Therapeutic Associates Queen Anne Physical Therapy

I went to Amanda with pelvic floor issues after giving birth to my first baby. Amanda and her team guided me through 6 weeks of pelvic floor physical therapy. They not only helped introduce me to various pelvic floor exercises for re-building core strength, but also helped boost my confidence in my abilities as a physically active person. I enjoyed working with Amanda and her team so much, that it was bittersweet to wrap up my therapy experience with them!

I started doing PT with Amanda after an ankle injury, what surgery to put plates and screws to fix it. After using crutches for 9 weeks, I was terrified to baring weight on my injured leg. From day one, Amanda helped me recover my confidence and trust in my body by teaching the right exercises for me. I was able to walk again without crutches way before I expected. The exercise specialists are all really competent and knowledgeable, providing me with guidance to perform the exercises correctly.

I'm an avid runner with aspirations to run a marathon. In 2023, I had 3 months to train after being injured with ITBS 4 months prior. But my injury didn't heal, so my PCP referred me to Therapeutic Associates at Queen Anne.

I didn't know what to expect since I never had PT, but throughout working with Dr. Scharen and her team (Maya and Kelsey I think?), I felt I was in great care. Having run marathons and halves herself, Dr. Scharen provided invaluable guidance and insight on my (admittedly misguided) training plan at that time. (In hindsight, my plan was overly ambitious, borderline unrealistic, and guaranteed injury prone post-race.) She taught me about *sustainable* long-term running, and that slow, steady, and gradual was the way to go.

Being injured meant being unable to run. Without hesitating, I opted for her proposal, which was achieve full recovery, switch to a half marathon, and delay the full marathon to 2024.

I've learned new exercises strengthening muscle groups I never knew existed or remotely related to running. (Hip abductors/adductors/glute meds). I've learned that switching from running shoes to running sandals (for the first time) while maintaining/increasing my weekly running quota (10-15K a day or 10-20 mi a week) was absolute assurance for injury.

TLDR: I'm fully recovered now, and I'm grateful for the care, concern, and knowledge that Dr. Scharen and her team provided. I've become a much healthier and smarter runner thanks to them. I highly recommend anyone seeking PT, especially if you're a runner, to go see Dr. Scharen. If it wasn't for her, I'd be injured again from my own ignorance.