Ray Hayes
Ray Hayes has spent more than thirty years as a physical therapist and in the management of orthopedic therapy centers, which is long enough to have watched a lot of people get told their problem was something they would have to live with. He grew up in South Arkansas in the Pine Bluff area and did both his undergraduate work and physical therapy school at the University of Central Arkansas. Most of his career was concentrated in the Little Rock area until recently, when he and his wife Kathryn moved to Northwest Arkansas. As a physical therapist he treats a wide range of problems, from orthopedic and neurological cases to balance and vestibular conditions and the general deconditioning that quietly takes a person’s quality of life away. His approach is to find the cause of the problem rather than chase the symptom, then build a program that addresses it. He says the satisfaction in the work comes from two things at once: helping someone reach their goal, and the relationship that gets built along the way.
It’s not where you are; it’s where you’re going.
What guides the work.
Ray is a Christian, and he describes his aim simply: to live a life in service to God and to everyone he comes into contact with. In a treatment room that shows up as plain talk. He will tell you what he found in the evaluation and what he thinks it means, and he would rather spend part of a visit teaching you why something hurts than hand you a sheet of exercises and leave you guessing. The thing he most wants to fix is not a diagnosis at all. It is how little patients are usually told, both about the condition in front of them and about taking control of their own health so the next problem never arrives.
Off the clock.
In their words.
Ray gave me a very thorough evaluation and explained what he found in detail. I was also given printed out instructions on what to do at home before my next visit. I highly recommend Russ Physical Therapy.
I was having extreme pain in my hip and upper leg that prevented me from sitting for longer than 5 minutes. Ray was able to help with easy exercises and within 1 week the pain had subsided and I was able to sit and work for 1 hour before getting up and taking a break. Thank you Ray!
You have a wonderful experienced staff that are very friendly, knowledgeable, and caring. Ray, Emily and Thomas are very good at what they do. They know just what to do to get you pain free and movable again.
Ready when you are.
Fri: 8:00am - 1:30pm