On Google Meet, with Daniel Seidler, PT, MSPT — the physical therapist who built STAN. Four quick questions first, so neither of us wastes the call.
Tick anything that applies. If none of it does, leave them all blank and continue.
Not where you live — where you'll actually be sitting when we start. A physical therapy license covers the state the patient is in, which makes this a hard rule rather than a preference.
Those cases run on separate rules — different authorization, different paperwork, and in the case of workers' comp, no video visits at all in New York. Worth knowing before we book rather than after.
Including Medicare Advantage, and including Medicare through disability rather than age. Asking because the rules for physical therapy and Medicare are genuinely different from every other plan — not because of anything about you.
The consult itself is on Google Meet. But if it goes further and you're in Brooklyn, ongoing sessions can happen in person. There's no clinic to travel to; Daniel comes to you. Answering helps him come to the call ready — it doesn't commit you to anything.
Fifteen minutes on Google Meet, free, no obligation. Here's what it actually is:
Nothing on the calendar that works? Email info@gowanuspt.com instead. You'll hear back within 24 hours, weekends included — a commitment, not a target. Back pain is a this-week decision, and being left hanging is its own kind of answer.
Pick a time →The scheduling page is run by Cal.com and opens in a new tab; the call itself is on Google Meet, and the link comes with your confirmation. Anything you type at either — your name, your email, the address you'll be at — is collected by them and by us, under the practice's privacy policy. Nothing you answered on this page went anywhere; those answers stayed in your browser and are gone when you close it.
What you ticked can point to something that needs a doctor rather than a physical therapist, and the ones that matter are time-sensitive. Saddle numbness, a new change in bladder or bowel control, or leg weakness that keeps getting worse should be treated as an emergency — go to an emergency room now, or call 911.
For fever, unexplained weight loss, a history of cancer, or pain that started after a significant fall or crash: call your physician today and tell them exactly what you told this page.
That's not us being cautious about liability. Those specific signs need imaging or bloodwork to rule things out, and no physical therapist can do that from a video call. Once you've been cleared, come back — we'll still be here.
Daniel is licensed in New York only, and for a video visit what counts is where you are, not where he is. If you'll be outside New York State, he can't legally see you — and a physical therapist who tells you otherwise is one to be careful of.
The STAN classification is still yours and it still travels. Print or copy the summary from the assessment and take it to any licensed physical therapist — the whole point of the format is that any PT can act on it.
Work injuries, motor-vehicle claims, and cases with active litigation run on their own rules — authorization, billing, and documentation all work differently. And in New York, workers' compensation regulations don't permit physical therapy by video at all, which rules out this consult specifically.
None of that means no. It means booking a standard consult slot would set the wrong expectation on both sides. Email info@gowanuspt.com with a sentence about the situation and you'll get a straight answer about whether this is workable — within 24 hours.
Here's the honest version. Gowanus PT doesn't bill insurance — you pay directly and get an itemized statement to submit yourself. That model works cleanly for most plans. It does not work cleanly for Medicare, and the reason is a quirk of federal law rather than anything about your situation.
Physical therapists can't opt out of Medicare the way a physician can — PTs simply aren't included in the law that allows it. When a Medicare-covered service is provided to a beneficiary, there are rules about how it has to be billed, and a therapist who takes cash instead can be on the wrong side of them. That protects you as much as it constrains me.
There are real paths through it, and they depend on specifics no form can capture. Email info@gowanuspt.com and you'll get a straight answer within 24 hours — including "go to an in-network clinic instead" if that's the truthful one.
Meanwhile your STAN classification still stands. Print or copy the summary and take it to any licensed PT; the format is built so that any of them can act on it.