★★★★★
“The minute you walk in the door you know something is different. It's not the clinical feel you get in a doctor's office or rehab facility… He is a healer, a gifted practitioner, and an asset to this community.”
SOS. O’Connor
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About Phil Orenstein, PT
A healer with sensitive hands and a curious mind
Four decades of practice, a lifelong love of movement, and a commitment to treating the whole person.
Meet Phil
Phil's career began over 40 years ago, in a large metropolitan hospital. He soon became curious about alternative ways of helping people get better, which prompted him to create his own practice at the Marsh Fitness Center in the early nineties. His commitment to treating the "whole" person strengthened and grew during that time, and in 1998 he launched Orenstein Physical Therapy.
Phil is known for his sensitive hands-on and intuitive skills — his ability to tune in and listen deeply to each of his patients. From that point of listening he works to re-organize and train the body to recover "forgotten" movement.
- Mayo ClinicProfessional training in physical therapy
- Early careerLarge metropolitan hospital practice
- Early 1990sFounded his own practice at The Marsh
- 1998Launched Orenstein Physical Therapy
A whole-body approach
Awareness, re-education and natural control
This highly unique approach takes on the whole body as Phil and his colleagues work to restore a sense of awareness, re-educate conscious movement, create individually tailored exercise strategies, and develop subconscious (or natural) control.
What you will find here is physical therapy that is extremely effective in relieving stress and strain, reducing pain, and ultimately restoring health and functional balance.
Better together. Phil believes it is essential to communicate and collaborate with other practitioners involved in your care — acupuncturists, movement and massage therapists, personal trainers and physicians.
Beyond the studio
Always learning — and still playing
To this day, Phil is continually learning about the body, how it works, and how we can work to heal it — from the foods we eat to the way we work and play. He has conducted seminars and workshops for physicians, health care providers and caregivers throughout the Twin Cities.
He recently experienced the journey of recovery first-hand after a successful hip replacement due to an athletic injury. A lifelong lover of sport — from tennis and golf to Saturday night bowling — Phil understands what it means to want to get back in the game.
Patient stories
What patients say about Phil
★★★★★
“My feet were very slow to recover after bunion surgery. He lived up to his reputation as an intelligent, intuitive, and insightful physical therapist.”
PSP. Scully★★★★★
“Never have I had physical therapy that was done more sensitively and intelligently. Phil has the deepest understanding of the body of any therapist I have ever worked with.”
CKC. Kastigar★★★★★
“He works manually to release and realign the body with his own blend of keen intuition, sensitivity to the whole person and many years of experience.”
CPC. Packard★★★★★
“The exercise regime he designed for me is still a part of my daily routine because it is simple and extremely effective.”
FBF. Basgen★★★★★
“He wants to figure out exactly what's wrong with you, and help you fix it, and with me he has consistently succeeded… He's a treasure.”
RRR. Rooney
Ready to move with ease again?
Call to schedule your initial evaluation, or reach out with questions — Phil is happy to talk through whether his approach is the right fit for you.