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In-Home Orthopedic Physical Therapy in Old Westbury, NY
Rehabilitation on the Distances You Actually Have
In most of Nassau, the distance that matters after surgery is the drive to outpatient rehabilitation.
In Old Westbury it starts earlier than that. The driveway is long, the house is large, and in the first fortnight after a hip or knee replacement the walk from where the car stops to the front door is not a detail of the journey. It is the hardest part of it.
Private 1-on-1 care
Mobile physical therapy at home or work
Based in Hicksville · Serving Nassau County, NY
No referral needed to start
Medicare and Aetna accepted · Direct pay for other plans
Licensed PT · Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Rehabilitation on the Distances You Actually Have
The driveway is a rehabilitation task
A long private drive is a genuine walking distance on a new joint, often on a slope, often in weather, and it happens at both ends of every appointment you would otherwise be travelling to.
Treating it as part of the plan rather than as the bit before the plan is what stops the first week going backwards.
Large houses, and more than one staircase
Estate-scale houses tend to have several flights rather than one, built at different times and to different dimensions. A main stair, a back stair, steps down to a room that was added later.
Each has its own tread width, rail height and rail side. Practising "stairs" in general does not cover them. Practising yours does.
And the distances inside
Walking tolerance is usually discussed as an outdoor goal. In a very large house it is an indoor one first — bedroom to bathroom, bedroom to kitchen, the trip at three in the morning that has to be safe before anything else is.
What the first visits work on
- The drive and the approach to the door, as a measured walking task
- Each staircase in the house as itself, with the precautions your surgeon set
- Indoor walking routes, worked up to in the order you actually need them
- Car transfers, which remain the hardest movement of the first fortnight
- Strength work that respects weight-bearing status rather than guessing at it
What In-Home Physical Therapy Means in Old Westbury
Outpatient rehabilitation three times a week asks you to make the whole journey six times — house to car, car to clinic, and back — in the fortnight when each leg of it is hardest.
An in-home visit removes all of it and puts the therapist on the drive, the steps and the staircases the recovery actually has to get through. On a property where those distances are real, that is the difference between a plan that is followed and one that is abandoned.
How It Works
We Confirm Scheduling, Pricing, and What You Need
You will know the cost before anything is booked. We confirm a visit time that works around your day, explain how payment works, and tell you whether a physician referral will be needed for the length of care you are likely to need.
See Pricing & How Payment Works →Your Therapist Comes to You
Your therapist reviews your symptoms, strength, movement and what your own day actually asks of you.
Visits Continue at Home
Follow-up visits happen at home, and the plan progresses as your tolerance and symptoms change.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I start after surgery?
Follow your surgeon's instructions on when physical therapy should begin — those timelines exist for a reason and they vary by procedure. Once you are cleared, your therapist works around your post-surgical precautions and weight-bearing status rather than against them, and coordinates with the surgical timeline.
My house has several staircases. Do you work on all of them?
On the ones you need, in the order you need them. They are rarely the same as each other — different tread widths, different rail heights, rails on different sides — and each is practised as itself rather than as a general skill.
Is the house being large actually a problem?
It is a factor rather than a problem, and it is one a clinic cannot assess. Indoor walking distances that are trivial when you are well become the first goal when you are not, which is why the bedroom-to-bathroom trip is usually worked on before anything outdoors.
Do you only work with joint replacements?
No. Orthopedic physical therapy covers joint pain, injury recovery and post-surgical rehab of many kinds, and a fair amount of it is done specifically to postpone or avoid an operation.
Do I need a doctor's referral to start?
No. You can begin with a direct evaluation.
New York's direct access provisions allow a licensed physical therapist to evaluate and treat you without a physician referral, for up to 10 visits or 30 days from your first treatment, whichever comes first. If your care should continue beyond that, we will tell you what is needed and help you arrange it.
If Medicare is paying for your care, your plan of care also needs to be signed by your physician, which we help arrange. Neither one holds up your first appointment.
How does payment work?
Strength Works PT is credentialed with Medicare and Aetna. Plans differ, so call and we will check yours before anything is booked.
If your plan is not one we bill, or you would rather keep the plan out of it, you can pay for your care directly. Either way you know the cost before the first visit.
Other Services Available at Home
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The full picture of in-home care for mobility, balance and daily function.
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Back Pain, Neck Pain, Sciatica and Long-Term Pain
For back pain, neck pain, sciatica and recurring pain that keeps affecting daily movement.
Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Joint Pain, Injury Recovery and Post-Surgical Rehab
For knee, hip, shoulder, ankle, foot and elbow problems, injury recovery and post-surgical rehab.
Sports Physical Therapy
Active Adults, Athletes and Weekend Warriors
For active adults, student-athletes and weekend athletes returning to activity after injury.
Coming Home After Surgery in Old Westbury?
Tell us what was done and what your surgeon has cleared you for. If in-home orthopedic physical therapy is the right next step, we will tell you what the first two weeks look like. If it is not, we will tell you that instead.
Medically Reviewed by: Dr. Said Haschemi, DPT, CSCS
Review Date: Jan. 2026