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Trevor Lawerence
NFL

The MOTUS 4P Joint Approach ®

MOTUS 4P Joint Approach

Stop wondering if you're pushing too hard,
or worrying about re-injury

We designed our 4P Joint by Joint Approach ® to systematically determine WHERE your problem is coming from, WHY it’s there and HOW to heal it for long term strength and mobility. In science-speak, we specialize in assessing the entire kinetic chain, which means we analyze your body as an entire system, starting with your breath.
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PERSON

There are many approaches to rehabilitating an injury and not every person's injury is the same.

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PAIN

We are constantly searching for the source of pain and not just treating the site of the pain.

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PROBLEM

We have to identify the root cause of the injury to prevent it from happening again.

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PLAN

Our team will work with you to create a plan for your recovery that is both functional and effective.

After visits to a chiropractor, our doctor, a month of rest, ice, x-rays and MRI's, we were still in the dark and my son's pain was only worsening. I called MOTUS. Within the first evaluation, they were able to identify the source of my son's pain. His pain has disappeared after only a few visits. If you're looking for quality care and a place that will hone in on the problem, then this is your place!
Robin
Robin W
Athlete Mom
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MOTUS Services and Specialties

Manual Therapy

Joint Mobilization

Joint Mobilization offers targeted manual techniques to improve joint range of motion, reduce stiffness, and alleviate pain. By restoring proper joint mechanics and function, patients experience enhanced flexibility and mobility, facilitating their overall rehabilitation progress and quality of life.

Soft tissue mobilization

Soft Tissue Mobilization uses hands on manual techniques to release soft tissue restrictions, break down scar tissue, and reduce pain. By promoting better circulation and tissue healing, it enhances flexibility, reduces inflammation, and facilitates improved movement patterns for patients.

Cupping

Cupping therapy offers a non-invasive and effective method for promoting blood circulation, reducing muscle tension, and alleviating pain. This ancient practice is believed to reduce inflammation and promote overall wellbeing through its therapeutic effects on the body.

Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization

Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization employs specialized tools to manipulate the skin, myofascia, muscles, and tendons by various direct compressive stroke techniques. This technique enhances tissue healing, reduces pain, and accelerates rehabilitation processes, providing effective relief for various musculoskeletal conditions.

Passive Range of Motion

Passive Range of Motion is the range of motion that is achieved when an outside force (such as a therapist) exclusively causes movement of a joint and is usually the maximum range of motion that a joint can move. By gently moving the joints through their full range without active muscle engagement, this promotes circulation, reduces stiffness, and preserves joint function.

Stretching

Stretching Therapy Stretching is a physical exercise that requires putting a body part in a certain position that’ll serve in the lengthening and elongation of the muscle or muscle group and thus enhance its flexibility and elasticity. Stretching enhances flexibility which prevents injuries and improves overall performance by increasing the range of motion in muscles and joints.

Exercise Therapy

Flywheel Training

Flywheel training is a strength training method that uses a flywheel to create constant resistance during the pull and return movements of an exercise. Flywheel training offers variable resistance throughout the range of motion, which facilitates isoinertial training and eccentric overload. Flywheel training is shown to lead to improvements of strength and power, hypertrophy, muscle activation, muscle length, and tendon stiffness. This in turn can improve athletic performance in speed, jump height, change of direction and resilience to injury.

Blood Flow Restriction

Blood flow restriction (BFR) is a rehabilitation modality that uses a tourniquet to reduce arterial inflow and occlude venous outflow. BFR enables targeted muscle strengthening with lighter loads, reducing stress on injured tissues while still promoting muscle growth and strength. This technique can reduce recovery times, enhance muscle hypertrophy, and improve overall rehabilitation outcomes, particularly in cases of injury or post-operative rehabilitation where traditional resistance training may be limited.

Neuromuscular Re-education

Neuromuscular re-education is a technique used by physical therapists to help restore normal body movement patterns. Neuromuscular re-education is based on neuroplasticity, which is the brain’s ability to form new neural connections and re-organize in response to experience and learning. By targeting specific muscle groups and enhancing neuromuscular control, this form of therapy promotes improved coordination, strength, and functional movement, ultimately leading to enhanced mobility and reduced risk of future injuries.

Strength

Strength training (also known as resistance exercise) increases muscle strength by making muscles work against a weight or force. Resistance exercise is considered a form of anaerobic exercise. Different forms of strength training include using your own body weight, free weights, weight machines, resistance bands and plyometrics.

Power Training

Power training is a type of exercise that focuses on how fast you can move resistance, rather than how much resistance you can move. It’s a way of doing strength training that emphasizes overcoming resistance as fast as possible. Power training can help you get faster and more powerful, and can help you hit peak power faster, which can lead to better performance.

Stability Work

Stability exercises help improve balance and core strength, which are crucial for injury prevention and optimal performance. By enhancing neuromuscular control and joint stability, these exercises reduce the risk of injuries, as well as enhance athletic performance by promoting efficient movement patterns and biomechanical efficiency.

Active Mobility Work

Active Mobility Work promotes tissue flexibility, improves muscle coordination, and optimizes functional movement patterns. Mobility exercises are targeted movements performed to improve how well you can control and move a joint through its entire range of motion.

Technology

Theragun

Theragun offers athletes targeted percussive therapy, which reduces muscle tension, soreness, and promotes blood circulation. Its ergonomic design and customizable settings allow for precise, deep tissue massage, facilitating quicker recovery, enhanced flexibility, and improved athletic performance.
Theragun by Therabody

PEMF

Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy aids in reducing pain, inflammation, and accelerating the healing process by stimulating cellular repair mechanisms. This non-invasive technique penetrates deep tissues, making it a valuable supplement to therapy for addressing a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions, and improved functional outcomes.

Recovery Boots

Pneumatic compression help athletes in reducing muscle soreness, swelling, and improving circulation for faster recovery. Through controlled cyclical pressure these boots enhancing blood flow and lymphatic drainage, as well as the removal of metabolic waste products, promoting muscle recovery, and reducing the risk of overuse injuries.

INDIBA

INDIBA accelerates the natural tissue repair process. Treatments can begin in the acute stage of an injury; and continuous frequency modulation ensures there is a bio-stimulation effect without inducing heat into the tissue. In chronic situations, INDIBA induces an increase in deep blood flow by 79%, with a significant increase of tissue temperature, lasting well beyond the treatment time. Leading to increased recovery times and improved sports performance.

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MOTUS Client
USA Water Polo
Olympics

You deserve answers and a proactive
treatment plan that's designed for your body.

Our innovative, evidence-based approach is on the cutting edge of technology and
technique, delivering a new standard of physical therapy in Orange County and
beyond. Trusted by professional athletes, celebrities, weekend warriors
and everyone in between, our methodologies achieve results no
other rehabilitation programs can.
The Joint by Joint approach treatment involves a60-minute assessment of each component in your body's kinetic chain, giving us a complete picture of how you move.

MOTUS Client
Hunter Henry
NFL

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Joint-By-Joint Movement Analysis

No two people are the same. Our treatment plans kickoff with a full 60-minute joint-by-joint assessment of each component in your body’s kinetic chain, giving us a complete picture of how you move.

  • Retrain the Brain
  • Movement Biomechanics
  • Primitive Movement Patterns
  • Neuromuscular Re-Education
  • Functional Exercise Progressions
Where Does It Hurt?

Physical Therapy, Recovery and Rehabilitation

Our team of orthopedic and sports certified specialists are also experts in assessing the entire kinetic chain. We’re a one-stop-shop for your entire recovery and rehabilitation journey.

  • Physical Therapists
  • Orthopedic Specialists
  • Sports Specialists
  • Movement Specialists
  • Strength & Conditioning Specialists
Meet Your Team
MOTUS Specialists of Santa Ana, CA provide physical therapy, recovery, and rehabilitation services for athletes of all ages and skill levels.
MOTUS Specialists provide technology services the recovery and prevention of injuries.

MOTUS Client
Nick Bosa
NFL

Technology to Recover and Prevent Injury

We combine cutting edge technology, functional movement training, and progressive therapy to rebuild muscle mass and restore your mobility.

  • Shockwave Therapy
  • Anti-Gravity Treadmill
  • Eccentric Flywheel Training
  • Interactive Neuromuscular Stimulation
  • Blood Flow Restriction Training (BFRT)
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The Recovery Lab

Whether you’re recovering from surgery, an injury, or a big event we’ve got the technology and team you need to relax and recover with confidence.

  • Contrast therapy
  • Red Light Therapy
  • Pneumatic Compression Therapy
  • Portable Ice Bath and Heat Therapy
  • Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy
See The Recovery Lab
The MOTUS Recovery lab provides the technology and specialists you need to relax and recover with confidence.

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Russell Wilson's plan includes night treatments, personal physical therapist. ESPN interviews Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy
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Yahoo! Sports interviews Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists – Russell Wilson will have live-in physical therapist, middle-of-night treatment on knee
Meet the guru who’s preparing Carmelo Anthony for his next act - New York Post interview with Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Orange County, CA
Russell Wilson’s Superfast Recovery From a Badly Sprained Ankle and MCL Strain Involved Staying Up All Night - Stack.com interview with Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Orange County, CA
Soccer Players Can Suffer from Fewer ACL Tears - Soccer Today interviews Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Orange County, CA
Trojan Physical Therapist for NFL Athletes Gets Back to Basics - USC Today interviews Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Orange County, CA
MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy Named An Official Performance Partner Of USA Water Polo
Soccer Players Can Suffer from Fewer ACL Tears - Soccer Today interviews Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Orange County, CA
Russell Wilson says he spends $1 million on his body a year, including hyperbaric chambers, physical therapy, and food made by 2 chefs - Business Insider interviews Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Orange County, CA
Trevor Lawrence happy with shoulder progress two weeks after surgery - ABC News interviews Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Orange County, CA
Femoral Fracture Following Acute Trauma in a Female Collegiate Swimmer - Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy interviews Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Orange County, CA
Check out Bosa rehabbing torn ACL, working toward 49ers return - NBC Sports interviews Dr. Drew Morcos of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Orange County, CA

MOTUS Client
Tainan Dalpra
Jiu-Jitsu

Physical Therapists to the Pros, Stars and Skeptics

Discover why professional athletes, protective parents, and weekend warriors trust our 4P Joint by Joint Approach ®.

Bob V.

Jiu-Jitsu

I came to MOTUS for low back pain a little over 1 year after it began. I had seen two other physical therapists and one chiropractor and was feeling pretty hopeless. I started working with MOTUS and they had me feeling a little better week after week. They also helped me with some much needed tough love on the fact that my progress would be met with occasional flare ups. They helped me work through these flare ups and gave me the tools I'd need to identify them and work through them on my own.

Alison M.

PTA/Distance Runner

MOTUS is amazing! I work as a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant and am a distance runner, so I know the body well. I’ve been dealing with the same hip, rib and foot/toe pain issues for years. I’ve gone to multiple PTs and have tried everything to figure it out. The MOTUS team was able to determine the problem for all of my issues in the first couple of visits! I’ve never worked with a PT clinic that is so passionate, caring, knowledgeable and just so ahead of the game in their field! Grateful I found Motus PT!!

Mack H.

NFL

From crawling to running (literally)! Thank you so much! It has been quite the journey, but the results are the proof of how great you guys are. My body is finally trending towards full health. I appreciate all the time and energy you put into getting me back right.

Brian L.

Soccer Dad

My 14 year old daughter Madyson is a competitive soccer player toggling her time between club and highschool soccer. After meeting the MOTUS Team we truly have seen a difference in her recovery time as well as her output. Madyson is engaged in the exercises and stretches that she has learned from them. They were able to explain to Madyson in a way for her to understand what her young body is going through. The amount of injuries we see on the pitch nowadays in the young teen age range is crazy....so many young athletes with ACL tears and knee issues. They assigned her exercises and preventive stretches to allow Madyson to be at her best, and the relationship Mady has built with the MOTUS Team is amazing.

Cienna R.

Collegiate Soccer Athlete

MOTUS is a whole other level of physical therapy rehabilitation for athletes. I came to MOTUS after my previous physical therapy place was not maximizing my recovery for returning to collegiate soccer. MOTUS has been the most amazing, knowledgeable, and supportive facility as they always had an answer and knew what was wrong!! I came here being a month behind in my recovery and now I have gained all my strength and muscle back, and in even better shape than how I was pre-injury.

It's time to toss the old school
physical therapy playbook.

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MOTUS Client
Zach Wilson
NFL

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Motus Physical Therapy has quite literally changed my life! I give them the highest and most sincere recommendation I can. The backstory…. I almost skipped my first appointment. I was disheartened and ready to give up. I walked in for my first appointment using a cane, and walked out (slowly) on my own. I’ve continued to get better ever since. In the years prior to finding Motus, I struggled with debilitating pain in my back. During the worst episodes, I was completely immobile for weeks at a time. That’s no exaggeration. I lived every day with 5/10 pain, and in my worst days, when my back would go out, I’d be at 10/10. It would come out of nowhere, and drop me. Literally drop me to the ground like a bolt of lightening. I couldn’t move, couldn’t put weight on my legs, and found myself using a walker just to struggle to and from the restroom. That was my life for 4-5 years as I attempted everything I could find for relief! I tried physical therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, inversion therapy, active release therapy, pain medication, potent prescribed anti-in inflammatories and spent tens of thousands of dollars with no lasting results. Now I can do anything! I golf, surf, and live again. I still perform maintenance on my back, but I haven’t had a flare up in forever!!
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