When future owners Beth Winkler and Lisa Taglauer started talking about opening a physical therapy practice more than a decade ago, they were dreaming. They envisioned a place where patients would normally receive at least 30 minutes of personal manual therapy; the gym would be stocked with state-of-the-art equipment, doctors would refer patients because of great outcomes; highly-trained physical therapists and dedicated support staff would work there, and, most importantly, patients would experience tremendous results. They opened the doors in August 2005 and the dream came true. Unfortunately, the dream lasted for about two weeks until Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures hit New Orleans. Like the city they grew up in and love, Beth and Lisa fought back and took their small struggling one-room clinic and built it up to the reality it is today: an independent, women-owned physical therapy practice with three locations (and growing) that believes physical therapy should not only restore people, but it should also provide them FREEDOM FROM PAIN. At Magnolia Physical Therapy we take a hands-on approach to rehabilitative health care. All of our physical therapists bring years of extensive education and experience when working with patients, using an individualized strategy that includes: Assessing the underlying causes to dysfunction as well determining other contributing factors; Developing with the patient and physician a plan of action that will not only address the dysfunction, but will also increase range of motion and improve quality of life; Dedicating a significant amount of time, usually 30 minutes or more, of hands-on manual therapy that employs the most effective techniques; Monitoring the patient’s exercises to ensure proper movement, and Providing the patient a thoughtful and thorough explanation of the biomechanics involved in their injury or condition, and giving them the tools to maintain, and even improve, the progress they have made.