Physical Therapy for Back Pain in Winter Park, FL
Don’t let chronic back pain keep you from doing what you love
Helping athletes and active adults understand the real drivers behind their back pain, restore confident movement and get back to training, playing and living without constantly worrying about it.
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Serving Winter Park, Orlando, Maitland, Baldwin Park, College Park and surrounding Central Florida communities since 2017
Tired of Living With Chronic Back Pain?
Does this sound familiar?
You’ve tried stretching, chiro, medications/injections, other PT
You’re constantly modifying workouts around your back
You hesitate before picking up your kids
You can’t sit on the ground comfortably for family photos
Every morning you wake up stiff and need time to “loosen up”
Getting up from a chair feels like lifting 1000lbs
Starting to wonder if this is the new normal
You’re not alone. Stats say 80% of people experience back pain with roughly half of all people having it right now.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
Why Does Your Back Pain Keep Coming Back?
Most people are told that most episodes of back pain improve with time, but most people aren’t told that you can stop having these episodes completely.
The reality is that persistent or recurring back pain often involves more than the irritated area itself. Likely something else isn’t doing its intended job.
Lack of basic movement foundations, mobility or strength in other areas, daily movement habits, previous injuries, training demands, lifestyle habits, recovery, stress and the state of the nervous system can all influence what you feel.
Understanding that the body works as an integrated system rather than chasing symptoms is why we don’t only ask, “Where does it hurt?”
We ask, “What might be contributing to this—and what does your body need to confidently handle the things you want to do?”
Your Body’s Protection System
Pain is partly protective, a mere output of all the inputs you’ve put into your body.
Think about touching a hot stove: your nervous system reacts, causing you to reflexively pull your hand away before you’ve had time to consciously think about it.
After a back injury or repeated painful experiences, trauma events even, your body can sometimes become more protective around certain movements, positions or loads.
These protective patterns can sometimes linger long after the tissues themselves have healed.
That’s why recovery isn’t only about making tissues stronger or more mobile or just pain-free.
We also remove unnecessary protective layers and progressively rebuild confidence and capacity in the movements your body has learned to guard.
What If Your Back Pain Isn’t Really a Back Problem?
Your low back doesn’t move in isolation.
Your ankles, hips, thoracic spine and the rest of your body all participate in the movements you perform every day.
Each major segment in your body has a primary design. If one area isn’t contributing the way it is supposed to, another area may have to do more.
That’s why your assessment doesn’t stop at the painful area.
We look at how your entire body moves and determine which findings are actually relevant to your symptoms, goals and activities.
Your Path Back to Movement Freedom
Step 1: REVEAL
Step 2: RESET
Reduce barriers to better movement.
Hands-on treatment, nervous-system strategies and targeted movement are used when appropriate to decrease symptoms, reduce guarding and prepare your body for meaningful movement.
Understand what’s keeping you stuck.
A comprehensive evaluation combines your history, movement analysis and a whole-body joint-by-joint assessment to identify the factors most relevant to your pain and goals.
Step 4: RENEW
Step 3: RESTORE
Go beyond pain relief.
The goal isn’t simply to make you hurt less.
It’s to build enough capacity and confidence to train, play, work and live without constantly worrying about it.
Rebuild what’s missing.
We progressively restore mobility, strength, coordination and fundamental movement capacity through one-on-one coaching and simple personalized and progressive homework.
How the process progresses
We rebuild movement from foundational patterns toward increasingly complex, athletic tasks.
Rather than repeating the same exercises indefinitely, your program progresses as your access and capacity improves.
You may work on mobility, strength, coordination, balance, movement skill and athletic capacity depending on what your assessment reveals.
Your plan is individualized to your starting point, goals and response to treatment.
Success Story
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“I am a professional Supercross/Motocross athlete who avoided a scheduled surgery and potentially a lifetime of pain by getting in touch with Dr. Keilman. I had a bulging disc in my L4/5 with very bad sciatic pain down to my toes. I tried everything there is to try from decompression tables to hyperbaric chamber treatments and stem cells. With mutual commitment between us I worked my way out of pain and into the best form of my career. All thanks to Dr. Brandon Keilman.”
— Jack Chambers, pro supercross/motocross athlete
Who We Help
Whether you’re trying to get back in the game, keep up with your kids or simply move without thinking about your low back, we’ll build toward the demands of your actual life.
Current Athletes ● Former Athletes ● Youth Athletes
Busy Moms ● Stiff Dads ● Active Adults
Common Back Pain Conditions We Help…
Disc bulges/herniations ● Disc degeneration ● Sciatica ● Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction (SI Joint Dysfunction) ● Sacroiliitis ● Piriformis Syndrome ● Lumbar radiculopathy ● Stenosis ● Spondylolysis ● Spondylolisthesis ● Persistent pain following back surgery
Why Orlando Movement Practice?
Work 1-on-1 With Dr. Brandon Every Visit
No passing between providers, aides or techs or sent to a corner to do your exercises
Root Cause Focused
A whole-body assessment helps identify relevant factors other approaches may not have explored.
Cash-Based Physical Therapy & Expert Personal Training
Care and progression is built around your goals and needs rather than insurance authorization and restrictions.
Know What to Do Between Visits
Personalized video homework gives you a clear plan outside the clinic.
Lasting results with our long-term approach
The goal is lasting movement capacity beyond what you had before you had the issue —not simply getting your symptoms down. You’ll have clear targets to achieve so this issue doesn’t return.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Many of the people I work with have already tried physical therapy, chiropractic care, massage, injections or other treatments.
Those approaches can be helpful, but if you’ve plateaued or the problem keeps returning, a fresh whole-body assessment may reveal relevant factors that haven’t been addressed.
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Every person is different.
Some people notice meaningful improvement within the first few visits, while others with longer histories or more complex movement limitations need a longer plan.
After your evaluation, I’ll explain what I found and recommend a clear path forward based on your goals, needs and desire for support
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Usually not.
Many back problems can be evaluated without imaging, and MRI findings don’t always correlate closely with symptoms.
In fact, a large majority of people will show severe MRI findings, but have no symptoms at all.
If your history or examination suggests imaging or another medical evaluation is appropriate, I’ll discuss that with you, but most often your movement picture matters far more.
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Yes.
I frequently work with people once they are medically appropriate for rehabilitation following orthopedic surgery, particularly after the wounds are closed, stitches/staples removed and restrictions removed.
Oftentimes people get stuck only working. onthe surgical part, when you have an entire body that can work. Working the non-surgical side plus whole body fitness (within your precautions) typically improves outcomes via cross-brain connection and improved overall health.
The goal is to restore confidence, movement quality, strength and long-term capacity—not simply complete a standard protocol.
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No.
Orlando Movement Practice is a cash-based physical therapy practice.
This allows your care to be based on your goals and needs rather than insurance authorization or visit limits.
Many clients use card, HSA or FSA funds.
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I don’t only look at the area that hurts.
Your evaluation includes your history, whole-body movement, relevant joint mobility, strength, coordination and other factors that may be contributing to the problem.
The goal is not simply to reduce symptoms.
It’s to help you move better, stay active and feel confident in your body again, without having to worry about this pain/injury ever again.
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Yes. My practice tends to actually shine here because of my personal history with chronic pain and recurring injuries.
Long-standing problems often require a different perspective than simply repeating the same treatments.
We’ll look at your history, current capacity and movement as a whole, then build a plan based on what your body needs now.
Don’t let your back pain keep you on the sidelines.
Whether you want to get back on the field, train without worry, travel or simply move through everyday life without hesitation or restriction, let’s figure out what’s keeping you stuck and build a path forward.
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