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WELCOME TO RED HAWK PHYSICAL THERAPY
San Francisco’s Leading Physical Therapy Clinic
Red Hawk Physical Therapy was my creation many years ago, and has now become the collaborative effort of many talented therapists and support staff. I want to practice physical therapy as an art and as a science in a supportive healing and warm environment.
I have been practicing Physical Therapy for more than 28 years, over half my life, and could never think of doing anything else. We strive for an easy family feel to the clinic making your appointment relaxing and not yet another stress of the day. My personal style combines varied manual techniques, soft tissue as well as spinal and peripheral joint mobilizations.
These skills combine to resolve the causative factors in pain and dysfunction. I try to get to the root of the problem and prevent further breakdown while healing the damage already done.
I have been practicing Yoga for 30 years and much of my prescriptive exercise base is from Hatha principles. If you can learn to breathe and release the soft tissue restrictions in the body, you can heal almost anything. I am proud of what we have created at Red Hawk Physical Therapy, Inc., and hope you will find what you are looking for at our clinics.
Harvey M. Deutch, P.T.
Owner and Founder
HARVEY
415–788–2100 (ext. 111)
Harvey has been practicing the art of physical therapy for over 28 years. After graduating from the Physical Therapy program at the University of Vermont, he moved to California and practiced for six years in Los Angeles, never quite feeling home in Southern California, he moved to San Francisco in 1987 and directed a sports medicine center for six years. In 1994, Harvey began his own private practice and today employs five other therapists and PTAs. He operates four separate out-patient clinics under the name Red Hawk Physical Therapy, Inc.
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Owner, Physical Therapist
GINA
415–788–2100 (ext. 333)
A graduate of New York University and a native New Yorker, Gina began work as a physical therapist at St. Vincent's Hospital in the acute rehabilitation department. From 1993 to 1997, she combined her many years of dance and physical therapy studies to work with performers at the Performing Arts Physical Therapy in NYC. At the national American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) conference in 1997, Gina co-conducted a short course to physical therapists on evaluation and treatment of the dancer. In August of 1997, she moved to the Bay Area and joined the staff of Red Hawk Physical Therapy.
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DYLAN
415–788–2100 (ext. 531)
Dylan graduated with a Master of Science in Physical therapy from UCSF/SFSU in 2003. He has enjoyed working in Orthopedics because of the ability to combine studying and understanding the human body in an academic sense as well as connecting with and helping people on a personal level. He specializes in the knee, foot/ankle, and shoulder, and osteoporosis-related rehabilitation. He enjoys working with cycling injuries as well as working with other athletes to create an advanced and dynamic rehabilitation program to get his patients back to their sports.
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Master of Science in Physical Therapy
LUCIA
415–788–2100 (ext. 282)
Lucia Pizano graduated from Mount St. Mary’s College in Southern California in 1984. She is a licensed Physical Therapy Assistant with over 20 years experience in a variety of settings including orthopedics, acute care, neurological rehab, and aquatic therapy. Lucia runs the aquatic therapy programs at 3 of our Red Hawk facilities: Embarcadero YMCA, Berkeley YMCA, and the Jewish Community Center. Lucia takes a holistic approach to healing using a range of treatment techniques, but grounded in manual therapy. She is also a certified Reiki master.
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Physical Therapy Assistant
SHIRLEY
415–788–2100 (ext. 699)
Physical therapy is a natural evolution of my learning over my lifetime, combining art with science. My background involves movement (dance) and medicine. My training in physical therapy began in 1988 at the University of Washington in Seattle, where I began to learn the basic skills of hands on manual therapy and therapeutic exercise. To help someone thru any pain or dysfunction, I believe the therapist must know what optimal movement looks and feels like in every individual component (joint,muscle,fascia) and how the nervous system functions to use these articulations to pattern movements.
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ISABEL
415–788–2100 (ext. 108)
In 1998 Isabel was attending college in San Francisco. While pursuing her degree, she started looking for a part-time job in the bay area and came upon a posting for an office manager position at Red Hawk. Isabel decided to apply, got hired— and twelve years later she is the office manager at Red Hawk Physical Therapy and could not be happier. In Isabel's words; "Red Hawk is like family to me, everyone is looking out for one another and we have the most wonderful patients. I look forward to helping out all of our current and future patients to get the best care possible!"
SEAN
415-788-2100 (ext. 515)
Sean’s journey into physical therapy began as a patient at Red Hawk following microfracture knee surgery in 2002. During successful knee rehabilitation, company downsizing swept through the dot-com industry and Sean lost his job as a financial analyst. Faced with “What now?” Sean worked as both a volunteer and an aide at Red Hawk while forging a new career as a physical therapist. In 2008, Sean graduated from the University of California, San Francisco with both a Master of Science in Physical Therapy and a Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy.
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Doctorate in Physical Therapy
OUR GOAL
At Red Hawk Physical Therapy, Inc., we make it our business to help individuals successfully rehabilitate following injuries or surgery. Mutual goals include:
- Regaining function
- Restoring range of motion
- Increasing strength and endurance
- Repair of injured area and preventing re-injury
- Relief of pain
For further wellness during and after your experience with Red Hawk, each patient is instructed in a customized home and/or gym exercise program. Whether the injury is sports, work or everyday-life related, we feel that patient knowledge and independence are key to long-term well being.
OUR APPROACH
Our approach is holistic, hands-on and integrates education with instruction.
Treatments consist of one-on-one time with the physical therapist followed by customized exercise instruction. A wide range of therapeutic practices is employed. This self-managed approach helps patients become more aware of their bodies and assists them in being an active, informed participant in the process of healing. This program can be useful in everyday exercise or work activity and can prevent injury and reduce pain.
OUR PRACTICE
We practice the following therapeutic practices at Red Hawk Physical Therapy:
- Myofacial release
- Acupressure
- Yoga-based exercise
- Core Stabilization
- Ergonomic consultation
- Ultrasound
- Aquatic Therapy
- Biofeedback
- Joint Mobilization
- Trigger point work
- Pilates-based techniques
- Muscle-energy technique
- Electrical stimulation
- Gym exercise program
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