Silver Spring – Downtown
Silver Spring – Downtown
8720 Georgia Ave, Suite 605, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Monday 7am – 8pm
Tuesday 7am – 4:30pm
Wednesday 7am – 8pm
Thursday 7am – 4:30pm
Friday 7am – 2pm
Saturday & Sunday Closed
Physical Therapy in Silver Spring (Downtown)
About Us
In 2018 Krista, along with her partners Renee Nyarko Eluma, PT, DPT and Sara Richeson Harris, PT, DPT successfully opened the Colesville Road location to serve the residents of Silver Spring and the surrounding areas. We hope to continue to alleviate pain, improve mobility and most importantly, create lifelong quality of life for our patients. We will provide you with the education to care for this injury and others in the future. We teach you about your body, how pain works, how to prevent future recurrence and what to do if re-injury does occur. You can expect friendly, consistent and reliable service at every visit, with input into your goals and the healing process.
Our mission
To improve the health and well-being of our local communities through access to quality care, community education and amazing customer experience. We aim to become the “go to providers “ in our community for musculoskeletal pain and movement problems as well as lifestyle education.
Services Offered
- Pelvic Therapy
- Manual Therapy
- Exercise Prescription
- Education in posture, improving seating/standing ergonomics
- General Orthopedic Needs
- Arthritis
- Back/Neck Pain
- Shoulder injury/pain
- Knee injury/pain
- Ankle pain/injury
- Muscle Strain/Sprains
- Tendonitis/Tendonosis
- Strength and conditioning for illness affecting musculoskeletal systems (multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, etc.)
- Chronic pain therapy
- Post-rehabilitation for orthopedic or neurological surgical procedures
- Pre-operative programs to prepare for surgery and reduce recovery time
- Comprehensive therapeutic exercise and manual therapy technique for musculoskeletal pain and symptoms
- Sports performance injury rehabilitation and injury prevention
- TMJ Dysfunction
- Headaches and migraine rehabilitation with lifestyle education
- Balance and fall prevention
- Outpatient services for high-functioning stroke patients
Insurances Accepted *
- Automobile insurance.
- Aetna.
- Amerigroup.
- Carefirst-Blue Cross Blue Shield plans.
- Cigna.
- Coventry.
- GEHA.
- Johns Hopkins Employee Health Plan.
- MAMSI.
- Maryland Medicaid.
- Medicare.
- Multiplan.
- PHCS.
- Priority Partners.
- Tricare Standard & Prime.
- United Healthcare.
- United Healthcare Community Plan.
- US Family.
- Workers’ compensation.
*If we do not participate with your insurance but your plan has out-of-network benefits, we will gladly submit claims on your behalf.
Our Team
Emily Rizzo
Clinic Director/Physical Therapist.
Silver Spring – Downtown
Dr. Emily Rizzo graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2016 with a degree in Kinesiology. She went on to earn her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 2020. Having played volleyball in her younger years, led her to encounter various injuries and develop a passion for physical therapy and the rehabilitation process. She enjoys working with a variety of patients of all ages in the orthopedic setting to help improve their quality of life. Outside of the office, she enjoys hiking, yoga, watching sports, trying new recipes, and spending time with her friends and family.
Katherine De Lara
Physical Therapist.
Silver Spring – Downtown
Lindsey comes to us with 18 years of experience in outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine and a passion for being a great clinician. She came to the DMV after graduate school in 2006, but left in 2016 to pursue her love of travel and adventure throughout the US while working as a travel physical therapist. Now back in the DMV, she continues to prioritize work life balance by spending her free time with family and friends, playing soccer, traveling, and eating her way through the newest restaurants in DC.