STAFF SPOTLIGHT INTRODUCING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM!
WE ARE OPEN & HERE FOR YOU! At ELEVATE Physical Therapy, we are committed to serving you and your family in a comfortable and caring environment. Following CDC guidelines, we have taken extra steps to keep our facility safe and clean for you: • The temperatures of patients and staff members are taken at entry to rule out fever. • Before and after every session, we are asking our patients and staff to wash or sanitize their hands. • We require that all staff wear masks. We have masks available for patients here at the clinic. • We are limiting our patient number to 1/2 capacity and are practicing social distancing in the clinic. We will expand our hours as needed in order to maintain a lower number of patients per hour. • Additionally, we have increased the number of times per day that we sanitize our equipment and facility. To help prevent the spread of this contagious disease, we ask that if you are demonstrating symptoms of coronavirus—coughing, sneezing, or fever—please stay home. Additionally, if you have been exposed to someone who has a confirmed case of the virus, please notify us immediately so that we can take the necessary steps. Your cooperation in this tough time is what makes us able to continue to provide valuable services to you and your family. We appreciate your ongoing support. Call us today at (828) 877-2110 or visit us online at elevatebrevard.com.
therapy allows me to understand and continue to learn about the human body and it’s recovery process from an injury. PT also gives me an outlet to interact and cheer onmy patients as theymove along their rehabilitation journey which is also very rewarding personally. In my free time, I like to exercise by enjoying outdoor activities, of whichmy favorites are hiking and mountain biking. I grewup playing multiple sports, and I am still a big sports nerd regularly playing basketball recreationally as well as flag football competitively in Asheville during the winter. Finally, I enjoy reading, learning, and practicing new things as well as subjects related to the field of physical therapy. It is impossible to know everything about the human body, but I continue to learn so I can strive to provide the best care for my patients every day.
LuisGayton-Mercado , PTA It is great to be a part of the ELEVATE PT team, and I am excited to move onto this new adventure of growing alongside this talented staff! My name is Luis and I have been a Physical Therapist Assistant for a little over a year now, graduating fromSouth College’s PTA Program. I first got into Physical Therapy because I always had a strong interest in athletics growing up, and I knew that I wanted to do something in medicine. Physical
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