Testimonials

"Garry is by far the best physical therapist I have been to. He was kind, easy going, professional, knowledgeable and overall, a true pleasure to work with. When I came in I was just recovering from bunion surgery and was in constant pain. Garry did a thorough assessment of me and focused on how I already moved to see where I needed to go. Through stretching and strengthening the muscles needed to reduce compensation and the resulting pain and strains resulting from this, Garry was able to get me back to doing all the things I love most like weight lifting, yoga, and wearing high heels. All sessions were one on one and he explained everything we were doing in a thorough and easily comprehensible manner. He also gave me the skills and tools to continue working on things at home to push myself even further. By the time I left I felt as good as new and am now back at the gym full time feeling stronger than ever!" - Pamela G.

"Luck brought me to my Garry for my first ever PT experience after breaking my ankle and having surgery 2 months prior. Hopefully this brings you luck as well. On my first appointment I couldn’t open the front door by myself. A little over 3 months later I can run up to about 90% my top speed prior and was just able to ski any double black diamond on a ski trip I set as my goal. In between Garry helped me understand how to think about pain and my recovery progress realistically and what I could do on my own to help that along. Sessions were both challenging and something I looked forward to every week, because of the continual progressed under his care, good laughs, and conversation. Garry’s a professional but he’s also a really good guy to spend an hour with. So I couldn’t recommend him more highly and I am a bit sad to be graduating. Until next time." - Brian M.

"I suffer from chronic back and shoulder pain from what I call “Extreme Sitting”. Garry has been my physical therapist on and off for over three years. Needless to say he is very professional and attentive. Garry has a great bedside manner; the perfect mix of listening to your needs, providing you with “homework” to assist in your healing and telling you like it is (which I need). His principles have encouraged me into thinking outside of the box while at work and come up with alternative to make my space work for my physical needs." - T. W. Ferguson

"Garry is a very systematic guide to a healing process which has been very successful for me. He is a patient student of the body and its needs, and conveys a philosophic approach to pain and healing which is clearly articulated and very helpful. I cannot recommend him highly enough." Doug S.

"I felt “stuck” before I began physical therapy with Garry, with stiffness and lack of mobility in my neck and shoulders. I had seen physical therapists before and had done the exercises they recommended, and thought they had done some good, but I was not seeing improvement. Garry has shown me exercises that pinpoint the source of my neck and shoulder problems, and his therapy has actually improved my mobility and decreased my pain. I’m very pleased." Erin Z.

"I call Garry Cowell my magical healer. No matter what injury or aches and pains I suffer from, Garry is able to correctly diagnose the problem and work on the effected or related areas to help with the healing process. He also comes up with interesting exercises to help strengthen the opposing muscles in order to avoid the injury in the future. It really is amazing how tuned in to his craft he is and how often I’m helped by his efforts. I would recommend Garry very highly to anyone who loves to exercise and therefore gets an occasional injury. Garry will bring you back to health in half the time it would have taken using conventional methods." - Kassim C.

"For over 15 years I’d suffered with chronic back pain. Regularly acute, often a nuisance…and sometimes completely disabling. Equipped with ‘evidence’ from ‘specialists’ - and ‘proof’ of injury from x-rays to mris to myriad diagnostic tests - I thought I knew both the origin of my problem - and its solution. But with only fleeting relief - massage, acupuncture, chiro, yoga, Qi-gong….liver poisoning pills - that self reflecting voice kept reminding me it had been well over a decade and it would surely be several decades more of lost time, money and life experiences if I didn’t get serious about removing the dark cloud hovering over my physical and mental health.

Hope was no longer a strategy. A new deck of thoughts and a new pair of hands was in the cards. After my first visit with Dr. Cowell, my pain was evaluated in a way that refreshingly mixed the socratic method with the scientific. Questioning authority always came natural to me. But questioning my own evidence-based conclusions required someone whom i respected for a command of their discipline but more importantly someone who could get me the outcome i desired.

Dr. Cowell helped deconstructed limiting and false beliefs I held - and showed me why the core of their foundations were cracked. Instead of being drilled with dated wisdom from a dusty medical journal - his tactics were insightful, immersive and three dimensional. Combining dialogue (he actually listens to understand you), tight tissue reformation, and pressure point palpation that - well….you’ll just have to experience it for yourself. Most important - he gave me the gift of learning how to heal myself.

As crazy as this sounds - and as grateful I am that those agonizing days, weeks, months and years are receding into the distant memory bank - i won’t deny I sometimes miss them. It was comforting to have an excuse not to try X or Y - and please for sympathy had emotional rewards. But now that I’ve escaped the pain prison and have freedom to do things that bring me much greater joy - those shackled mental states have all but disappeared. In closing, we all do things to move away from pain. Most are ineffective…at worst destructive.

So if you want to do something constructive - make an appointment with Dr. Cowell’s physiotherapy. It was a great investment for me…returning peace, happiness and a new beginning." - Philip C.