—ABOUT YOUR THERAPIST
Meet Dr. Eric Leach
I started Resolve because I was tired of watching patients get shuffled through generic protocols. Every person I treat gets my full attention, the right diagnosis, and a plan that actually makes sense for their specific condition.
— Board Certified Physical Therapist (PT)
— Doctor of physical therapy (DPT)
— Diploma of Osteopractic (Dip. Osteopractic)
— Certified in Dry Needling, Spinal Manipulation, and Vestibular Therapy (Cert. DN, SMT, VCS)
— Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
What is Osteopractic care?
An Osteopractor is a physical therapist, medical doctor, or doctor of osteopathic medicine that has completed an evidence-based post-graduate 12-18 month training program with the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy in the use of spinal and extremity thrust manipulation, ultrasound-guided dry needling, instrument-assisted manual therapies, and differential diagnostics for the diagnosis and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
Osteopractic Physical Therapy is an approach to care, a sub-specialty within physical therapy, and more accurately describes the kind of physical therapy services (rather than simply “physical therapy”) offered so the public, potential patients and colleagues alike, can identify the appropriate practitioner of choice for the condition in question.
When you break a bone, you look for an orthopedist, not just a general medical doctor. When you have a skin condition, you go to the dermatologist. When your child needs medical care, you look for a pediatrician, not just a general medical doctor. Likewise, when you have neck pain, low back pain, headaches, tennis elbow, heel pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, knee osteoarthritis, plantar fasciitis, shoulder impingement, or joint pain etc., it makes sense to look for a specialist within physical therapy, i.e. an Osteopractic Physical Therapist or Osteopractor, not a generalist, that is specifically trained and has advanced post-graduate qualifications to treat neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
Why Cash PT?
Resolve PT is an out of network provider, cash based practice.
The current trend in healthcare, and physical therapy specifically, is toward reduced reimbursement for all services. This means clinics must increase their volume of patients and reduce interaction time with each patient in order to create profitable margins.
In addition, different interventions are reimbursed differently, creating a financial bias to deliver care based on which interventions create the most revenue, not what is best for the patient.
As of January 1, 2020, Medicare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and most other popular insurance providers consider dry needling and spinal manipulation to be “non-covered” procedures, meaning patients must pay more out of pocket in addition to their co-payments and deductibles to receive these services, often resulting in billing confusion and high payments in an insurance based model.
In practice, this looks like:
Double or triple booking your appointment with another patient and billing insurance the full time for both clients
Choosing interventions which provide the highest reimbursement, not what the patient needs most
Unclear billing structures and variable costs between visits
Time for insurance processing which can take weeks to months, resulting in delay of care OR large, unexpected bills for therapy services
Dr. Eric Leach PT, DPT, Dip. Osteopractic, Cert-DN/SMT/VCS, CSCS is a Board-Certified Osteopractic Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Dr. Eric Leach is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists.
Dr. Leach received a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology in 2018 and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2021 from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
In addition, Dr. Leach completed advanced training in Osteopractic manual therapy, focusing on skills such as spinal manipulation and mobilization, ultrasound guided dry needling, and differential diagnostics for the diagnosis and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Dr. Leach learned directly under the staff at the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy, including Dr. James Dunning, Dr. Joshua Prall, Dr. Paul Bilton, Dr. James Escaloni, Dr. Ian Young, Dr. Noah Zacharko, Dr. Osama Imam, Dr. Samantha Fallon, Dr. Bryan Dinh, Dr. Matthew Greenwood, Dr. David Yerger, and Dr. Matthew Kearns.
Dr. Leach specializes in the use of dry needling, spinal manipulation, and strength and conditioning for the treatment of headaches, neck pain, whiplash injuries of the neck, upper back, and shoulders, shoulder impingement, knee osteoarthritis, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinosis, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, medial and lateral epicondylalgia (golfers and tennis elbow), temporomandibular disorder (TMJ pain) and other musculoskeletal conditions and sports injuries.
Dr. Leach plans to continue his professional development by advancing his skills in ultrasound guided dry needling and diagnostics in the near future.
When not treating patients or continuing his professional development, Dr. Leach enjoys exercising by focusing on Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting, and spending time with his wife, Adelaide, and their two cats, Henry and Waffles.
