Hello,

My name is Sarah

SARAH (RUDOLPH) LOWE is Longview’s leading physical therapist who helps 20-65 year old adults in the Longview area recover from pain and pelvic health issues so that they can enjoy life without relying on painkillers or other medications that they feel are ineffective. She also provides individualized prenatal care to pregnant women who want to prepare their bodies for the task of labor and delivery and minimize birth complications.
 
Sarah founded VITAL LIFE PHYSICAL THERAPY because she wanted to provide direct access to help people suffering from pain and pelvic floor issues. She was tired of seeing patients post-operatively in the home health setting who had, according to their medical records, “failed conservative treatment” for their condition, and therefor qualified for surgery. In most cases, the conservative treatment options had only included painkillers and/or injections. VERY FEW people had received Physical Therapy prior to surgery or as an alternative. Often, even months after surgery, people were still struggling with pain, and were not able to be active and enjoy life.

Studies have shown that surgery can often be avoided when patients participate in a course of physical therapy. Many people who are have no pain show abnormal findings when an MRI is taken. This means that just because your MRI shows something “abnormal”, surgery should NOT be your first and only option. There are many causative factors to pain, and whatever pain or issues her patients are dealing with, Sarah strives to get to the root cause of the issue, which often involves posture correction strategies, correction of how people move during their daily activities, and working with her patients to release tight muscles and other soft tissues that have become constricted over the years which pull on the bones of the skeleton and can be a huge reason why people are experiencing pain. Once alignment is corrected, she helps her clients to improve any strength deficits they have, to better support their skeleton and maintain balance in their bodies as they go about their daily activities.
 
Sarah wants to provide the opportunity for people to choose Physical Therapy and Myofascial Release, to be in charge of their health care and to make more informed decisions about how to deal with injury, pain or pelvic floor issues. She also provides ongoing care, support and hope to people in the Longview area who have already tried surgery but are still suffering from pain or dysfunction and have been told that they just have to “live with it” or rely on medications or injections in order to cope with daily life. Her passion is to educate people on their condition, provide quality HANDS-ON therapy, and to teach people how to provide their own effective self-care strategies and pain-relieving techniques at home to bring about lasting pain relief and improved quality of life.

SARAH graduated with a BSc in PHYSIOTHERAPY from STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY in South Africa. 

She specializes in John Barnes Myofascial Release for pain reduction whether chronic, acute or post-operative pain, and in women’s health issues including pelvic pain, leakage, constipation, pain with intercourse, c-section and mastectomy scar release as well as pre-and postnatal care.

Sarah is also a certified yoga instructor and provides classes at Vital Life Physical Therapy.