Today we’d like to introduce you to Zanobia Rababeh.
Hi Zanobia, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
My story begins as a person that found joy in helping others feel better by restoring and improving their physical wellbeing. My name is Zanobia, and I have been a PT for 23 years. I received my Masters in Physical Therapy in 2002 , then my Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2012 , both from Wayne State University . Early in my career, I worked at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan specializing in the treatment of TBI, stroke and SCI. At RIM, I was able to be part of cutting edge treatment approaches that facilitated recovery via neuroplasticity. Later in my career, until the present I shifted to an outpt setting to provide care for patients with orthopedic pathologies, spine surgeries, joint replacements, back /neck pain , sports injuries, unsteady balance, and chronic pain syndromes. I feel very blessed to have provided care for all my patients because I was part of their recovery journey. I was there to help them regain their ability to walk , to climb stairs, to get back to their sport, to be able to sleep the night without pain, to be able to kneel for prayer, or to be able to run their first marathon. In the last 2-3 years, insurance companies and 3rd party payers have made it more and more difficult for clinicians like my self to stay focused on a patients journey towards optimizing functional recovery. Instead, insurance companies have slashed reimbursement causing a rift in quality care and an explosion in puppy-mill clinics obsessed with maximizing patient visits at the expense of reduced quality of care. Great quality is what I stand and despite the industry changing , I was not . I even started a company for teaching fitness classes at the Northville Parks and Rec in order to reclaim what I love doing : Being a PT. In this senario I used my skills as a PT to improve the fitness health and athleticism of women who had injures in the past that may have hindered a progressive fitness journey. After my son graduated highschool, I felt it was time to open a clinic so that I can provide the care that my patients deserved . My Husband Yasseen and I opened our first outpatient clinic to serve patients with quality and result driven care : Performance Curve Physical Therapy. Our mission stems from the name : Performance Curve , which is based on the Adaptation-stress-recovery curve . A linear curve that captures a persons improvement in strength / ROM/ endurance/ power and function only after that person goes through stress and set backs which when the line dips. Then after recovery , the line rises up again reflecting progress, success, and a new baseline.
Performance curve is a physical therapy clinic with a gym feel, so that when you come in you can feel the energy to get to work, Movement is medicine , and movement happens when vibe is there . Performance curve has THAT vibe!
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Not at all!. Many struggles such as time / money /money
1.I have 2 kids, 1 in college and 1 to start grad school, so transitioning to my own business while my children were transitioning to their own academic journeys was a challenge
2. Becoming a recognized entity with insurance companies
3.Construction ( my husband ) and designing ( ME), along with sleepless nights of removing old floors, building walls, and doors , putting ceiling tiles and fixures and the Plumbing !
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Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
My website will have all this info: performancecurvept.com
Our approach is client centered. We take into account your prior medical/ surgical history, injury history, and fitness history in order to create your unique personal performance profile. Your performance profile will also include baseline objective data collected the first day of your journey in order to understand your current performance level so that we can provide to you an outcome oriented performance plan designed to reach your performance potential. We can’t wait for you to become excited about this!
We offer cash based services:
cupping
dry needling
vasocompression/recovery for legs/ shoulders/ hips with Normatics
manual lymphatic drainage
athletic and sports injuries
IASTM, scraping and scar tissue remodeling
Networking and finding a mentor can have such a positive impact on one’s life and career. Any advice?
yes, word of mouth is key . when you are good at your craft , you get busy
my mentors are my parents .
Contact Info:
- Website: https://performancecurvept.com
- Instagram: @performance_curve_dpt and @dr_zuzu_pt
