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Neck Pain
Checking your blind spot means turning your whole body: neck strain, stiff joints, and the ache that climbs into a headache by afternoon.
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Get back to Moving.
Stop scheduling your life around the pain. One-on-one care with a Doctor of Physical Therapy: a cause-first evaluation, a plan with an endpoint, and no referral required to start.
Doctors of Physical Therapy
Cedar Park, TX
No Referral Needed
One-on-One, Every Visit
5.0 on Google
94 Google Reviews
40-Minute Visits
Insurance & Self-Pay
Benefits Verified Before Visit One
Texas Direct Access
What We Treat
Say it in your own words.
Nobody walks in saying “cervicogenic headache.” Point to where it hurts and we’ll show you how we treat it in Cedar Park.
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Shoulder Pain
You reach for the top shelf with your other arm now: rotator cuff irritation, a stiffened shoulder, the catch every time you lift overhead.
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Elbow, Wrist & Hand Pain
Opening a jar has turned into a two-person job: tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, desk strain that compounds all week.
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Back Pain & Sciatica
You put your socks on sitting down now: sciatica, a disc that flares, mornings that take ten minutes to loosen up.
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Hip & Knee Pain
Crossing your legs is a negotiation and the stairs come one at a time: bursitis, runner’s knee, a joint that votes against every squat.
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Foot & Ankle Pain
The first ten steps out of bed are the worst part of your day: plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis, an old sprain that never finished healing.
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The 30-Second Pain Check
Not sure where to start?
Three taps, no forms. Tell us where it hurts, how long, and what it’s costing you, and we’ll pass it to a Doctor of Physical Therapy.
Where does it hurt?
How long has it been going on?
What’s it costing you?
Pain that’s hung around for months still responds to the right plan: the cause-first evaluation is how we find yours.
Services
Seventeen ways in. One standard of care.
Every service is delivered one-on-one, by a Doctor of Physical Therapy, on a plan with an endpoint. Here are five of them.
Physical Therapy
Hands-on, cause-first care for pain that’s overstayed its welcome. The foundation everything else here is built on.
Sports Rehab
Return-to-sport testing you have to pass, not a date circled on a calendar. Rehab that ends on the field, not on the table.
Dry Needling
Precise, targeted work for the knot that’s been there since spring. A tool inside the plan, never the whole plan.
Pelvic Floor Therapy
Postpartum, post-surgical, and the symptoms nobody wants to say out loud. Treated plainly, in a private room.
Manual Therapy
Skilled hands on the joint or tissue that is actually restricting you, not the spot that happens to be loudest.
The Recovery Journey
You leave visit one holding the plan.
Care moves through four named phases, each with its own job and its own criteria for moving on. You always know which phase you’re in and what earns you the next one.
Phase 1 of 4
Phase I
Pain
Calm it down.
- Hands-on treatment begins at the first visit
- You leave understanding what’s actually going on
- You feel a difference early, so you can trust the plan
Phase II
Prime
Restore what’s stuck.
- Targeted mobility work for the joints and tissue actually holding you back
- Exercise dosed to your body, not a printed sheet
- Movement retraining so old habits stop reloading the problem
Phase III
Perform
Build strength you trust.
- Progressive load that builds real capacity, not just tolerance
- Standards you have to clear before moving on
- Confidence, here, is a training effect
Phase IV
Prevent
Make it stay fixed.
- Testing before you’re cleared, matched to your sport and your life
- A keep-it-gone program sized to your real week
- Then we graduate you: the endpoint is named at your evaluation
Every plan has an endpoint. We’re here to finish the work, not to see you indefinitely.
Book OnlineReal Comebacks, in Their Words
“With only a few weeks left before the Austin Marathon, I developed some pain during my training runs that would not go away.
The awesome staff at Propel got me in quickly and my amazing physical therapist, Summer had me pain free just in time to run and finish the race with no issues.”
Marathon training
Johnny B. · Google review
“I have three tears in the muscles of my rotator cuff and my therapist Summer is helping me so much with Physical Therapy in order to try to avoid surgery.
After several sessions, I am already better and I’m so thankful for her.”
Rotator cuff
Beth T. · Google review
“Let me just start by saying, I’ve been to three other PT clinics in the past three years for the same chronic neck pain, but always felt like my root cause was being ignored or overlooked.
However, my experience at Propel PT has been wonderful!”
Chronic neck pain
Barbara A. · Google review
“After suffering a postpartum back injury, I was referred to pelvic floor therapy.
My search led me to Dr. Kelsey Burrow at Propel, and I am so grateful for the experience!”
Postpartum back injury
Liz W. · Google review
“I am currently getting PT and needling with Kelsey.
The needling has been a game changer.”
Dry needling
Chante D. · Google review
“Dr. Burrow knows the female body and really knows pelvic floor.
I am so thankful for her knowledge, it’s helping me gain pelvic floor function and strength.”
Pelvic floor
Erin J. · Google review
In Brief
The record, in brief.
5.0
Google rating
94
Google reviews, rated 5.0
4
Doctors of Physical Therapy
17
Treatment services under one roof
5.0 on Google 94 Google reviews No referral needed Insurance and self-pay accepted
Why Propel Physical Therapy
You’ve maybe done PT before. Not like this.
Physical therapy has a reputation problem. It was earned, just not here. The record, corrected:
One-on-one
Every visit
Hands-on, every visit
Every visit is hands-on and one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. If a sheet of paper could fix it, we’d mail you the paper and wish you well.
Forty minutes, all yours
One patient. One doctor. Forty minutes, on the clock for you and nobody else. Your appointment is yours; nobody shares it.
A plan with an endpoint
Four named phases and an endpoint we name out loud at the evaluation, before you agree to anything. Graduation is the goal, not retention.
No referral needed
Texas allows direct access: book the evaluation and we handle the paperwork behind you. No gatekeeper, no note from your doctor.
Your First Visit
Your first visit, annotated.
Forty minutes, one room, one Doctor of Physical Therapy. Here’s the anatomy of it.
Talk
You talk. We actually listen.
The whole story, not the three lines that fit on an intake form: when it started, what it’s costing you, what you’ve already tried.
Test
We test, not guess.
Movement, strength, and the joints above and below the one that hurts. Where it hurts isn’t always why it hurts.
Treat
Treatment starts today.
Hands-on work in the same visit, not the third week. You should leave feeling that something changed.
Plan
You leave with answers.
What it is, how long it should take, what phase one looks like, and what visit two will do. In plain language.
Wear something you can move in. Everything else is our job.
Book OnlineMeet the Team
The people holding the plan.
Four Doctors of Physical Therapy who chose the one-patient-at-a-time model on purpose, and the coordinator who keeps every visit on track.
Dr. Joshua Lyon
Practice Owner · Doctor of Physical Therapy
- PT, DPT
- Marine Corps veteran
Marine Corps first, then a doctorate, then clinic director and Director of Physical Therapy for a multi-state organization. He opened Propel to put patients at the center of care.
Focus
The one-on-one model Propel is built on, and plans with an endpoint
Dr. Kelsey Burrow
Clinic Director/Physical Therapist · Pelvic Floor & Orthopedics
- PT, DPT
- Dry needling
An Austin native trained in Functional Manual Therapy, dry needling, and pelvic floor rehab. Patients keep using the word “finally.”
Focus
Pelvic floor and postpartum recovery, orthopedics, dry needling
Dr. Cheryl Thomas
Spine & MDT · Doctor of Physical Therapy
- PT, DPT
- McKenzie Method
A former D1 hurdler, McKenzie-trained, and the one you want when the problem is a back that keeps coming back.
Focus
Spine care, neck and back pain, the McKenzie Method (MDT)
Dr. Summer Sides
Tactical & Orthopedics · Doctor of Physical Therapy
- PT, DPT
- Exercise physiology
Ten years as an exercise physiologist for the Austin Fire Department before the doctorate. She has seen what hard work does to people.
Focus
Tactical athletes, first responders, orthopedic rehab
Lina Suarez
Patient Care Coordinator
- Front desk
- Scheduling
The first voice on the phone and the first face at the door. Lina runs scheduling and the insurance questions, and patients name her in their reviews.
Ask Lina about
Booking your first visit, insurance, rescheduling
In Their Words
Real people. Real comebacks.
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Leah L.
I enjoy the 1:1 therapy sessions rather than 1 therapist cycling through multiple clients also.
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Mariel M.
Dr Burrow is very intentional about learning about the pain and where it stems from.
via Google
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John S.
This Physical Therapy location is the best I’ve ever been to. And at age 75, that’s saying something.
via Google
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Brooke D.
She has helped me so much through postpartum. I feel stronger and more confident in finding my new self.
via Google
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Uday K.
My recovery progressed at a rate that amazed both my doctors and me.
via Google
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Diana R.
She stays focused on the success of patients, asks great questions and she is very methodical in her approach for healing.
via Google
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Kathleen H.
Lina, the receptionist, is an absolute superstar!
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Michael M.
My physical therapist is great at customizing at-home workouts that have made a noticeable difference since I started.
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Ray B.
My therapist Cheryl is awesome. Explains everything in detail to my understanding.
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Janice W.
They are mindful of my needs and limitations and are willing to work around them.
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Emily D.
She is so easy to get along with and her personality will put you right at ease.
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Advik G.
Molded their workouts around my goals and gave me a personal workout plan.
via Google
Live From Google
Don’t take our word for it.
Every review below is pulled live from Google: 5.0 across 94 reviews. We can’t edit them. That’s the point.
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The Honest Truth
Pain rarely waits with you.
Sometimes the pain fades. The cause usually stays. Here’s what tends to happen on each path.
If you keep waiting
- Your body compensates: other joints quietly pick up the slack
- Simple problems layer into complicated ones
- The workouts, walks, and weekends keep shrinking
- Painkillers manage the noise, not the cause
If you start now
- A Doctor of PT looks for the actual cause at visit one
- Hands-on treatment starts at the evaluation itself
- A phase-by-phase plan with an endpoint, not endless visits
- Forty minutes, one-on-one, every visit, with progress tracked out loud
It comes back every time you garden, travel, or sleep wrong, and each round tends to last a little longer. An evaluation makes waiting a decision instead of a gamble.
Book OnlineCost & Coverage
The straight answer on cost.
Nobody should need a decoder ring to find out what care costs. Here it is, plainly.
Insurance or self-pay
We accept insurance, and we verify your exact benefits before your first visit: copay, deductible status, visit limits, all of it. You’ll get the numbers in plain English before you owe anyone anything.
- InsuranceBenefits checked before your first visit
- Credit cardSelf-pay, rate stated up front
- CashSame rate, no processing games
- CheckAccepted at the front desk
No insurance doesn’t mean no care. We have a self-pay rate, stated before you book: a number, not a negotiation. Questions? Call (512) 243-7717.
Injured in a car accident or other personal injury case? We work with qualifying patients under a Letter of Protection (LOP). See how it works.
Already a patient? Make a Payment
Free benefits check
Send us your insurance details and we’ll verify your coverage before your first visit, then call you with the answer. No surprise statements six weeks later.
We’re on it.
We’ll call you back with your copay, deductible status, and what your plan covers, in plain English.
Questions, Answered
Questions, answered plainly.
The things people ask on the phone, written down.
Most PT that fails, fails the same way: a rushed evaluation, a generic exercise sheet, and a therapist splitting the visit three ways. Here you get a full 40 minutes, one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy, and a cause-first evaluation that treats the reason for your pain instead of chasing the symptom. Different inputs tend to produce a different outcome.
No. Texas allows direct access to physical therapy, which means you can book an evaluation without seeing anyone else first. If your insurance plan requires a referral for reimbursement, we’ll flag that during your free benefits check and help you get one.
It depends on your insurance, so we check it for you before your first visit, free. You’ll know your copay, where your deductible stands, and any visit limits before you owe anyone anything. If you’re self-pay, we’ll quote you the flat rate up front. No surprise statements, ever.
Most patients notice a meaningful difference within the first two to three visits, because hands-on treatment starts at the evaluation itself. The full plan, through the Pain, Prime, Perform, and Prevent phases, typically runs several weeks to a few months depending on the problem. You’ll get a specific estimate at your evaluation, and we track progress against it out loud.
Sometimes the pain fades. The cause usually stays. That’s why it comes back every time you garden, travel, or sleep wrong, and why each round tends to last a little longer than the last. An evaluation tells you what you’re actually dealing with, so waiting becomes a decision you’re making on purpose instead of a gamble.
Clothes you can move in, your insurance card if you have one, and any imaging or reports you already have, though you don’t need imaging to start. Arrive five minutes early and we’ll handle the rest. The evaluation, including hands-on treatment, takes about 40 minutes.
Book Your Visit
Put it in writing.
Five short questions. A real person from our front desk calls you back with times that fit your week. No phone tree, no ‘someone will reach out.’ Rather pick a slot yourself? Book online any time.
- Hours Mon–Fri 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
- (512) 243-7717 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
- Book online Choose your own time. No referral needed.
5.0 · 94 Google reviews
A real person calls you back during office hours
Step 1 of 5
Request sent.
That’s the hard part done. We’ll call during business hours to lock in your time.
Visit Us
Easy to find, off Cypress Creek Road.
Suite 203 on Cypress Creek Road in Cedar Park, open Monday to Friday from seven. Come see the place before you commit, if you like.
Propel Physical Therapy
- 351 Cypress Creek Road #203, Cedar Park, TX 78613
- (512) 243-7717
- Fax: (512) 233-2233
- admin@propelpts.com
- Mon–Fri 7:00 am – 5:00 pm · Closed weekends
- Also serving Leander, Brushy Creek, Jonestown, Austin, Round Rock & Georgetown