Pain to Performance
Dry Needling, Myofascial Treatment, Physical Therapy, Integrative exercises
Who I am and what I strive to represent
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Hi, I’m Dr Josh Turner but I would like to get to know you better and have you just call me Josh. I’m passionate about working with people to help them heal their pain, return to living, and reach for performance. Whether you are truly stuck in pain or your body functions at a high level but has some hang ups I want to work with you to figure it out. I have always been enamored at the bodies’ ability to heal itself or push to the next level when provided with the right environment. I have had a few bad injuries that I feared would keep me from continuing to ski and mountain bike at a high level. I’ve unfortunately had open knee surgery and arthroscopic hip surgery but with rehab and progressing back to strengthening I’ve been able to get back to the activities I love at the intensity I love. I would love to help you do the same if you’re on a journey with your body. Whether you’re struggling with pain or performance or some combination of both, I’d love to team up with you and I think you’ll find expert guidance to help you on your way. The end goal is always to improve your intuition in exploring your greatest potential.
Professional Bio
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I grew up with a mom who was a Pediatrician, someone I always looked up to, and was my biggest inspiration to push myself. If you had a medical question, she had an answer for you, and that's a quality I've strived for in my practice. I grew up playing many sports including soccer, baseball, volleyball, and I skied a lot. I went to college at the University of Utah and earned my degree in communications with an interpersonal emphasis. I also attended the U for Physical Therapy school where I earned my Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2008. I was fortunate to be mentored closely while practicing in a small private practice utilizing strictly manual therapy with an osteopathic approach for my first job. The approach at Barbieri Manual therapy to treating the body was different than anything I had learned in school and the results were impressive. My life, however, brought me back to Salt Lake City after a year where I then worked at the VA. During my time there, I attained my board certification as an Orthopedic specialist through the American Physical Therapy Association in 2011. I was part of starting the first Orthopedic residency in Utah with the University Orthopedic Center. As the VA residency coordinator, I mentored young professionals, and my time at the VA helped me integrate my foundational learning in PT school with my practice experience in Reno. My life had one more turn towards Reno as we expanded our family to two boys. It was another short year in Reno before I returned to Salt Lake to work at the University of Utah’s Pain Management Center. The clinic has a unique approach to patient care whereby everyone will see a pain doctor, PT, and psychologist upon evaluation. We then staff the patients as a team to come up with a treatment plan with the MD’s leading the care plan. In my time practicing at the Pain clinic, I’ve been able to further hone my clinical skills, better understand my patients from a whole person perspective, see the doctor’s role in managing pain, learn more about medicine management, and more intimately understand where MD procedures fit into treating pain. I have been practicing PT now for 13 years and dry needling for 7 of those years. Every year has been meaningful but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that everything changed after introducing dry needling into the rest of my practice. It is a tiny tool with far reaching effects. While it is has proved a difficult skill to apply effectively, it is a big piece of helping patients truly get the most out of treatment and helping them progress from rehab exercise to strengthening activities. I now am looking to expand my impact with the local community providing services to anyone who needs help, whether in pain or in performance.