Back in Action Physical Therapy is a professional corporation owned and operated by Portland Oregon physical therapist Ted Ellquist, PT.

Our mission for Back in Action is to offer quality physical therapy services while keeping treatment visits and expenses to a minimum. Our vision is to provide detailed information, which is patient specific and easy to put into practice, to clients who want to know how to manage or abolish their own pain. In Portland Oregon, we strive to bring a holistic care approach to every situation.

We would like to provide these services for anyone who can benefit from learning how to be pain free or to prevent injuries. We would like to serve patients from the GLBT community, clients seeking conservative treatment in order to avoid expensive procedures, and clients who do not have the time to make multiple trips to medical appointments.  We especially want to serve Portland Oregon clients who seek a non invasive treatment for their pain.

In order to offer treatment to clients who do not have time for outside appointments, Ted will provide physical therapy services at the clients work site. This can include evaluation of the condition, education and training in what to do for the condition and exercises specific to that condition.

Ted Ellquist has been a physical therapist since graduating from Loma Linda University in 1990. He has worked in a variety of settings including orthopedic out patient, acute care, retirement centers, long term care facilities and sub-acute rehabilitation. During his career, Ted has been a traveling physical therapist where he worked in California, Florida, North Carolina, Massachusetts,Maryland, and Arizona. Before moving to Portland Oregon in 2003, Ted worked in Minnesota for 5 years at a chronic pain clinic.

In 2004, Ted became a “Certified Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy” specialist using the McKenzie Method of evaluation and treatment. This method of evaluation has changed the way Ted looks at a patient condition allowing him to provide better, patient-specific information that most of the time allows patients to get better faster with less pain.

After working at an MDT clinic and becoming certified, Ted has decided to pursue his long term goal of having his own practice in physical therapy in Portland Oregon. In order to provide the quality care in his mission, Ted is offering full hour direct contact treatments for his clients. His goal is to allow time for questions and answers without feeling rushed.