Andy Parsons, DPT

“I had my first hip surgery when I was 16 years old. I was at the place where nothing was working and I couldn’t make it through the day without narcotics. My first surgery proved to be unsuccessful as I lived the next ten years in chronic pain. I had my second hip surgery at the age of 25. After almost a year, I still wasn’t okay. I was in pain everyday, unable to work, sleep or maintain a quality of life. After multiple trips to Cleveland Clinic and a desperation to get better, my healing progress began. After seeing several surgeons and specialists at Cleveland Clinic, I found out that structurally, everything in my hip was fixed. So, that left us with the question: Why am I still in pain everyday? After the exams and procedures we found out that because of ten years of chronic pain. We contacted, no exaggeration, 7 physical therapists before we found Andy Parsons. No one knew about central nervous system desensitization, but, thankfully, Andy did. After working with Andy for several months, My prayers were answered. I gained strength, mobility and a quality of life that I so desperately missed. I am back to work, able to walk, move around, and sleep! I feel like a new women with a new body. I had lost hope in feeling better and not being in so much pain but I’m finally making progress and my central nervous system is healing. I can’t thank Andy enough for being the driving force in my healing journey. I am thankful that he cares so much for his patients that he stays up to date on new and upcoming studies, theories and scientific data. If he didn’t regularly invest in his work, I wouldn’t be living in the healing that I am. I can’t thank Andy enough! He was truly different than any PT that I’ve ever worked with and believe me, I’ve worked with too many to count.”

“I attended Andy Parsons’ course, “LBP: Are You Using the Best Practice” and found it to be beneficial to my practice as a PT in many ways. He gave real case scenarios that he has encountered, was able identify and isolate causes, and determine proper treatment on the ever- complicated lower back. His presentation, handouts, knowledge, and live examples were significantly helpful in understanding the complexity of this subject. I have incorporated many of his ideas into my practice.”

“This motivates one to immediately implement evidence-based practice for all my patients!”

“Andy Parson’s LBP lecture isn’t just your ordinary LBP presentation. It isn’t filled with boring statistics or information that overwhelms you. He presents relevant statistics and practical information that teaches and informs you about clinically practical ways to diagnose and treat patients with LBP by following the Clinical Practice Guidelines. Andy does a great job keeping interacting with the audience and keeping them attentive. There isn’t a dull moment that will cause you to want to get up and leave, dose off, or play on your phone. However, I do suggest having your phones ready to tweet about all the great information he gives you in this 4 hr lecture.”

“Andy was a good speaker, entertaining, and kept everyone’s attention!”

“Seeing Andy was the best. He listened, he supported me, he pushed me to my limit. If I hurt, he changed the exercise. To date, I can now go up & down stairs. I thought I would never get down on the floor (now I can!) He has helped my back too (I have calcium build up). The exercise he chose helped the pain. I feel like a new person! I even cried because I am so happy. ”