Mount Pleasant, SC · Accepting new patients
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.
5.0 · 32 Google reviews · read them
Every service. One standard of care.
Every service is delivered one-on-one, by the same Doctor of Physical Therapy, on a plan with an endpoint.
Physical Therapy
Rehab for back, neck, shoulder, knee, hip, and foot and ankle pain. Pain is usually the symptom, not the problem; we find what’s driving it.
02Sports Rehab
Orthopedic and sports specialized care that gets you back to training on standards you pass, not a date on a calendar.
03Dry Needling
Reach what stretching and strength work can’t. A tool inside the plan, never the whole plan.
04Vestibular Therapy
Vertigo, dizziness, and lingering concussion symptoms, retrained with targeted vestibular rehab.
05Prevention Pathway
Know where you stand before something goes wrong: objective testing, a program built on it, and a DPT on call.
06Weight Loss
Lose the weight without losing the muscle. Strength-first, and especially important if you’re on a GLP-1.
You leave visit one holding the plan.
Most pain doesn’t need more mystery. It needs a cause-first evaluation: finding the reason, not renting relief from the symptom.
From there, care moves through four named phases, Pain, Prime, Perform, Prevent, 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.
And every plan has an endpoint. We’re here to finish the work, not to see you indefinitely.
Get my plan started ⟶Calm it down.
Hands-on treatment begins at the first visit. You leave understanding what’s actually going on, and you feel a difference early.
Restore what’s stuck.
Targeted mobility work for the joints and tissue actually holding you back, dosed to your body, not a printed sheet.
Build strength you trust.
Progressive load against standards you have to clear before moving on. Confidence, here, is a training effect.
Make it stay fixed.
Testing before you’re cleared, then a keep-it-gone program sized to your real week. Then we graduate you.
Corrections to the record.
Physical therapy has a reputation problem. It was earned, just not here. The record, corrected:
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“PT is a photocopied handout and a heat pack.”
CorrectedEvery 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.
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“You’re one of three patients they’re juggling that hour.”
CorrectedOne patient. One doctor. One hour, on the clock for you and nobody else. Your appointment is yours; nobody shares it.
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“Once you start, you’re in for as long as they can bill it.”
CorrectedYour plan has four named phases and an endpoint we name out loud at the evaluation, before you agree to anything. Graduation is the goal, not retention.
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“You need a referral before anyone will even look at it.”
CorrectedYou don’t. South Carolina allows direct access: book the evaluation and we handle the paperwork behind you. No gatekeeper, no note from your doctor.
Your first visit, annotated.
One hour, one room, one doctor. Here’s the anatomy of it.
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.
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.
Treatment starts today.
Hands-on work in the first hour, not the third week. You should leave feeling that something changed.
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.
Meet your provider.
One Doctor of Physical Therapy who chose the one-patient-at-a-time model on purpose.
Dr. Andrew Bagley
Owner, Physical Therapist · PT, DPT, ATC
A Mount Pleasant native and former competitive swimmer who trained at UNC Chapel Hill and earned his Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Duke University. Every visit is a full hour, one-on-one, with him.
“I started this practice after years of watching people wait too long to deal with something that started small.”Dr. Andrew Bagley, PT, DPT, ATC · from the founder, not a review
5.0 stars from 32 Google reviews. Read them on Google ⟶
The straight answer on cost.
Nobody should need a decoder ring to find out what care costs. Pick your situation; we’ll say it plainly.
We’re out-of-network by design. That’s what makes the hour-long, one-on-one, same-doctor-every-visit model possible. Insurance-based clinics have to run three or four patients at once to stay solvent, which is why you get twenty minutes and an aide.
We’ll give you documentation to submit to your insurer for out-of-network reimbursement if your plan offers it, and we’ll tell you honestly on the call whether that’s likely to be worth your time.
Bring your insurance card to your first visit for the documentation.
Yes, you can use your HSA or FSA. We provide itemized documentation so your HSA or FSA can process reimbursement.
Bring your card information and account details on your first visit, or let us know ahead of time so we can help with the process.
Ask about it on the call and we’ll walk you through it.
We price per visit. No contract, no package you didn’t ask for, and no “you have to commit to eight sessions.”
We’ll go through pricing on the call, along with how many visits a case like yours usually takes, so you’re looking at a real number rather than a rate.
Sessions range based on treatment type and phase of care.
Not sure what you need? That’s what the call is for. Fifteen minutes, and we’ll figure out together whether we’re the right fit, what a case like yours usually takes, and what it costs.
Prefer to talk now? Call (843) 595-1055.
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 hour three ways. Here you get a full hour, 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. South Carolina allows direct access to physical therapy, so you can start here without seeing anyone else first. You can call and book an evaluation without ever stepping foot in another doctor’s office.
We’ll go through pricing on the call, along with how many visits a case like yours usually takes, so you’re looking at a real number rather than a rate. No surprises and no packages you didn’t ask about. We’re out-of-network by design, and we’ll give you documentation to submit to your insurer for out-of-network reimbursement if your plan offers it.
Most people notice something change in the first visit: not a cure, but a signal. Beyond that it depends entirely on what’s driving the problem and how long it’s been going on. We’ll give you a realistic range on the call rather than a number designed to get you in the door.
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.
Bring your ID and insurance card (for the documentation we’ll give you), and wear something you can move in. Shorts and a t-shirt is fine. If you have any recent imaging (X-rays, MRI, ultrasound), bring those too. The evaluation, including hands-on treatment, takes about an hour.
Put it in writing.
Five short questions. We call you back to set up your free 15-minute call.
The people who end up filling this out are rarely in the worst pain of their life. They’re just done working around it, done picking the errand that doesn’t require the stairs. If that’s the stage you’re at, this is the part where you stop researching and start.
Consider it filed.
We’ll call you back to set up your free 15-minute call. Keep your phone nearby.
Can’t wait? Call (843) 595-1055 ⟶Where to find us.
One clinic, one doctor, one address. Come see the place before you commit, if you like.
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