Dr. Adam Burns
Dr. Adam Burns has been treating patients at Abilene Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab since 2008. He completed his undergraduate degree at John Brown University and earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2004. What he has built on top of that is unusually broad. He is ASTYM certified for stubborn scar tissue and tendon problems, dry needling certified for muscle that will not let go, LSVT BIG certified for people living with Parkinson's, NESTA certified in speed, agility and quickness for athletes trying to get back to full pace, and he carries additional training in vestibular rehabilitation for dizziness and balance. That range matters when your problem does not fit neatly in one box. A shoulder that only hurts overhead, a knee that will not tolerate the field, a room that started spinning out of nowhere: those are not the same problem, and they should not get the same protocol.
Every technique I have trained in is a tool, not a treatment plan. The plan comes from what your examination actually shows.
What guides the work.
Adam starts by working out what is generating the symptom, not by chasing the place that hurts. Manual work, dry needling, ASTYM and loading get chosen because the examination pointed there, not because they are on the menu. You get one on one time with your therapist, start to finish. You also get told honestly what the re-measurements say, including when something is not moving the way it should and the plan needs to change. Most people notice the direction change well before they reach the finish, and knowing that early makes the rest of the work much easier to commit to.
Life beyond the treatment table.
Adam and his wife Kari have three daughters, Madelyn, Kamryn and Leah. Outside the clinic he is usually doing yard and garden work, playing ball with his girls, or somewhere at a family sporting event. It is a fair description of what he wants for the people he treats, too. Not a body that merely gets through the day, but one that holds up for the parts of life you would actually miss.