Optimal Performance Physical Therapy

08/21/2025

Optimal Performance is excited to announce a new member of our team! Meet Kyle Crager, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS. Kyle is a life long resident of Jones County with 20 years of experience. He is a board certified clinical specialist in neurological physical therapy and is an assistant professor at William Carey University. He will be joining our staff on Thursdays to see neurological and vestibular patients. Welcome Kyle!!

06/03/2025

Our newest review! StemWave is truly a game changer! Watch the video on our website for all the information. It can help with joint pain, back pain, neck pain, plantar fasciitis, and achilles tendonitis, among other things. It can even help with some neuropathies, notably from chemotherapy! Call us if you have any questions!!! We are here to help! 601-342-2344

05/27/2025

Our first StemWave patient testimonial!!

"At my evaluation I was bending at 98 degrees and had been there 1 month and now I’m at 115/118 degrees. I started the Stem wave treatment on April 28, after my 2nd/3rd treatment my coworkers and multiple people were telling me they saw an improvement in my walking. I have now had 6 treatments and my walk is 10x better than before the treatment, the numbness I was experiencing is slowly getting better and going away. I would recommend doing the treatment and also Optimal Performance too, the staff is extremely friendly and supportive and helpful. My therapist has helped me emotionally too because I was going into a depression state because i wasn’t progressing and now I see progression and it’s showing when I walk."

We are so excited to have this new technology! Call us today for a $49 mapping session to see if this regenerative therapy could help with your chronic pain 601-342-2344!

05/16/2025

🔑 What is StemWave Shockwave Therapy?

📌 StemWave is a type of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy using sound waves (not electric shocks).
📌 It's a non-invasive regenerative treatment that stimulates healing in soft tissues, joints, and bones

🔑 How It Works

📌 Shockwaves are acoustic energy pulses that:
▪ Increase blood flow
▪Trigger the body's natural healing response
▪ Stimulate stem cell activity and cell regeneration
▪ Break up scar tissue and calcifications

🔑 What It Treats

📌 Chronic musculoskeletal pain
📌 Tendon injuries (ie rotator cuff, Achilles tendonitis)
📌 Plantar Fasciitis
📌 Joint degeneration/arthitis
📌 Back, neck, knee and shoulder pain
📌Sports injuries
📌 Neuropathy❗

Check out the full video on our website optimalperformancept.com for more information!!!

03/05/2025

It’s such an honor that not only one, but two of our therapists here at Optimal Performance were nominated in the Home Town top 100. Thank you for all of your continued support. Go vote for Lori or Clark for best physical therapist!

12/11/2024

11/26/2024

Ya’ll go check out our tree at Prancer Path in downtown Laurel! The Grinch had to borrow some crutches, but he’s still able to be ornery. What a fun community event to be a part of!

10/29/2024

October is National Physical Therapy Month and we wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate our patients and thank them for trusting us with their care. We love that we have an environment that fosters friendships between therapist and patient and between the patients themselves. THANK YOU for helping us do what we love!!💙💚

08/20/2024

08/05/2024

This is what direct access looks like. A patient has a 3 week trip to Europe coming up in about a month. She began to experience heel pain with concerns it would affect her ability to walk on her trip. She made a quick call to our clinic and was seen the next day and was found to have classic signs of plantar fasciitis.

We have started addressing her pain and inflammation of her foot as well as addressing some issues with mechanics in her hip. Footwear has been discussed and she has been given a foot kit with toe spacers and a lacrosse ball to use at home, alongside additional exercises.

She is now on her way to decreased pain and has several tools to help her enjoy her upcoming trip!

07/01/2024

We have exciting news! Effective today, July 1, Mississippi is now a direct access state for physical therapy!! This means that you may now see a physical therapist without a physician referral. Most insurances pay for this service and a little later we will talk about some reasons why this is so beneficial to you, the patient. Lori, Sara and Clark have over 65 years of combined experience. This goes a long way in our ability to evaluate, diagnose and treat your musculoskeletal conditions! Call us with any questions you might have about direct access or to make an appointment!

05/29/2024

Seven years ago Optimal Performance opened with the goal of making patients feel better in a caring, understanding environment and the drive to serve our area in a clinic owned and operated solely by physical therapists. We have strategically created our practice to make sure we create an environment that is safe, fun and welcoming to enable us to be able to do what drives us. And that is serving our patients with personalized attention, relying on the years of experience of our dedicated staff. We want to thank all of our past patients for choosing us as their physical therapists and look forward to many more years of serving our community.