Geriatric physical therapy in Morris Plains.

Staying steady on your own stairs, and staying out of the fall statistics. We measure fall risk instead of eyeballing it, then train it down.

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What It Is

Careful isn’t a plan.

Being careful is what sensible people do after a scare. Slow down. Hold the rail. Skip the stairs. It feels like safety, and for a week or two it is.

Then the trade shows up. Muscle you stop asking for gets weaker. Balance you stop challenging gets narrower. The world shrinks to the rooms you trust, and the next stumble happens on ground that used to be nothing.

Geriatric physical therapy goes the other direction, on purpose and with support in reach. Strength is trainable at any age. So is balance, because balance is a skill your body either practices or loses. We measure what you can do, ask for a little more than comfortable, and build from there. Fourteen years across acute care and skilled nursing is where your therapist learned how much is safe to ask. That is not accepting decline. That is arguing with it.

Doctor of Physical Therapy guiding an older adult through balance and strength training

A hand nearby, the whole time

What It Helps

Where geriatric PT helps most.

Balance and strength are trainable at any age. Losing them is not something you have to accept.

Stairs you take one at a time now The room moving when you roll over Feet that hesitate at doorways The back you brace before you bend First steps out of bed that sting The fall you have not had yet

What A Session Looks Like

Three steps, every visit.

We measure balance, strength and how you walk.

We train right at your edge, with support in reach.

You leave with two things to practice at home.

Why It Works

Four things you get back.

Stairs without planning the whole route.

Getting out of a low chair unaided.

Standing long enough to cook dinner.

Less dread about the next uneven sidewalk.

Pairs Well With

Geriatric Physical Therapy rarely works alone.

Neurological Physical Therapy Gait and balance retraining, dosed deliberately. Physical Therapy The full plan around it, so the gains hold instead of fading.

Questions, Answered

Geriatric PT, answered straight.

Am I too old for physical therapy?

No. Muscle and balance still respond to training in your eighties and nineties, the same way they always did, just from a different starting point. Age changes the dose, not the mechanism. What matters more than the number is what you can do today and what you want back. That is what gets measured first.

Is it safe if I’ve already fallen?

A fall is a reason to start, not a reason to stop. It tells us something specific gave way: strength, balance, blood pressure, vision, footwear, or a hazard at home. We test for it instead of guessing. Balance work happens with support within reach, and the support only comes away when your body has earned it. You work one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy, every visit, so somebody is always watching how you respond.

Will it be exhausting?

It should leave you tired, not wrecked. Sessions run in short bouts with real rest between them, because that is how older muscle gets stronger without you paying for it the next day. Say a set felt like too much and the dose changes that visit, not next month. Not sure whether this is right for you? Call us at (973) 453-0488.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within one business day. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

Hours Mon, Wed, Fri: 9:00 AM –⁠ 5:00 PM
Tue, Thu: 9:00 AM –⁠ 7:00 PM
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So we know who to look for when you walk in.

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Where does it hurt, and what’s it costing you?

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10 on 10 Physical Therapy

3025 NJ Route 10, Unit 1, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 (opens in new tab)
(973) 453-0488
Fax: (973) 394-2421
enquiry@10on10pt.com
Mon, Wed, Fri: 9:00 AM –⁠ 5:00 PM
Tue, Thu: 9:00 AM –⁠ 7:00 PM

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