Compassionate Care For Whole Body Wellness.

Physical Therapy and Ergonomic Consulting in Oakland, CA

If you’ve spent any time in pain or with limited mobility, you know how it can affect every step, every inhale, every aspect of your life. It can stop you from doing what you love. We use precise evaluation, compassion, and our medical expertise to see the whole you.

Amy Selinger, PT, DPT, OCS, founded Back to Life Physical Therapy, Inc. in 1999 to help people with chronic pain or movement dysfunction lead active lives. Her experience in rehabilitation, acute hospitals, outpatient care, in-home health, and ergonomics lead her to take a wholistic view of each patient. With a critical eye, Amy found she was unable to just treat one part of the body when she could see the connections and interconnections that likely led to the problem in the first place. 

Amy began to see patients with more and more complex musculoskeletal issues such as patients who have not improved and did not get better with traditional approaches to care.  As a result,  Amy and the Back to Life team, as she was able to, aim to address each person as a whole, by addressing each person’s unique body and movement patterns.

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    Custom Treatment Plans

    Our therapists use a variety of exercise, posture, and body mechanics education and training in addition to gentle, hands-on (manual) techniques like myofascial release, visceral manipulation, joint mobilization and other soft tissue techniques to restore movement, reduce pain, and release tension throughout the body.

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    About Our Office

    Our goal is to help you understand your body, move with confidence, and return to the life you love—balanced, strong, and pain-free.

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Visit Our Oakland Office

 

403 49th Street
Oakland, CA 94609

Phone
510-601-1288

Fax

510-601-1289

Hours
Monday–Friday
8am–5pm

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Testimonials

  • “Incredible second sight and ability to listen and diagnose many subtleties not evident to most PT's or doctors. Such useful ideas, follow up exercises and excellent instruction. I am so lucky every time I encounter Amy Selinger.”

    - Susan G.

  • “I went to Amy almost 10 years ago. When my recent issue became intolerable, she was the first person I wanted to go to. She is efficient, thorough, friendly and very knowledgeable. I trust her process/diagnosis. I highly recommend her. It is a joy to be treated by her.”

    -Lorraine G.

  • “Amy Selinger takes the time to understand and treat you as a whole person, not just a collection of symptoms. She focuses on building strength, and is very skilled at problem solving. She is willing to try multiple interventions and always seeks feedback from the patient as to what works best for them. I wish there were more medical professionals who were as caring and competent as Amy.”

    -Deena L.

  • “Dr. Selinger showed me the exercises I need to live a full life without pain or disability. I do the exercises, and I feel great. She sees things others miss and it helps her get just the right plan for each person. She’s the best!”

    -Amy W

  • “Amy is a life saver, over the years she helped my wife my son and my self in many occasions. From back problems, to shoulder and other issues, she is our go to physical therapy (or more accurately physical therapy on steroids).”

    -Ze’ev V

  • “Amy is a remarkable physiotherapist... I have had shoulder issues for years, decades really, with very little success with other physiotherapists. I've had two sessions with Amy since injuring my shoulder and she has made considerable progress on that joint… I highly recommend her studio for anyone with skeleto-muscular injuries!”

    -Andrew G.