Physical therapy office opens sixth location in Grand Rapids at Northview Community Fitness Center

Joining offices located in Cedar Springs, Coopersville, Grant, Sparta and Wayland, this week Northern Physical Therapy has opened its sixth local location inside the Northview Community Fitness Center at 4451 Hunsberger NE. northernpts.com

Gina Otterbein, co-owner and physical therapist at Northern Physical Therapy, says the partnership with Northview Fitness Center bloomed about a year ago, when NPT began managing the fitness center and talking with administration there about the potential for a physical therapy clinic.

"Northview liked that idea and we officially opened Monday," Otterbein says. 

She says the space is different than the other five branches, which calls for some operational creativity with the flow of students and other community members coming through, but she likes the high-energy atmosphere and the ease of access it creates for new patients. 

"We're both really community-based organizations, so the partnership just blended so well," she says. "For us, we want to have fitness and wellness options as well as physical therapy right there for community members. I think the opportunity for us is to be partners in the community and find out as we go what's important to the people who live in that Plainfield corridor and find the ways to bring that to them." 

Over the past few months getting this new location off of the ground, Otterbein says they've hired one fitness director, six part-time fitness employees and are currently hiring for an additional physical therapist and patient care specialist. 

Otterbein added that at all NPT locations, she is currently looking to hire exercise class instructors and personal trainers to help grow the "after-care" part of NPT's physical therapy programs for patient support once people are done with physical therapy but looking to increase fitness or work toward a particular sport or exercise goal. 

For more information on the new Grand Rapids office, visit www.northernpts.com or call (616) 947-2720. 

Written by Anya Zentmeyer, Development News Editor
Images courtesy of Northern Physical Therapy 

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