Neurologic physical therapy in Bethel Park
Bearing is a physical therapy practice for adults living with Parkinson's disease, after a stroke or with multiple sclerosis, and for the people who help them. Your therapist plans the work with you, and with your care partner if you bring one.
The first hour
We measure how you move today, so the plan starts from your own day and not from a diagnosis.
Your pace, your steps, and what changes when you carry something or talk.
Standing, stepping, turning in a hallway, and what you do when you lose your footing.
From a chair, a bed, the floor and the car seat.
Reaching, gripping, buttons, cups and the keys in your hand.
When your energy is highest, when you tire, and how heat and rest change things.
Stairs, rugs, lighting and the places you walk most, so the plan fits where you live.
Who the care is for
Every plan begins with how you move on an ordinary day. Pick a tab to see what that looks like.
Parkinson's can make movement smaller and slower than it feels. We train bigger, more deliberate movement and teach you how to cue it yourself, at home and out in the world.
LSVT BIG, a structured one-on-one program
Walking, turning and getting up from a chair
A home routine that fits your own day
Outpatient therapy picks up where the hospital and rehab unit leave off. We work on walking, balance, using your arm and hand, and the everyday tasks you want back, at a pace you and your doctor agree on.
Walking and balance
Arm and hand use
Getting around at home
MS can change from week to week. We plan visits around your energy and how you handle heat, work on walking, balance and strength, and change the plan when you change.
Visits paced around your energy
Walking, balance and leg strength
A plan that moves when you do
If you help someone move, you are part of the plan. Come to a visit, practice how to guide a step, a transfer or a walk without hurting your own back, and ask what to do and what to leave alone.
Hands-on practice with the therapist
Safe ways to help with steps, chairs and the car
A written routine you both can follow
About us
Large, deliberate movement, practiced one-on-one and then at home.
LSVT BIG is a structured program for people with Parkinson's that trains large, high-effort movement. Two of our therapists completed the LSVT BIG course through LSVT Global, which trains and certifies therapists in the program. It is a course credential, not a board specialty.
One-on-one sessions with the same therapist
Big movements, practiced and repeated
Short daily practice at home between sessions
Your care partner is welcome to join
Every therapist's license line is at the foot of the page.
Physical Therapist, practice director
Started Bearing so that people with Parkinson's, stroke and MS would have one place to keep working at it. Completed the LSVT BIG course through LSVT Global, and teaches caregiver training.
Physical Therapist
Works with adults after a stroke on walking, balance and using the arm and hand in everyday tasks, and shows care partners how to help at home.
Physical Therapist
Sees adults with multiple sclerosis and after a stroke, with a focus on leg strength, walking and pacing the week around energy. Speaks English and Mandarin.
Physical Therapist
Treats adults with Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis. Completed the LSVT BIG course through LSVT Global. Speaks English and Arabic.
Physical Therapist
Works on balance, strength and getting up from a chair or the floor, and builds home routines people can keep. Speaks English and Spanish.
Physical Therapist
Sees adults after a stroke and people who worry about falling, and helps families make the home easier to move around in.
About us
What you want to keep doing, what has gotten harder and who helps you at home.
You walk, turn, stand and reach while your therapist looks, asks and explains.
A few exercises you can do on your own, written down for you and your care partner.
What to expect and bring
We explain how fees work in plain words, and we give you an estimate in writing before care starts if you pay without insurance.
“Every visit started with what I wanted to do that week. My therapist fit the exercises to our house and wrote them down so my wife could cue me.”
“They asked about my day before they asked about my leg. The front desk checked my plan and called me back before the first visit.”
“I came in as a care partner and left knowing how to help without hurting my back. Nobody rushed me.”
Sample reviews.
In Pennsylvania a physical therapist may begin with an evaluation without a referral. After that, state rules say when your physician must be involved, and your plan may still ask for a referral. We explain which applies to you when you call.
We bill many kinds of plans, including Medicare. Your plan decides what it pays. We check your benefits and call you before your first visit.
That depends on how you move today, what you want to do, how your condition changes, what your plan allows and what you can practice at home. We go over the plan with you at regular points and say so when we think it is time to change it.
Progress is not always a straight line, and some weeks feel flat. When it slows, we check what we are measuring, change the work, talk with your doctor, or move you to a home routine. We cannot promise any program will keep helping, and we tell you honestly when we think therapy has done what it can for now.
A structured program for people with Parkinson's that trains large, high-effort movement. Our therapists who completed the course are named on the Parkinson's page. Whether it suits you depends on your exam and your doctor's advice.
We answer on the next working day. For anything urgent, call us.