Welcome to Agape Physical Therapy

The care you deserve, the outcomes you expect

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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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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Exercise found to reduce risk of experiencing episodes of neck pain
November 6, 2018
Exercise identified as an effective strategy for preventing neck pain

Two of the five RCTs investigated the use of exercise programs, and researchers deemed that there was moderate-quality evidence that exercise does substantially reduce the
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Spine strengthening exercises lead to improvements
November 1, 2018
Results showed that patients who followed the physical therapist-led exercise program experienced several significant improvements when compared to the control group. Most importantly, the angle of the curvature of the spine reduced by an average of 3
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Reducing elbow injury in young pitchers requires effective prevention
October 30, 2018
If an injury of any sort does occur, it's important to carefully discuss the details of it with the player, and to include their parents. Although many players and parents may have difficulty accepting that playing time needs to be stopped for a perio
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Two types of strength exercises lead to improvements for tennis elbow
October 23, 2018
After one year, results showed that patients in both groups improved in their scores for pain and muscle strength, but the eccentric exercise group experienced greater overall improvements. This was based on the fact that the eccentric group reported
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Elbow injuries of the ulnar collateral ligament don't require surgery
October 16, 2018
The ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) is a band of tissue that connects the inside of the upper arm bone to the inside of the forearm at the elbow. It helps to support and stabilize the arm during movements like throwing a ball, but is commonly injured
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Welcome to Agape Physical Therapy

The care you deserve, the outcomes you expect

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

Exercise identified as an effective strategy for preventing neck pain