Cursor Physical Therapy

Cursor Physical Therapy

We help active adults and athletes get back to the hobbies they enjoy without surgery, stopping activities they love, or relying on pain medicine.

An individualized approach to physical therapy and sports performance.

Proudly serving Denver and surrounding areas.

We provide physical therapy care that puts YOU first

We use a 3 step process to help you get back to doing the things you love!

Step 1: Find The Root Cause

  • A biomechanical assessment used to identify the root cause of your pain. We will explain what needs to be done to get you back to living pain free.

Step 2: Fix The Problem Areas

  • We use a holistic approach and tailor a program for you and your goals. A 1 on 1 approach that allows us to develop solutions for the problems you are facing.

Step 3: Perform

  • We don’t stop once you are pain free. We give you the tools to stay pain free and to stay at your highest level of performance.

Cursor Physical Therapy was created to provide a higher quality of care than traditional physical therapy. Our system gives us the freedom to find what is holding you back and develop a plan that gets you back to where you want to be.

Who We Help

Are you trying to stay fit/healthy? Are you limited from participating in your favorite activities like running, climbing, or CrossFit?

Have you been dealing with a chronic injury?

Have you seen other medical professionals with no long lasting changes?

Does This Sound Like You?

Cursor Physical Therapy and Performance was founded to solve these problems for our clients. Our goal is to help you stay healthy and active with whatever type of activity you choose.

Life is more enjoyable when you don’t have to worry about pain and doing the things you love. We help you stay pain free and live the life you deserve.

Who We Treat…

Active Adults

  • Who need help getting back to the activities they love after an injury

Runners

  • Who want to train pain free and improve performance

Athletes/Gym Enthusiasts

  • Who want to continue to push their limits and don’t want their pain to interfere with their training goals.

Active Parents

  • Who know that spending time with their kids is a lot more enjoyable without pain

Mountain Athletes

  • Who want to continue to push the limits in their outdoor adventures

What We Treat…

  • Orthopedic pain (back, neck, shoulder, hip, knee, etc)

  • Running Injuries

  • Lifting Injuries

  • Sports Injuries

  • Vestibular Rehab

FAQs

  • We do not contract with insurance companies. This allows us to treat you without limitations that are set by insurance companies. This puts you, as the patient, first and allows you to receive the care that you need. We have options that allow you to submit a claim to your insurance for reimbursement. For more info on this, contact us.

  • Your session will be completely 1 on 1 with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. There will not be any other patients being treated at the same time as you. The visits will focus on manual therapy and exercises to help address the limitations that were found in the initial evaluation.

  • If you are doing a 60 minute physical therapy visit, then anything that will aid your rehab is included. This includes: dry needling, cupping, hands on manual therapy, education, Home exercise program, and exercises

    If you are doing a 30 minute recovery session, then this will include modalities and manual therapy to help your recovery. No exercises are provided

Hi, my name is Joshua Phalen and I am a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Strength and Conditioning Coach, and a UESCA Running Coach. I have years of experience training at the collegiate level, as well as, training everyday people!

If you’re like me, you started your fitness journey to improve yourself! It was a challenge that may have been intimidating and even outright scary, but you didn’t let that hold you back. You wanted to continue to challenge yourself to achieve new things with your body!

As I progressed with my fitness journey, I realized that one of the things that brought me the most joy was watching other people achieve goals that they had put so much time and effort into.


Josh is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with years of experience in the sports medicine field and strength and conditioning experience at the collegiate level.

Most recently he has become a UESCA-certified Running Coach to help people on their endurance journey.

Josh has worked with people of all ages and skill levels and helped them progress through their fitness journey

Josh’s passion is helping people both in physical therapy and coaching. He loves to see people commit to a process and achieve a goal! He is devoted to making a well-rounded program that focuses on a full-body approach to not only improve fitness but set you up for long-term success!

Client Reviews

  • The program Josh has made has been great. I have made substantial gains in strength and reducing knee pain as well. Josh has been very flexible and accommodating if I have questions, or limitations with equipment and making adjustments as needed. I have gotten many compliments on looking bigger and I feel great. Overall, it has been a good balance between a challenging program, and working in movements to increase my vertical in volleyball. When playing, I have felt like I did in college and not experiencing pain. Highly recommend contacting Josh to reach any of your goals regardless of the sport.

  • I’m a collegiate volleyball player that started dealing with shoulder pain on a consistent basis for about 6-8 months. I took time off (about 8 months of not hitting in vball) and saw a PT and religiously did their program. My pain consisted and only slightly got better. It was extremely frustrating to put in the work and still be hindered with pain. I figured this was how my shoulder was for forever and didn’t do chest or movements above head. I have a fraying labrum. I decided to try out training with Josh in the hopes of getting back to volleyball pain free and hopefully hitting harder. I didn’t expect too much, just a 20% improvement at best. Since training with Josh, my pain in volleyball has gone away and I’m hitting harder on the court. Not only that, I’m able to do chest and overhead movement like push jerks. This is the most well rounded I’ve felt athletically and we are only about 3 months into the program. Can’t wait to see what happens at 6-12 months. Give this program a shot if you wanna get rid of your pain. Josh has great knowledge to train sport specific and to rid your body of pains. Hands down the best money I’ve spent towards my health and living pain free while increasing my performance in my sport. I was skeptical too but once you try it for 3ish months you’ll notice the difference!

  • Josh has a lot of knowledge on the hybrid take to fitness as well as endurance building/running. As a seasoned bodybuilder, I’ve always felt strong in my knowledge of the gym and nutrition. What I realized after working with Josh, though, was there is a lotttt more to fitness than being strong or building muscle! Endurance, explosiveness, etc. all play a role, and makeup an overall “athlete” - I really enjoyed the program he put together for me. When he added more dynamic movements into my routine, I noticed a big difference in how good I felt after a workout (less pain/better burns), the changes in my body, and how my mind actually felt clearer. Separately, the running program was made in a way that someone like my self (couldn’t run a mile and my lungs always hurt), could learn the ins and outs of how to run, what to pay attention to, and how to prepare the body for it. I can run 5 miles now fairly easily and wouldn’t have been able to do that without his direction! He’s super easy to work with, has a good process with the app he uses and typically readily available if you have urgent questions. I highly recommend working with Josh!!

Let’s work together

Located in Thornton

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3750 E 120th Ave, Thornton, CO 80233