About Karen DeVille

Karen DeVille is a registered physical therapist (CT License #003255) with over 35 years of experience. She is also an EMT, Certified Pastoral Care Specialist and Reiki Master. She practices a gentle integrative manual therapy approach that is foundational, profound, and lends itself effectively to treat a variety of conditions and dysfunctions.

Karen DeVille  “grew up” in health care when the physical therapy profession was valued by the health care industry and patients alike.  Early in her career, she had the time to develop and implement her skills and achieved superior outcomes, even in very complex cases. Karen was adeptly intuiting and practicing manual approaches.  This gave her an experience that changed her patient’s life and the trajectory of her career. Since then, she continues to pursue manual therapy specialties.  Karen has worked in a variety of settings, both side by side with, and as the treating therapist for advanced degree PTs and MDs alike.

Karen DeVille is a woman of faith, who was born, raised, and continues to live in Bristol, CT. She’s a mom to two wonderful sons, and a graduate and long time fan of UCONN (Go Huskies!). In addition, she is a fan of Star Trek, and collects comic books such as Superman, Batman, and Spiderman….“with great power comes great responsibility.”

Physical Therapy Today

In the current insurance based physical therapy delivery of care model, there is a focus on production. A manual hands on therapy approach is rarely available.  Additionally, patients and therapists are hemmed in by diagnostic codes with practice largely dictated by algorithms & contracts.  As a consequence, even those with advanced degrees, can be less experienced.  This often leads to underserved patients that respond with “that didn’t help me.”

Ultimately, the insurance system artificially limits the scope of physical therapy treatment and the client’s potential for recovery. This is why Karen developed the alternative Beyond Physical Therapy.

Beyond Physical Therapy practices therapy that honors you and your body, both history and design.

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Testimonials

When my body has been out of alignment, my joints have been inflamed or uncomfortable, I have had headaches, and/ or my physical and emotional energy has been out of whack, perpetuating discomfort in my body, mind, and/ or emotions, Karen’s skillful assessment, discernment in determining interventions, and holistic approach to physical therapy has restored my physical well-being and provided emotional relief, supporting my mental health and bodily wellness in a number of treatment episodes.
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Dr. Jill Hanson
Dedication to patient comfort, wellness, and trust. That is how I would describe Karen Deville. Several years ago, my father, who was post polio as a child, broke his afflicted leg. During his recovery, he was lucky enough to have Karen as his physical therapist. Karen was very dedicated to helping my father become mobile again. Post polio victims often have muscle degradation and weakness as they mature in life. This was no regular recovery
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James Swanson
My family lived through a nightmare as a neurosurgeon told us that our youngest son needed surgery now, that something was pushing on his brain. I have never been more scared in my life. We ended up being the lucky of the unlucky as it turned out to be an infection gone mad !  Karen played a big part of making my son whole again.  The treatments were excellent. Karen is very knowledgeable and was
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Chris Frechette

She is unique in her field and uses many therapy modalities, getting results where others have failed. She tailors her skills and expertise to your specific needs. Her methods go beyond physical therapy and are an essential part to the overall wellbeing. My highest regards to Karen and the wonderful work she is doing.

L Blitstein M.D.
Prior to seeing Karen DeVille , I had an ongoing incontinence problem that was being treated by 2 different urologists. I was first given two different medications that were increased a few times but did not help. I then saw a different gyno-urologist who tried a bulking agent and botox treatments for stress and frequency incontinence. These things helped a bit but not sufficiently so that eventually I had surgery to have a vaginal sling put in.
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Sandy Ives
My wife has been a patient of Karen DeVille since her last hip replacement surgery. She is under her care with recurrent back pain, headaches and joint pain. She received multiple hip replacements as well as traumatic compression fractures of the lumbar vertebrae, and, has experienced significant and prompt relief from Karen’s creative use of multiple modalities of therapy for a variety of rehabilitation needs. As such, I highly recommend her on her ongoing career
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William J. Pickering MD