Getting patients back into their game as soon as possible important to Kari Sturtevant. As owner of Peak Performance Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine and a physical therapist, it is her goal to help patients resume normal activities quickly and safely. As an athlete herself, she has competed in the Fox Cities and Madison Marathons as well as being a member of the Fox Valley Rowing Club and the Intruders Cycling Team.
“Our therapy is not just for athletes,” she says. "We’ve worked with an elderly woman who was having problems kneading bread. That’s her sport. So you don’t have to be an athlete to walk through our door.” Injuries may afflict anyone at any age, interfering with regular activities. Sturtevant utilizes up-to-date treatment methods and tailors each patient’s therapy and exercises accordingly to rehabilitate them effectively and efficiently. “I want to try to help get health care back to a personal, thorough and affordable level,” she says.
“My goal is to spend generous amounts of time with patients, promoting an active approach to treatment by educating each patient about their dysfunction and emphasize the importance of self-management. Thorough and frequent communication with physicians, nurses and other health-care professionals is an essential element in providing quality patient care.”
Sturtevant worked with a national company throughout North Carolina for two years. As an independent contractor she worked temporary physical therapy jobs at hospitals, elderly care facilities or anywhere else she was needed.
Passionate in her desire to quickly return patients to their normal lifestyle, “everywhere I worked I saw things and said, ‘I can do that a little better if I did this or that,’” Sturtevant says. “I’m really excited by what I do.”