Element Performance & Physical Therapy

Element Performance & Physical Therapy Physical Therapists who specialize in helping active adults be pain free. Tired of not seeing results? https://www.element-physicaltherapy.com/contact-us

Real people, real results. People often think because they’ve been in pain for so long they can’t recover. Or that maybe...
03/17/2026

Real people, real results. People often think because they’ve been in pain for so long they can’t recover. Or that maybe surgery is their only option. When it comes to physical therapy, there are clinics that SPECIALIZE so you can maximize your potential benefit.

💪🏾Element is a private-based physical therapy group who specializes in helping active adults workout, run, or play sports pain free. From weekend warriors to marathon runners and iron man participants, we have you covered. Located in Northfield + Lincoln Park!

✅If you’re looking to get out of pain asap, you’re tired of not seeing results, you don’t like the traditional therapy system, or you want to work with people who specialize in active adults….we have your answer. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

03/12/2026

Why do you keep flaring up? Often times people ramp up their activity too quickly. They get hurt, they do low levels of strength work for a couple of weeks, then they jump back into a high intensity activity.

When you don’t take your tissues through a step by step process that progressively loads over time…you’re not building up capacity.

In this instance, our client is recovering from a calf strain. We use these assisted hops to help slowly progress his calf’s load tolerance.

💪🏾Element is a private-based physical therapy group who specializes in helping active adults workout, run, or play sports pain free. From weekend warriors to marathon runners and iron man participants, we have you covered. Located in Northfield + Lincoln Park!

✅If you’re looking to get out of pain asap, you’re tired of not seeing results, you don’t like the traditional therapy system, or you want to work with people who specialize in active adults….we have your answer. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

Our client came in for an evaluation for her wrist pain. After the eval we found that something didn’t look right and we...
03/10/2026

Our client came in for an evaluation for her wrist pain. After the eval we found that something didn’t look right and we referred her for an X-ray. Turns out she had a ganglion cyst and needed to touch base with a surgeon about draining it or having surgery.

Our team has specialized clinicians who can actually tell if something will respond well to physical therapy, or if other providers need to be brought in.

💪🏾Element is a private-based physical therapy group who specializes in helping active adults workout, run, or play sports pain free. From weekend warriors to marathon runners and iron man participants, we have you covered. Located in Northfield + Lincoln Park!

✅If you’re looking to get out of pain asap, you’re tired of not seeing results, you don’t like the traditional therapy system, or you want to work with people who specialize in active adults….we have your answer. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

03/09/2026

If you’re a runner experiencing hip, knee, or ankle pain, one of the main things we look at is single leg stability.

Challenging single leg balance with different leg/torso movements gives us a lot of information as to what areas might be weak/stiff etc.

If you’re having a hard time with any of these movements, start working on them!

💪🏾Element is a private-based physical therapy group who specializes in helping active adults workout, run, or play sports pain free. From weekend warriors to marathon runners and iron man participants, we have you covered. Located in Northfield + Lincoln Park!

✅If you’re looking to get out of pain asap, you’re tired of not seeing results, you don’t like the traditional therapy system, or you want to work with people who specialize in active adults….we have your answer. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

03/07/2026

When we get clients in pain, we encourage them to be as active as possible. One of our pet peeves is “rest 4-6 weeks then go right back into your activity”. It’s very rare that complete rest is needed.

Working out during your rehab process can potentially speed up healing since it increases blood flow throughout the body. One aspect of healing is blood flow!

💪🏾Element is a private-based physical therapy group who specializes in helping active adults workout, run, or play sports pain free. From weekend warriors to marathon runners and iron man participants, we have you covered. Located in Northfield + Lincoln Park!

✅If you’re looking to get out of pain asap, you’re tired of not seeing results, you don’t like the traditional therapy system, or you want to work with people who specialize in active adults….we have your answer. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

Low back pain flare ups are very common. It’s important to calm symptoms down during the first phase of recovery. As sym...
03/07/2026

Low back pain flare ups are very common. It’s important to calm symptoms down during the first phase of recovery. As symptoms are calming down, here are 4 progressions to reintroduce strengthening to the low back.

💪🏾Element is a private-based physical therapy group who specializes in helping active adults workout, run, or play sports pain free. From weekend warriors to marathon runners and iron man participants, we have you covered. Located in Northfield + Lincoln Park!

✅If you’re looking to get out of pain asap, you’re tired of not seeing results, you don’t like the traditional therapy system, or you want to work with people who specialize in active adults….we have your answer. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

Looking to bulletproof your shoulders for your next workout? Join us at in Northfield to learn how!Led by Dr. Muhibb Sa...
03/06/2026

Looking to bulletproof your shoulders for your next workout? Join us at in Northfield to learn how!

Led by Dr. Muhibb Sadiq, Founder of Element Performance & Physical Therapy, the workshop aims to help you understand common shoulder injuries that affect active adults; why they occur; workout modifications to train with pain; and treatment strategies.

We have phenomenal gifts planned for you at the very end!

📍SweatShack 300 N Happ Rd, Northfield, IL 60093
🗓️ Sunday March 15th
🕚 10:15a-11:15a

The workshop is FREE but spots are limited! Use the QR code to register.

💪🏾 Element is a private-based physical therapy group who specializes in helping active adults workout, run, or play sports pain free. From weekend warriors to marathon runners and iron man participants, we have you covered. Located in Northfield + Lincoln Park!

10/24/2025

Element is looking for a full time PT at our clinic in NORTHFIELD.

Tired of seeing 20 patients per day? Or are you tired of working with clients who don’t even want to be there? Wish you could see 7-8 clients per day? Wish appointments were 1:1 for 60 minutes?

Element is a private practice that provides our clients with specialized care. We take pride in providing a premium experience of physical therapy. No cookie cutter exercises, no stopping rehab at what’s “medically necessary”. As an out of network provider, you’ll have the opportunity to help your clients achieve any of their goals. We offer prehab, rehab, maintenance, and performance services for our clients. The road SHOULDN’T stop at the end of rehab.

We’re looking for a motivated PT who’s looking to grow professionally, clinically, and personally. Mentorship includes: communication, sales training, clinical reasoning (plans of care, differential Dx, progressions/regressions etc). Ideal candidate is someone who is residency or fellowship trained.

DM or email info@element-physicaltherapy.com for more info!

10/20/2025

Our approach is simple: let’s find WHERE your pain is coming from, THEN we find your deficits that may be contributing to your pain.

Our client is a long distance runner, and she came in after seeing multiple providers, and underwent months of rehab with no real progress.

On her own, she was performing loaded interventions + speed interventions without having some of the minimum requirements to MAXIMIZE her function.

We found limitations in her ankle range of motion, knee mobility, hip strength, and single leg stability. We start addressing these deficits in a STEP-BY-STEP fashion, and she’s starting to see results 💪🏾. Sometimes people progress things too quickly, leading to continued pain.

Tired of not seeing results? The traditional physical therapy system is not meant to maximize results. That’s where we come in. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

10/10/2025

Not all PT is the same. Here is a testimonial from just ONE visit. When was the last time you had ONE visit with a provider, and it left that much of an impact to leave a review?

We take pride in offering specialized care to our clients. We help you find the source of pain; why you’re experiencing pain; we give you a timeline of recovery; offer preventative care; help you understand what’s safe pain vs harmful pain; and we get you results. What’s more important than getting out of pain?

✅Tired of not seeing results? The traditional physical therapy system is not meant to maximize results. That’s where we come in. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

10/08/2025

Definitely not for everyone with knee pain, but here’s a strategy we sometimes use for individuals experiencing joint-related pain with bending the knee.

A towel behind the knee helps to create some space in the joint as you sit your hips back towards your feet. The strap helps to stabilize the towel + create a little more force with the mobilization.

Typically right after this, we recheck the painful movement (squatting or just bending the knee) to see what changes were made 🙏🏾

✅Tired of not seeing results? The traditional physical therapy system is not meant to maximize results. That’s where we come in. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

09/30/2025

Our eval process is 1 on 1 with our docs for an hour. The MOST important part though is the first 20 minutes. We sit and chat with you about your symptoms, what you’re experiencing, what you’ve tried to treat it, your workout routine, etc. That actually gives us an 80% idea of what’s going on.

THEN we look at movement. Watching your movement helps us determine which areas to examine in detail; what areas may be tight/weak/hypermobile; and what movements potentially produce your pain.

This is an example for someone with hip pain. Our upper extremity or spinal evaluations look very different. Not pictured are manual joint assessments to the hip, knee, and ankle, some plank assessments, and our breakdown of what’s going on + the timeline of recovery.

✅Tired of not seeing results? The traditional physical therapy system is not meant to maximize results. That’s where we come in. Our clients see results every week. Invest in your health.

📬DM us if you want to get out of pain! Email info@element-physicaltherapy.com

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193 Northfield Road
Northfield, IL
60093

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Monday 7am - 7pm
Tuesday 7am - 7pm
Wednesday 7am - 7pm
Thursday 7am - 7pm
Friday 7am - 7pm
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