Watson Clinic Center for Rehabilitative Medicine - Lakeland, Florida

Mary Jim Norris

I feel like Chris Ninan and Daphne Bleam helped me to heal from my broken femur. I used them last January for my shoulder replacement surgery. Both times I have had good results from their knowledge and appreciate their hard work helping me heal.
Mary Jim Norris

James Dobson

My experience at highland physical Therapy was great. Chris, Ray and Brian were great. They were always positive, freindly and always pushing you a little more every session to reach your best. At the beginning when you are at the high pain level they never pushed you more than you could handle and the time you got to the last session you are ready to be on your own with confidence. The exercises were easy. (Sometimes) They had me laughing. Overall a great Therapy session. ? Highly recommend Highlands physical therapy department.

John Fullerton

My review is specific to the physical therapy department. I went for a shoulder problem and saw Brenna first. After that, it was mostly Casey. Both of them were great and I would like to thank Brenna and Casey for their help and guidance through my rehab.

I was able to complete my physical therapy sessions and today I rang the bell signifying completion. I'm done! I was pleasantly surprised that after one session with Brenna and the team, my pain was reduced 50%. One session! That was amazing. Now, after a month of PT, it is not quite back to pre-therapy range of motion, but the pain is no longer there unless I really overextend my arm. I leave with 98% range of motion and almost no pain.

When I first came in, putting on a shirt or coat was like feeling knives in my shoulder. When I rolled over at night, I woke up from the sharp pains. I was uncomfortable to say the least. Now, I am able to dress without pain and sleep normally and pain free.

Since today was my last day, I needed coaching for what to do at home. Casey did a great job of coaching me how to keep stretching and improving. She gave me five new stretching exercises, which can be done as part of my home workouts. I'm confident in achieving full range of motion, that last one percent, with home stretching and exercising.

I want to add that everyone who worked with me on the Watson Clinic team was fantastic. Poor Joe was assisting me the first day and had to endure "Joe, you are a bad man!" jokes when the stretching hurt. But Joe, Kylie, Cory and the others were great.

This is my first time ever doing physical therapy so I don't know what I could say to improve the experience. Perhaps, letting me know up front that wearing casual clothes may be best (but not necessary) would have been nice, but I figured it out quickly.

Overall I enjoyed the atmosphere as it was positive, friendly, and encouraging. Everyone was eager to see progress and happy when it happened.

All in all, I highly recommend Brenna, Casey, Chris and the whole team at Watson Clinic Physical Therapy. You are all fantastic at your work and wonderful new friends.

Chuck Thorpe

My review is specific to the physical therapy department.
I would like to thank Chris and Sarah for the excellent care & for their outstanding help and guidance through my recovery from my knee surgery.

After one more scheduled PT I will be complete with my scheduled physical therapy sessions for my knee surgery.
I would say I feel about 85% back to normal.

Something I was not able to do when I first started my PT was to satisfactorily bend my knee.
Now I feel that I have turned a corner & am all but where I hope to be with my total recovery.

They educated me through the process on what to do and not to do.
They made me feel confident and independent that I could achieve ongoing results on my own with a comprehensive home plan.
The detailed exercise take home printouts were extremely helpful & appreciated!!!

I always looked forward to my next appointment & very much enjoyed the very positive atmosphere & continuing encouragement, & affirmation that we “will get there!”

I highly, highly recommend Chris Ninan and Sarah at Watson Clinic Physical Therapy.

One thing that could have helped me personally would be to have had a better clarity on which of the new exercises we do in our PT Sessions that I was to focus on to do at home & which previous one’s I was supposed to stop doing at home until my next appointment.
Having a personal cell number to be able to text Chris for clarification would have been helpful for me.
Watson Clinic’s My Chart communications are slow & has to be checked regularly, to stay current with communications.
Text messages to personal cell phones are definitely more effective.

Sandy Lander

I have been going to several of the therapists at Watson clinic Rehab centers for the past several years and everyone has been super great! Currently I’m see Dr Jalen Banks, chiropractor, and he is the best! My back feels great once again! Earlier in the year I was in serious pain and previous chiropractics were not dealing with it. Since I’ve seen Dr Banks I feel like I have my life back. I am now only going to see him as needed. He is great and I highly recommend him!!!

Bobby Eichholtz

I have recently had bilateral rotator cuff surgery and could not be happier with the outcome. I was hesitant about going to physical therapy because of how painful I heard it was. I had Nicole and Casey for therapist and they were both great. They both listen and understand that my primary goal was to get back to work ASAP. 4 1/2 months after my first surgery I am back to work. Thank you ladies

Joseph Gagliardo

Chris is a wonderful therapist. He is knowledgeable and caring. He helped me greatly with my rehabilitation. I have 100% recovery and feel so much better. I have my life back. Many thanks to Chris and Ray. I would refer them to family and friends.

Debra Suarez

This is for the physical therapy department for My husband , Ray Suarez, who went for 11 weeks post rotator cuff surgery. He was in therapy with Chris Ninan and Sarah each visit and he would like to thank them for excellent care each visit to help him recover and ease his pain. They educated him in what to do and not to do. The atmosphere was great. They thoroughly prepared him on what to do at home. I recommend Chris Ninan and team at Watson Clinic physical therapy