San Luis Sports Therapy at 805 Aerovista Lane #104, San Luis Obispo, California.

At 81 with seven decades of aggressive tennis taking its toll, I’ve long-since become a frequent-flier in PT centers from coast to coast, experiencing the best and worst. (And after a career of management consulting with healthcare organizations like Mayo Clinic, I know quality when I see it—and know when it’s not there.) In addition, a friend who is a PT at nearby hospital recommended them to me when I had my most recent need.

So you can trust me when I say that San Luis Sports Therapy is not only the best I’ve experienced but also just about as good as its possible to get. For starters, the majority of the PT staff has advanced degrees (predominantly a doctorate). But more important than being well trained, they know how to practice their profession with intense focus on the whole of their clients, not just an ailing joint. They size up your whole situation and tailor the therapy to both the physiological issue and the client’s makeup, so that the work you’re doing is not only efficacious but also congenial enough that you want to keep doing it on your own, because it fits your motivation and capabilities.

And I can’t say enough about the aides, who are not only exceptionally well trained but are amazingly attentive to everyone and everything that is going on around them; on innumerable occasions, one who was not working with me would notice something that I was doing—or not doing—and come over to offer a word of advice or support. And I should also say that the administrative staff is equally wonderful to work with. The whole place operates like a fine-tuned orchestra. I can’t imagine why anyone within commuting distance would ever go anywhere else.