PHYSICAL THERAPY IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA
Expert one-on-one physical therapy designed to eliminate your pain at its source, restore your full function, and get you back to the activities and lifestyle you love — without surgery, injections, or painkillers.
Sound Familiar?
RECOVERING FROM SURGERY AND FEELING STUCK?
You had surgery weeks or months ago but still can’t bend your knee fully, raise your arm overhead, or move without pain and stiffness.
You’ve been doing rehab at another clinic but feel like you’re just going through the motions — with no real progress toward getting back to your active lifestyle.
You’re afraid of re-injury and don’t know how hard to push yourself. You need a therapist who understands your surgery and can guide you safely.
Your surgeon cleared you for PT but you haven’t started yet — and every day you wait, you can feel yourself getting weaker and stiffer.
You want to get back to sports, the gym, or your active life — but nobody’s given you a clear roadmap for when and how that happens.
You’re done settling for “good enough.” You don’t just want to recover — you want to come back stronger and more resilient than before surgery.
YOUR SURGERY WAS STEP ONE. NOW THE REAL WORK BEGINS.
Surgery fixes the structural damage. But it doesn’t rebuild your strength, restore your range of motion, or retrain your body to move properly. That’s what rehabilitation does.
The problem is, most post-surgical rehab is done in overcrowded clinics where you see a different therapist every visit, get 15 minutes of actual attention, and follow the same generic protocol as everyone else who had your surgery.
At Strike Physiotherapy & Performance, every session is one-on-one with a licensed physical therapist. He works directly with your surgeon’s guidelines while building a rehab plan tailored to your body, your surgery, and your specific goals — whether that’s returning to sport, getting back in the gym, or simply living without pain.
The quality of your rehab determines the quality of your recovery. Don’t leave it to chance.
What You Get
YOUR POST-SURGICAL RECOVERY PLAN
From your first post-op session to your return to full activity, every step is designed to maximize your surgical outcome and get you back to your life.
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PROTOCOL-BASED PLAN
We follow your surgeon's specific post-operative protocols while building a personalized progression plan tailored to your body and recovery timeline.
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HANDS-ON THERAPY
Expert manual techniques to manage scar tissue, reduce swelling, restore joint mobility, and relieve post-surgical pain — every single session.
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PROGRESSIVE STRENGTHENING
Carefully phased strength training that rebuilds muscle, restores stability, and prepares your body to handle the demands of your sport and daily life.
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RETURN-TO-ACTIVITY TESTING
Objective performance benchmarks and functional tests to ensure you're truly ready to return to sport, the gym, or full activity — not just "feeling okay."
DR. LEVAN AKOPOV
PT, DPT, CSCS
Founder of Strike Physiotherapy & Performance
From Your Therapist
A MESSAGE FROM A LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST
If you’ve recently had surgery — or you’re planning one — I want you to understand something that will change how you think about your recovery:
Your surgeon’s job ends when the incision closes. Everything that happens after that determines whether you actually get your life back.
"SURGERY REPAIRS THE STRUCTURE. REHABILITATION REBUILDS THE ATHLETE."
I’ve worked with patients recovering from ACL reconstructions, rotator cuff repairs, meniscus surgeries, spinal procedures, and fracture fixations. What I’ve learned is that the people who have the best outcomes aren’t just the ones with the best surgeons — they’re the ones who have the best rehab.
The first weeks after surgery are critical. Your body is developing scar tissue, your muscles are atrophying, and your joint is learning new movement patterns. If those patterns aren’t guided correctly from day one, you’ll spend months trying to undo compensations that could have been prevented.
At Strike PT, I work directly with your surgeon’s protocol while building a rehab program around your specific surgical procedure, your body, and your goals. Whether you’re a competitive athlete trying to return to sport or an active adult who wants to get back to the gym — I’ll get you there, safely and completely.
Every session is one-on-one with me. No aides. No substitutes. No sharing your time with other patients. Your recovery is too important for anything less.
What We Rehabilitate
SURGERIES WE SPECIALIZE IN
We provide expert post-surgical rehabilitation for the following orthopedic procedures. Click your surgery type to learn what your recovery looks like with Strike PT.
POST-SURGICAL KNEE REHAB
Knee surgery is only half the battle. Whether it’s an ACL reconstruction, meniscus repair, or fracture fixation, your rehab determines whether you regain full strength, stability, and confidence in your knee — or end up with lingering weakness and fear of re-injury.
- ACL Reconstruction — Progressive return-to-sport protocol. We rebuild quad and hamstring strength, restore full range of motion, retrain cutting and pivoting mechanics, and use objective testing to ensure you're truly ready to return.
- Meniscus Repair / Meniscectomy — Careful progression from protected weight-bearing to full activity. We focus on reducing swelling, restoring flexion, and rebuilding the surrounding muscle strength your knee depends on.
- Knee Fractures (Tibial Plateau, Patella, Femoral) — Guided rehab from non-weight-bearing through full return to activity. We manage scar tissue, restore joint mobility, and progressively reload the bone and soft tissue safely.
POST-SURGICAL SHOULDER REHAB
Shoulder surgery demands precise, phased rehabilitation. Push too hard too early and you risk re-tear or stiffness. Go too slow and you develop frozen shoulder or chronic weakness. We get the balance exactly right.
- Rotator Cuff Repair — Phased protocol from immobilization through full overhead strength. We protect the healing tissue while systematically restoring range of motion, scapular stability, and rotator cuff strength.
- Shoulder Fractures (Proximal Humerus, Clavicle) — Gentle early mobilization progressing to strengthening as healing allows. We prevent frozen shoulder while respecting bone healing timelines and surgeon guidelines.
- Labral Repair (SLAP / Bankart) — Careful restoration of shoulder stability and overhead function. We address the specific demands of your sport or activity while rebuilding the dynamic stability your shoulder needs.
POST LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY
Spinal surgery recovery requires expert guidance. You need a therapist who understands spinal precautions, knows when to progress and when to protect, and can rebuild your core stability from the ground up.
- Lumbar Discectomy / Microdiscectomy — Progressive core stabilization, nerve mobility work, and gradual return to bending, lifting, and activity. We address the movement habits that contributed to the disc problem in the first place.
- Lumbar Spinal Fusion — Careful rehab respecting fusion healing timelines. We rebuild deep core strength, hip mobility, and thoracic movement to protect the fused segment and reduce stress on adjacent levels.
- Laminectomy / Decompression — Post-decompression rehab focused on restoring spinal stability, rebuilding the supporting musculature, and progressively returning you to full function without overloading the surgical site.
Myth vs. Reality
WHAT POST-SURGICAL PATIENTS GET TOLD VS. THE TRUTH
Before finding us, most of our patients were given well-meaning but ineffective advice. Here’s what’s wrong with it — and what actually works.
✕ Bad Advice
"JUST DO THE EXERCISES AT HOME"
Home exercises are important — but they’re one piece of the puzzle. Without hands-on therapy, guided progression, and expert oversight, you’ll miss critical milestones and develop compensations that limit your long-term outcome.
✓ The Reality
EXPERT-GUIDED REHAB PRODUCES BETTER OUTCOMES
Research consistently shows that supervised post-surgical rehabilitation leads to better range of motion, faster strength recovery, and higher return-to-sport rates than home exercise programs alone.
✕ Bad Advice
"ALL PT CLINICS FOLLOW THE SAME PROTOCOL"
Most clinics follow a cookie-cutter timeline. Week 4: start this. Week 8: start that. But your body doesn’t heal on a generic schedule — and a protocol that ignores how you’re actually progressing will either hold you back or push you too fast.
✓ The Reality
YOUR REHAB SHOULD BE ADAPTED TO YOUR BODY
The protocol is a guide, not a rulebook. We use your surgeon’s timeline as a framework while constantly adapting based on how your body is actually healing — adjusting load, range, and intensity in real time.
✕ Bad Advice
"YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AFTER SURGERY"
This is the most damaging thing a post-surgical patient can hear. It sets the expectation that recovery means learning to live with limitations — rather than working to exceed your pre-surgical abilities.
✓ The Reality
MANY PATIENTS COME BACK STRONGER THAN BEFORE
With the right rehab, surgery can be a reset — not a setback. We address the weaknesses and movement faults that caused the injury in the first place, which means you come back not just recovered, but optimized.
✕ Bad Advice
"IF IT DOESN'T HURT, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO"
Pain is a poor indicator of readiness. Many patients feel “fine” months before their tissues, strength, and movement patterns are actually ready for the demands of sport, lifting, or high-level activity.
✓ The Reality
OBJECTIVE TESTING DETERMINES TRUE READINESS
We use functional testing, strength benchmarks, and sport-specific assessments to determine when you’re genuinely ready to return — not just when it “feels okay.” That’s how we prevent re-injury.
DON'T SETTLE FOR A MEDIOCRE RECOVERY.
Book a free discovery call with a PT. Tell us about your surgery — we’ll create a plan to get you back to your best. Zero obligation.
Why Strike PT
WHY POST-SURGICAL PATIENTS CHOOSE STRIKE PT
Post-surgical rehab is not the time for generic treatment. Your body has just been through a major procedure. Healing tissues need to be loaded precisely — too little and you’ll lose range of motion and strength; too much and you risk re-injury or surgical failure.
That’s why every session at Strike PT is one-on-one with a Licensed Physical Therapist. We have extensive experience rehabilitating patients after ACL reconstructions, rotator cuff repairs, meniscus surgeries, shoulder fractures, and lumbar spine procedures.
As a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and former competitive combat athlete, Licensed Physical Therapist understands both the clinical rehab side and the performance side of recovery. He doesn’t just get you “functional” — he gets you back to the activities and performance levels that matter to you.
We also coordinate directly with your surgeon to ensure your rehab plan aligns perfectly with your post-operative guidelines, healing timelines, and long-term goals.
WHAT SETS US APART:
- One-on-one with a Licensed Physical Therapist every session — your recovery gets his full, undivided expertise.
- Surgeon-aligned protocols — we coordinate with your surgical team to ensure optimal progression.
- Hands-on scar tissue management, joint mobilization, and manual therapy every visit.
- Progressive strength rebuilding — phased from protective to performance-level loading.
- Return-to-activity testing — objective benchmarks that confirm you're truly ready, not guessing.
What Our Clients Say
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Our Process
Strike's 3-step Process to Get You Back to Your Best
Step 1
Find The Real Cause
We’ll take you through a comprehensive biomechanical assessment, identify the root cause of your problem, and explain exactly what it takes to get you back to full speed.
Step 2
Fix Your Problem Areas
We’ll build a personalized treatment plan tailored to your specific needs and goals — getting you stronger, pain-free, and on track to reach your goals faster.
Step 3
Unlock Peak Performance
After eliminating your pain, we’ll elevate your performance beyond pre-injury levels and bulletproof your body against future setbacks.