Every plan at Outset starts with a 60-minute evaluation: movement tested joint by joint, baselines on record, and a week-by-week route back to the thing you miss — the trail, the court, a pain-free workday.
Direct access — no referral neededSame-week evaluationsIn-network with most major plans
The shape of arecovery.
Shoulder flexion across one eight-week course at Outset, re-measured at every visit. Not a promise — a record. Your plan gets a curve of its own on day one.
Week 178°Baseline at evaluation — booked a median 4 days after the first call.
Week 3112°Hands-on treatment paired with early, careful loading.
Week 6148°Sport-specific rebuild, re-tested visit by visit.
Week 8165°Cleared at 92% strength symmetry — discharged with re-test dates.
EvaluationReturn
How care works
Test, treat, re-test.
No mystery packages, no open-ended visit counts. You get a measured baseline on day one and a plan that has to prove itself against it — visit by visit.
Progress is re-measured at every visit.
Phase 01week 1
Evaluate
A full hour with your Doctor of Physical Therapy: movement screen, strength and range-of-motion baselines, and an honest read on what is driving the pain. You leave with the plan — and the first exercises — the same day.
Phase 02weeks 2–6
Rebuild
Hands-on treatment paired with progressive loading. Every visit re-tests the numbers that matter for your goal; the plan changes when your body does, not when a template says so.
Phase 03week 6 and on
Return
Sport- and job-specific testing against your day-one baseline — jump height, carry load, pain-free range. You are discharged with a home program and re-test dates, not a goodbye.
What we treat.
If it limits how you move, we can test it — and most of it responds to the same honest formula: load, measure, adjust.
Back & neck pain
From desk-bound stiffness to disc flare-ups — calm it down first, then build the capacity to keep it quiet.
usually 6–10 visits
Shoulder & knee injuries
Rotator cuff, ACL, meniscus, patellofemoral pain — evaluated at the joint and everywhere it borrows from.
usually 8–12 visits
Post-surgical rehab
Protocol-guided care coordinated with your surgeon, from first-week range work to final clearance testing.
per surgeon protocol
Running injuries & gait analysis
Video gait review, cadence and load retraining — fix the pattern that keeps re-injuring the tissue.
eval + 4–8 visits
Manual therapy & dry needling
Joint mobilization, soft-tissue work and needling where the evidence supports it — always paired with loading.
within any plan
Return-to-sport testing
Objective clearance: strength symmetry, hop and agility batteries, confidence under fatigue.
single session
The gym floor at Lyndale Ave — where most of the rebuilding happens.
“Fourteen weeks after surgery I rode the Greenway again — and Outset had the numbers to prove I was ready before I believed it myself.”
Sam Arden — ACL reconstruction, 2025Cleared at 92% strength symmetry
In-network
Most major plans accepted. We verify your benefits before the first visit, not after.
Direct access
Minnesota lets you start physical therapy without a physician referral — call us first.
Clear rates
HSA and FSA welcome, flat cash rates published up front. No surprise bills, ever.
Built for schedules
Early-morning and evening hours, and same-week evaluations most of the year.
Book an evaluation.
Tell us what is going on and where you want to get back to. We call within one business day to schedule your first hour.
60 minutes, one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy
Baselines measured and the full plan explained the same day
Benefits verified before you walk in — no surprise bills
Outset is founder-led: every evaluation is with a board-certified DPT, never handed off to a tech.
