Questions before you book

For physical therapy (initial evaluations and PT follow-ups), yes — you need to be in California at the time of the appointment. Coaching (AMA sessions and 6-week custom blocks) is available worldwide. A discovery call can clarify which path fits.

New and unsure → 15-min Discovery. New PT patient → 45-min Initial Evaluation. Existing PT patient → 30-min PT Follow-up. Self-coached climber needing a one-off consult → 45-min Coaching AMA ($150). Structured training cycle → 6-week custom block ($450), booked at the Week 0 assessment.

Sessions are held over video (Google Meet or equivalent). A link is sent with your calendar confirmation.

After you book, you’ll get the clinical intake form and telehealth consent by email. Finish both at least 24 hours before the visit so we can spend the 45 minutes on movement and a plan. Do not send medical history through the website contact form — use the intake form. Follow-ups get a short check-in form instead of a full intake.

A quiet space, a webcam set slightly back so we can see you move, room to squat or reach overhead, the shoes or tools you climb in, and any brace or portable edge you already use. For a first PT visit, complete intake and consent first.

We can watch how the area looks and how you move, reproduce pain with active and functional tests, and write a working plan with climbing load changes. We cannot do hands-on special tests, clinician-applied joint glides, true manual muscle testing with our resistance, or in-clinic manual therapy. If the visit needs hands-on care or imaging, we’ll say so.

No. For red-flag symptoms such as chest pain, acute neurological loss, or uncontrolled bleeding, call emergency services or go to urgent care.

This is self-pay telehealth. Superbills may be available on request — ask during your discovery call.

They are separate services. The AMA is a 45-minute Ask Me Anything ($150) with Joshua Foster, DPT, for clinical movement triage and training strategy — not comprehensive training-program development. The 6-week custom block ($450) includes a 45-minute Week 0 assessment (joint health, tissue capacity, goals, climbing preferences, and strengths and weaknesses), a 30-minute training-plan overview after you log those assessments, six training weeks, asynchronous Monday check-ins, and biweekly video check-ins.

PT (initial eval and PT follow-ups) is clinical care available when you’re in California at appointment time. Coaching is performance programming with a climbing-specialist DPT and is available worldwide — it isn’t a substitute for physical therapy if you’re outside California.