over 80% of adults experience back pain during their lifetime, making it the most frequent condition treated by the physical therapy team at Medici Spine and Pain.
If you have tried physical therapy in the past for your back or neck condition but not achieved the results you desired, don’t give up hope.
At Medici Spine and Pain Physical Therapy, our focus is on YOU.
Our one-to-one treatment model sets us apart from traditional outpatient PT clinics.
From your first visit evaluation, and throughout the course of your treatment, you will receive the attention you deserve.
Medici Spine and Pain Physical Therapy one-to-one treatments allow your therapist to personalize each visit based on your individual needs.
Our team of William Tjaden, PT and Ashley Wilson, PTA have over 40 years of combined manual therapy experience.
Our hands-on approach has helped decrease pain for hundreds of patients and return them to the activities they love.
At Medici Spine and Pain Physical Therapy, we give you the attention you need to improve.
That’s the Medici difference!
The Medici Physical Therapy team is a Medici Center of Excellence that is dedicated to helping our patients decrease pain and improve overall function.
One to one therapy (1:1) with the therapist ensures that their education and experience is focused on YOU!
We make your care our priority. We schedule our sessions permitting ample time for hands-on treatments. This is not possible at most high-volume outpatient physical therapy practices.
Our high quality patient focused practice allows for individualized treatments that yield results.
That’s the Medici difference!
Latest technology: The Only HUBEr 360 in Georgia!
Another important aspect of the Medici Difference in treating our patients is the use of the latest technologies available.
The Huber 360 assessment tools detect deficiency with stability, mobility, strength and coordination. With these technologies, combined with our one-to-one treatment philosophy, the physical therapy team at Medici Spine and Pain gets results.
Our Huber 360 is the only one in Georgia!
INTRODUCING THE HUBER 360:
Equipped with force sensors under the motorized platform and on the handles, HUBER 360® EVOLUTION offers a comprehensive and fun physical rehabilitation program by breaking down the patient’s workout into the 4 movement’s fundamentals:
- FLEXIBILITY AND MOBILITY
- DYNAMIC STRENGTHENING
- POSTURE AND BALANCE
- RESISTANCE
Rehabilitation has no limitations at Medici Physical Therapy!
MEET THE Medici PHYSICAL THERAPY Team
Our team’s 40 years of combined experience and their dedication to each individual patient’s condition and recovery is what sets us apart from other local physical therapy clinics:
Bill TjadenPhysical Therapist
Bill brings a wealth of knowledge and career experience to his practice of physical therapy. He has been a practitioner for 21 years since graduating from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2000.
The first 10 years of his career were spent as the senior therapist and clinical education coordinator for Endurance Rehabilitation in Scottsdale, Arizona. Here he practiced sports medicine, learned and practiced myofascial release, prescribed and fit custom orthotics, and treated patients from recreational to professional in all major sports.
Bill also was the Senior Manager of Physical Therapy for Barrow Neurosurgical Associates in Phoenix Arizona which was at the time the largest neurosurgical firm in the world. He developed their physical therapy practice, hired, and managed staff to care for the most challenging orthopedic spine cases for this prestigious practice.
It was at these two jobs that Bill began to clearly see and develop a practice model for the body as a whole.
Moving to Atlanta in 2012, Bill sought to learn more about treating the body from a holistic perspective. While working for an outpatient physical therapy practice, he became a certified colonic hydrotherapist, kinesiologist, and began practicing craniosacral therapy.
In 2019, Bill joined Medici Spine & Pain and brings his unique whole-body practice philosophy to the state-of-the art Medici rehabilitation facility.
Ashley WilsonPhysical Therapist Assistant
Board Certified
PTA – Physical Therapist Assistant
CMT – Certified Massage Therapist
Ashley Wilson, PTA has been a part of the Medici
Physical Therapy team since 2015.
Ashley completed her Associate of Applied of Science Degree as a Physical Therapist Assistant at Chattahoochee Technical College in 2014, maintaining President’s and Dean’s lists and National Honors Society nominations throughout her education.
Prior to her career in Physical Therapy, Ashley owned Woodstock Therapeutic Massage, a clinical massage therapy practice.
With a foundation in massage therapy, which began after completing the Atlanta School of Massage Clinical Massage program in 2005, Ashley has over 16 years of manual therapy experience.
Ashley enjoys spending time outside hiking, gardening and communing with the wildlife that lives in the nature preserve behind her home.
Sonny Dosanjh, M.D.Chief Medical Officer & Founder
Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Specialist
ABMS Board Certified
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Emory Fellowship Trained
Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Emory School of Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Sonny Dosanjh founded Medici Spine & Pain in 2014 upon completion of the Multidisciplinary Pain Management Fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine.
Medici’s core mission has never changed - Identify the source of the problem with advanced diagnostics and treat it with an array of multidisciplinary modalities: Solve the Problem and Avoid Pharmaceutical Dependence.
Many of Atlanta’s finest medical specialists trust their patients to Medici for advanced specialized care.
Medici’s two Ambulatory Surgical Centers and four clinics serve the northern half of Greater Atlanta,from Buckhead through the northern arc of The Perimeter.
Dr. Dosanjh is ABMS Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Emory School of Medicine’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Growing up in Vancouver Canada, his professional and ethical standards are rooted in values instilled by his parents: Compassion, Morality and Perseverance.
He holds dual US-Canadian citizenship. His two sisters, both medical professionals, and mother still reside in Vancouver.
After completing his medical degree at St. Christopher’s College, London, he joined Emory’s Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency program.
Atlanta has been home for Dr. Dosanjh for more than ten years.
While in medical school he was the quarterback of a professional American football team. An opportunity with the NFL Europe was abandoned to pursue the residency at Emory.
His undergraduate degree is from the University of British Columbia, one of Canada’s elite programs where he was inducted into the Golden Key Honor Society.
Gigi Geiger, D.O.Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine
Dr. Geiger grew up in the small rural town of Callahan, Florida, near Jacksonville. She completed her medical studies at the Bradenton campus of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
She returned to North Florida for residency training in Anesthesiology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, followed by a fellowship in Interventional Pain Medicine within the same program.
Dr Geiger enjoys making a difference in her patients' daily lives by relieving pain--whether it be caused by spinal or joint arthritis, migraine, neuropathy, or nerve root pain, such as sciatica.
She excels in a variety of procedures, from simple joint injections and radiofrequency ablations to spinal cord stimulators.
Dr. Geiger joined Medici Spine and Pain to be closer to her growing family in Georgia and to provide high quality and excellent care to her patients.
Oya Yildirim, NP-CNurse Practitioner
Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine
Board Certified AANP – Family Nurse Practitioner
WCEP Certified
Oya Yildirim, NP-C is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a strong background in pain management.
She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Brenau University at Gainesville, Georgia.
While she was working full time in pain management, she earned her Master of Science degree at Brenau University in Norcross campus.
She holds a national certification with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Oya went to high school in Duluth, Georgia and enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She loves traveling all around the world and discovering different cultures. She also enjoys exercise such as zumba, pilates, yoga and walking.
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