Hands on
Manual Therapy
Hands on the tissue and the joint. Kneading and manipulation of muscle, joint mobilization and joint manipulation, used to treat musculoskeletal pain and the loss of movement that comes with it.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The physical therapy comes to the room you are already in.
Jennifer Kirby, PT, DPT is a mobile physical therapist. She drives to your house, works on your own floor with your own furniture, and leaves. There is no clinic to get to and no waiting room to sit in.
The practice in four numbers
A solo practice, run the way a house call has to be run.
Jennifer Kirby has been a licensed physical therapist since 2008 and holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from A.T. Still University. She is a Certified KT Tape Practitioner and a Certified Master of Dry Needling. She is also the only person who will ever knock on your door, because there is nobody else on the roster.
- Practising since
2008
Practising since
- Radius around Eau Claire
30 min
Radius around Eau Claire
- Weekday visit window
3 to 7pm
Weekday visit window
- Referral required in WI
None
Referral required in WI
In their own words
Nobody describes this practice without naming a room.
These are patients of Jennifer's, published on her own site. Read what they reach for when they try to explain what the appointment was like. It is never a treatment room. It is a couch, a desk, a place.
This is such a genius way to have physical therapy! She comes right to my home to do our work. I could see this being very helpful for the busy person or elderly that has difficulty getting to an office. She can use things I have around the house for treatment and also look at how I sit on the couch, at my desk etc... Jen is very personable and does a great job with manual therapies as well as exercises, taping and whatever else I need.
Kirby Physical Therapy is mobile and visits me at home. This has been very convenient to get my much needed physical therapy treatments. Jennifer is very knowledgeable and professional. We do a combination of stretches and massage in the comfort of my home. Talk about immediate pain relief! If you are busy and want to feel better, Kirby Physical Therapy is the best!
Jennifer is so great and very flexible! She has come to my place twice when I have been in need of help. I always feel much better when she is done.
What Jennifer treats with
Seven treatments, all of them portable.
Every one of these travels in a car and works in a living room. That is not a compromise on the technique, it is the reason the practice is built this way.
- Dry NeedlingThin solid needles into trigger points and tight knots in muscle, tendon or fascia, to release tension, stimulate blood flow and prompt the body's own healing response. Jennifer is a Certified Master of Dry Needling.What dry needling is for
- Graston TechniqueInstrument assisted soft tissue mobilization. Specialised tools work the skin, the myofascia, the muscle and the tendon through direct compressive strokes, reaching things a thumb cannot hold pressure on.Where Graston helps
- Therapeutic ExerciseStrength, endurance, flexibility, stability and balance, rebuilt on purpose. The stated goal is to return an injured patient to a fully functioning, pain free state, not to make them good at exercises.How the exercise plan is built
- Therapeutic ActivitiesBalance, strength and range of motion put together into one functional task. Lifting stations, closed kinetic chain work, hand assembly, transfers from chair to bed or lying to sitting, throwing, catching and swinging.What a functional task looks like
- Neuromuscular Re-EducationRestoring normal movement patterns. Nerves and muscles work together to produce movement, sending signals about where, when and how fast to move. This retrains that conversation when it has gone wrong.Retraining a movement pattern
- Kinesiology TapingElastic therapeutic tape supporting muscle, joint and ligament while still allowing full movement. Used for chronic conditions and after surgery. Jennifer is a Certified KT Tape Practitioner.When taping is worth it
Where the work actually happens
Your equipment is already in the room.
Kirby Physical Therapy only uses state of the art equipment, and it arrives in the car. Everything else in the session is furniture you already own, at the heights you already live at.
Balance and posture
The window wall
Standing balance is tested against the thing you actually stand near. A wall, a counter edge, a window ledge at your own height, all of it is a hand-hold you already know where to find in the dark.
Gait and functional mobility
The clear stretch of floor
Walking gets assessed on your own rug, over your own threshold strip, in the shoes you actually wear indoors. A gym corridor tells you how someone walks in a gym corridor.
Therapeutic activities
The coffee table
Transfers are a named part of the work, chair to bed, lying to sitting. Practising them against furniture at your own heights is the real task. A padded box set to a standard height is a rehearsal of somebody else's house.
Manual therapy
The seat you always take
One patient wrote that Jennifer looks at how she sits on the couch and at her desk. Posture is not an abstraction when the chair that caused it is three feet away and can be adjusted on the spot.
Dry needling and manual work
The rug by the couch
Trigger point and soft-tissue work happens on a mat rolled out on the same rug, not on a treatment table three towns away. The floor you kneel on is your own.
Home exercise carryover
The spot with the good light
The exercises Jennifer leaves behind get practised in the same patch of floor she used, at the same time of day, so the home program is a continuation of the visit, not a photocopy of a stranger's routine.
Who knocks on the door
Jennifer Kirby, PT, DPT.
She came to physical therapy through a sports injury she picked up in high school. She has been licensed since 2008, holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from A.T. Still University, and runs this practice as a female owned and operated business that puts the health of its patients first.
The stated values are integrity, teamwork, excellence, compassion and adaptability. Adaptability is the one you will actually notice, because the room changes at every single appointment.
More about JenniferBefore you call
The questions people ask first.
No. Wisconsin state regulations allow self-referral for therapy services, so you do not need a physician's order or referral to start. Call and talk through your symptoms and what you are trying to get back to doing.
In your home. Kirby Physical Therapy is a mobile practice with no clinic, so Jennifer comes to your door to evaluate and treat, anywhere within a 30-minute radius of Eau Claire.
An evaluation. Jennifer asks about your condition, your previous level of function, and how the problem is affecting the way you live day to day. That is what a treatment plan gets built from, so it is worth being specific about the things you have stopped doing.
Jennifer Kirby, every time. She has been a licensed physical therapist since 2008, holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from A.T. Still University, and is both a Certified KT Tape Practitioner and a Certified Master of Dry Needling. This is a solo practice, so there is no rotating roster.
Monday to Friday, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Saturdays are by appointment only and Sundays are closed. The late afternoon and evening window is there so a home visit does not have to cost you a work day.
Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover, cash, or check. FSA and HSA cards are accepted as well.
Yes. Growing athletes get injuries adults do not, including Sever's disease in the heel, Osgood-Schlatter at the knee, little league shoulder and elbow, and stress fractures of the lower spine. There is a page on those, and treatment happens at home the same way.
Two, and neither expires. Refer a friend and when they schedule an appointment you both get 10% off your next session. Veterans receive 15% off all physical therapy sessions.
The practical part, in one place.
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Saturday by appointment. Sunday closed.
- Where
- Your house, anywhere inside a 30 minute drive of Eau Claire. There is no clinic address because there is no clinic.
- Referral
- Not needed. Wisconsin allows self referral for therapy services, so no physician's order is required to start.
- Payment
- Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover, cash or check. FSA and HSA cards are accepted.
You do not need a referral to start.
Wisconsin state regulations allow self referral for therapy services, so no physician's order is required. Call and talk through the symptoms and what you are trying to get back to doing. If you are outside a 30 minute drive of Eau Claire, Jennifer will tell you straight away.
Refer a friend and you both take 10% off your next session. Veterans take 15% off every session. Both offers in full