Discover why most manual therapy fails before it starts.
At most clinics, hands-on treatment follows a protocol.
At our level, it follows an assessment, a doctoral-level map of what's restricted, what's compensating, what's been loading wrong, and for how long.
Dr. Fiksel holds a Doctor of Science in physical therapy and is fellowship-trained in manual therapy.
Fellowship training is the highest clinical credential available in the field. It means the hands know what they're looking for before they start.
Find Out If This Is the Right Fit.
Why This Is Different
14+
Years in practice
Treating complex pain that standard care couldn't resolve. Two doctorates. One focus.
60
Minutes. Every session.
Every visit. Because chronic pain doesn't fit in a standard appointment.
100%
One-on-one care
The same expert care, every time. We work together until the very end.
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Systems most clinicians ignore.
Musculoskeletal, nervous, and digestive. Standard physio only looks at one.
If you've had hands-on treatment before and the relief never lasted, it's not because manual therapy doesn't work.
It's because joint restrictions, compensation patterns, and the load transfer problems driving your symptoms require more than a protocol to find.
Dr. Fiksel works through the full chain. Restrictions that limit range and shift load onto structures that weren't built for it.
Soft tissue patterns that keep a pain cycle running long after the original injury healed. Movement compensations the body built around surgeries and old injuries that exercises alone won't unwind.
That's exactly what doctoral-level assessment changes. Treatment goes where the problem actually is.
Stretching and strengthening don't always shift persistent tension, because the driver isn't always structural.
Sometimes the muscle stopped firing correctly after an injury and never came back.
Sometimes a trigger point is referring pain to a completely different area and nobody has connected them.
Dry needling reaches what hands can't. Trigger points that resist manual release. Inhibition patterns that developed after surgery.
Deep neurological guarding that keeps tissue locked regardless of how much it's been stretched or strengthened.
When the driver is neuromuscular, the solution needs to be too.
This is for you if...
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Hands-on treatment elsewhere helped temporarily but didn't hold
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Pain, restriction, or tension keeps returning despite exercises and stretching
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Working with a provider who spends an hour assessing BEFORE treating sounds different to what you've experienced before
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Previous PT only addressed the pain, not the root cause
What Working With Dr. Fiksel Looks Like
Step 1: Free Discovery Call
15 minutes. You explain the injury history, what you've tried, and where you are now. Dr. Fiksel tells you honestly whether he thinks he can help and what the assessment would involve.
Step 2: Full Doctoral-Level Assessment
One hour. One doctor. Dr. Fiksel maps the full kinetic chain: joint mechanics, load transfer patterns, mobility restrictions, and the compensations your body built around the original injury. The goal is to find what made the injury site vulnerable, not just what's symptomatic now.
Step 3: A Real Plan
Not another generic program. A specific explanation of what was found, a clear path back to full activity, and honest timelines.
Dr. Oron Fiksel, DSc
Fellowship-trained manual therapist. Doctor of Science in physical therapy. Private practice in Boca Raton, FL.
Dr. Fiksel works exclusively with complex musculoskeletal cases, active adults and athletes who have already been through standard treatment and are still looking for a real answer.
One doctor, one hour, no handoffs, no insurance. and no protocols telling Dr. Fiksel how long to spend with you or what to address.
That's the point. The path back to full performance starts with one conversation.
Business Info
Location & Contact Info
Hours
Tuesday - 2:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Thursday - 6:00 am - 11:00 am
Friday - 7:00 am - 2:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 am – 11:00 am