First Session
Assessment and treatment on day one.
No intake-only visits. No wasted sessions. Your first appointment covers full clinical assessment and treatment — with a clear plan before you leave.
What to expect
Three things happen in session one.
You arrive. We assess.
The first 30–40 minutes are clinical assessment: movement quality, pain pattern, load history, tissue tolerance, and your return-to-activity goal. Nothing is assumed. Everything is tested.
Treatment begins.
Once the clinical picture is clear, treatment starts in the same session. No referral to a follow-up appointment. No waiting another week. The work starts on day one.
You leave with a plan.
Before you go, you receive an honest timeline, specific short-term milestones, and clear guidance on what to do between sessions. The path forward is defined from day one.
Clinical assessment
What gets assessed.
Range of motion, movement quality, restriction patterns, and compensatory loading strategies — evaluated actively and passively.
What provokes it, what eases it, what the pattern tells us clinically — and what it rules in or out.
Training volume, sport demands, occupational load, and how the injury or pain developed in that context.
Postural patterns, asymmetries, and biomechanical contributors relevant to the presenting case.
Where you are relative to where you need to be — with an honest estimate of what it will take to close that gap.
Treatment
What happens during treatment.
Manual therapy
Hands-on techniques targeting joint mobility, tissue extensibility, and pain modulation — applied where assessment indicates, not as a default.
Exercise prescription
Targeted movement and loading exercises based on your clinical findings. Prescribed with specific parameters — sets, reps, load, tempo — not general guidance.
Load management
Guidance on what to continue, modify, or temporarily avoid — based on your specific case and activity goals, not blanket restrictions.
Clinical explanation
You leave understanding what is being treated, why it happened, and what the tissue needs to recover. No vague reassurance — clear clinical reasoning.
Outcomes
What you leave with.
Not "you have back pain." A clinical finding — what structure is involved, what's driving it, and what the mechanism is. You leave knowing what is actually wrong.
Specific stages, realistic milestones, and an honest timeline — built for your case, not pulled from a generic recovery chart.
Sets, reps, load, and technique — specific therapeutic work for you to do between sessions. Not "stretch and rest." A real prescription.
WhatsApp contact with Leonardo for questions about your exercises, pain behavior, or training decisions. Not a receptionist — the clinician.
Investment
Pricing.
Full clinical assessment — no separate consultation fee
Treatment in the same session
Rehabilitation plan before you leave
Home exercise program where applicable
Direct WhatsApp access to Leonardo between sessions
A deposit may be required to confirm your appointment slot. This is applied in full to your first session cost.
Honest expectations
What to expect from rehabilitation.
Most musculoskeletal conditions improve significantly in 4–8 sessions when the deficit is correctly identified and progressively loaded. Chronic conditions, post-surgical cases, and complex presentations typically require more. After session one, you receive an honest estimate based on your specific findings — not a number pulled from a generic chart.
The primary factors: how consistently you complete the home program, your baseline training capacity, how long the problem has been present, and whether structural contributors are involved. Biology and effort are both variables — and both are accounted for in the program.
It happens, and it is normal. A plateau is treated as a signal, not a failure. The program is reassessed — not repeated. A stall typically indicates a loading parameter needs adjustment, or something was not fully captured in the initial assessment. This is addressed openly in session.
If the clinical examination indicates a condition outside the scope of physiotherapy — surgical candidates, complex systemic presentations, or red-flag findings — you will be told directly and referred to the appropriate clinician. PhysioPro does not treat what it cannot treat.
Questions
Before your first session.
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Will I receive treatment in the first session?
Yes. Assessment and treatment happen in the same appointment. There are no intake-only visits — you are not paying to have a conversation and come back next week.
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How long does the first session take?
Approximately 60 minutes. Assessment typically takes 30–40 minutes. The remaining time is used for treatment and discussion of your plan.
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What should I wear?
Comfortable clothing that allows access to the area being treated. Shorts for lower limb assessments, a t-shirt or sports top for shoulder or upper back work. You do not need specific gym clothing.
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Do I need to bring anything?
Any relevant imaging (X-rays, MRI, ultrasound reports) is helpful but not required. If you have a post-surgical protocol from your surgeon, bring a copy. We work with or without prior documentation.
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What if I'm not sure what's wrong?
That is normal and expected. The clinical assessment is designed to clarify exactly that. You do not need to arrive with a diagnosis — that is part of what session one is for.
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How many sessions will I need?
This is impossible to answer accurately before assessment. After session one, you will have an honest estimate based on your specific findings, load history, and goals — not a generic timeline.
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Do I need imaging — X-rays or an MRI — before I come in?
No. Clinical examination is how assessment begins. Imaging is useful context if you have it — bring any scans or reports and they will be reviewed. But imaging is not required to start, and waiting for a scan before beginning treatment is rarely necessary. Most conditions can be assessed, diagnosed, and treated from physical examination alone.
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Can I keep training during rehabilitation?
In most cases, yes — with specific modifications. Complete rest is rarely the right answer. After assessment, you will receive clear guidance on what you can continue, what needs to be modified, and what to avoid temporarily. The goal is to keep you moving at the highest level the tissue can currently tolerate while recovery progresses.
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Do I need a doctor's referral to book?
No referral required. You can book directly — no GP letter, specialist note, or doctor's referral needed. Physiotherapy allows direct patient access and no referral is required to begin treatment here. If you have clinical notes or a referral from another provider, bring them — they are useful context. But they are not a prerequisite.
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Assessment + treatment from session one. $750 MXN. Zona Rio, Tijuana.