Welcome to Agape Physical Therapy

The Outcomes You Expect, The Care You Deserve

Agape PT opened its doors in 2002 and is built around the meaning of Agape, or unconditional love. Nader and Mary Shahid, are a husband and wife team that are passionate about physical therapy and serving their patients in a way that is meaningful to them and the patients.

Our goal at Agape Physical Therapy is to understand you and your injury. We will provide excellent one-on-one care regardless of age, race, color, or creed. You will be treated with love and care as we are interested not only in your injury but your body as a whole.

Your treatment plan will be customized to allow you to return back to all your normal functional activities. We look forward to seeing you on your first visit!

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Improving your bed & workstation setup can help reduce your neck pain
January 15, 2019
For many individuals, a great deal of time every day is also spent sitting at a desk and working on a computer. As with bed setups, the way in which a workstation is set up affects the neck and can play a part in the development of pain developing.
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No matter your age, neck pain can be a nuisance
January 10, 2019
For adults over the age of 65, age-related changes continue to occur and may begin to become more advanced in some cases. This means that conditions like osteoarthritis and spondylosis are even more likely at this age, and they can be more severe for
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Supervised therapy is found to be effective for a wrist fracture
January 3, 2019
Results showed that overall, patients in both groups improved in all of the measurements taken. However, the participants who followed supervised physical therapy experienced significantly greater improvements in wrist function, as well as less pain a
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Older adults with depression benefit significantly from exercise
December 27, 2018
Researchers conclude that exercise should be considered a routine part of treatment for older adults with depression

The results of this meta-analysis showed that exercise had a large and significant antidepressant effect on older adults with
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If stress is weighing you down, exercise may be the answer
December 18, 2018
A physical therapist can help get you on your best foot forward

Current guidelines recommend getting about 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise (like brisk walking) or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity exercise (like jogging) every week.
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More than 1/3 of older adults with frailty are also depressed
December 11, 2018
Exercise can be helpful for treating both frailty and depression

Results showed that there were 8,023 older adults that had frailty, and of these, 38.6% were also depressed. Similarly, 2,167 older adults were found to have depression, and 40
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Exercise found to decrease anxiety and other stress-related disorders
December 5, 2018
Physical therapists can help promote exercise in patients with anxiety

These findings support the use of exercise for patients with anxiety or stress disorder, and the researchers suggested that it should therefore be considered a viable opti
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Older adults with knee arthritis benefit from a home-exercise program
November 27, 2018
Home-exercise program leads to superior results, with most patients adhering to it

Results showed that participants in the home-exercise group experienced significant improvements in knee pain, stiffness and strength compared to the control g
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Low back pain patients who see PT first spend less
November 20, 2018
PT First is associated with benefits across the board

Based on the data collected, it was found that the incidence rate of LBP was 82.7 for every 1,000 patients. Of the patients who had LBP, about 80% had no physical therapy, while 8.7% saw
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Review shows exercise therapy one of the best shoulder treatments
November 13, 2018
Despite low quality of evidence, exercise is still recommended for patients with SIS

On the whole, results were supportive of both exercise therapy and manual therapy for SIS patients. For pain alone, studies showed that manual therapy was s
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As an active person, my level of functioning was much less than normal. Before physical therapy, the soreness and pain in my knees kept me from wanting to be active.…
— Jennifer F.
Well after meeting the Agape staff I can say I was in good hands. My pain level was around 6 to 8 on most days and my knee felt very unstable without wearing my knee brace.…
— Leon J.
Before having physical therapy, I had no range and lot of pain! I was unable to move my right shoulder up or sideways. After receiving physical therapy, range is much better.…
— Michael G.
Well I was injured running on a treadmill at home and needed surgery. After surgery it was hard to get around and my right leg was weak.…
— Richardo B.
Agape has been a Godsend to me. When I was first greeted by Gigi, I was put at ease by her friendly hello; she was always professional when scheduling my further needed appointments.…
— Ruanne S.

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Welcome to Agape Physical Therapy

The Outcomes You Expect, The Care You Deserve

Researchers conclude that exercise should be considered a routine part of treatment for older adults with depression

A physical therapist can help get you on your best foot forward

Exercise can be helpful for treating both frailty and depression

Physical therapists can help promote exercise in patients with anxiety

Home-exercise program leads to superior results, with most patients adhering to it

PT First is associated with benefits across the board

Despite low quality of evidence, exercise is still recommended for patients with SIS