Last updated: 29 July 2026
Gowanus PT is a d/b/a of Daniel Seidler Physical Therapy, PC — a New York professional corporation operated by Daniel Seidler, PT, MSPT, NY license #016390. Contact: gowanusPT@gmail.com.
Your individual answers stay on your device. The questions, the classification, the clinic matching and the summary all run inside your browser. We never receive your answers as a set, and there is no account, no login and nothing stored against your name. Close the tab and they're gone — so print or copy the result before you leave if you want to keep it.
One anonymous count is sent when you reach your result. It records which of the four approaches you were matched to, which neighbourhood you picked, whether you're using insurance, and a few pattern markers. It's added to a running tally. It is not a record of you.
Specifically, that count carries:
Two people who answer identically are indistinguishable from one person answering twice. We can tell you how many Brooklyn backs classified one way versus another. We cannot tell you who they were, and neither can anyone who compels us.
Why we collect it at all: the entire point of this pilot is to find out which kinds of back problem are actually walking around this neighbourhood, and whether the local supply of physical therapy matches. That question needs counts. It does not need you.
What we deliberately do not do: your classification is never sent to Google Analytics or any advertising platform. Our analytics only sees that someone started the assessment, how far they got, and whether they finished — never what it said about them.
The "bring this to your PT" summary is generated on your device too. Printing or copying it puts it under your control; what happens to it after that is up to you.
We use what you provide to respond to you, to deliver the assessment or report you asked for, to improve the accuracy of the classification, and to understand which parts of the site are working. We do not sell your information. We do not share it with the clinics shown in your assessment results — clinic matches are editorial and one-directional; no clinic is notified that you were matched to them.
We do not sell your information, and we do not share it with advertisers.
We handle health information under HIPAA's standards for protected health information. In practice that means: it's kept confidential, access is limited to what's needed to provide your care, it isn't disclosed without your authorization except where the law requires it, and you have the right to see and request corrections to your own record.
That standard applies to the clinical records created when you become a patient — an evaluation, a treatment note, a plan of care.
It's worth being precise about what that does not cover, because the distinction protects you: the back pain assessment doesn't create a record at all. Your answers stay in your browser and we never receive them, so there is nothing about you for us to protect, disclose, or be compelled to hand over. A clinical record begins only when you book and complete an evaluation.
Clinical records are kept for at least six years, which is what New York requires for physical therapy records. For patients who were minors at the time of care, longer.
Contact form and waitlist submissions are kept for up to 24 months and then deleted, unless you've become a patient — in which case the clinical retention rule above applies instead. Ask us to delete yours sooner and we will, subject to those legal requirements.
The anonymous assessment counts have no retention limit because there is nothing in them to expire. They are counts.
You can ask what we hold about you, ask for a copy, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it — email gowanusPT@gmail.com. Legal retention requirements for clinical records may limit deletion.
This site and its assessments are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
If this policy changes materially, we'll update the date at the top of this page.