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Find your way back to what you love.
Physical therapy focused on getting you back to the thing you stopped being able to do. One therapist, one full hour, every session.
60-90 min
No referral
We bill for you
Jersey City
You've been to physical therapy. This isn't that.
At many clinics, a visit means fifteen minutes with a therapist, forty-five with an aide, and a discharge the moment your pain scores look acceptable. Vodic was built by someone who left that model on purpose.
Truly one-on-one
Your therapist is with you start to finish. No aides, no double-booking, no rotating between three patients.
Built for movement
Most of the space is open movement floor, not treatment tables, so your rehab can progress into real strength work in the same room, with the same therapist.
Goal-led, not pain-led
We start with what you stopped being able to do and build the plan backward from there.
Past pain-free
Out of pain is the floor, not the finish line. We don't stop there. The goal is getting you back to full capacity.
Ilija Bubalo PT DPT
Most physical therapy stops at pain-free. Vodic was built on a different standard: working toward full return to activity, not stopping at symptom relief. That distinction shapes every evaluation, every plan, and every session.
The model exists because I didn't see it anywhere else. Rehab is where the work starts, and my background as a competitive collegiate athlete and certified trainer shapes how I progress it, from restoring basic function toward the specific things you want to do again. When you're discharged, you can keep building here through Wellness, or take your plan with you. Either way, the goal is the same: cleared, and actually back.
What's stopping you?
Select a region to see what we treat there.
Ankle & Lower Leg
- Achilles tendinopathy and ruptures
- Plantar fasciitis and heel pain
- Ankle sprains and chronic instability
- Medial tibial stress syndrome — Shin splints
- Calf strains
- Stress fractures
- Chronic exertional compartment syndrome
- Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction — Flat foot
- Metatarsalgia, Morton's neuroma, Turf toe
- Fractures and post-surgical rehab
Knee & Thigh
- Ligament sprains and tears — ACL, MCL, PCL, LCL
- Meniscus tears
- Patellar tendinopathy — Runner's or jumper's knee
- Patellofemoral pain syndrome — Anterior knee pain
- Hamstring and quadriceps strains
- Adductor and groin strains
- IT band syndrome
- Patellar instability and dislocation
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Post-surgical rehab — ACL reconstruction, meniscectomy, replacements
Hip & Groin
- Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) — Hip pinching
- Labral tears
- Greater trochanteric pain syndrome — Gluteal tendinopathy or bursitis
- Hip flexor strains and tendinopathy
- Piriformis syndrome — Deep gluteal pain
- Hip osteoarthritis
- Post-surgical rehab — Replacements, arthroscopy, FAI
Sacroiliac Joint & Pelvis
- SI joint dysfunction
- Pregnancy-related and postpartum pelvic girdle pain
- Pelvic floor dysfunction — Incontinence and pelvic pain
- Coccydynia — Tailbone pain
- Diastasis recti — Abdominal separation
Low Back (Lumbar Spine)
- Acute and chronic nonspecific low back pain
- Lumbar disc herniation and bulges
- Sciatica and lumbar radiculopathy — Nerve pain traveling down the leg
- Lumbar spinal stenosis
- Degenerative disc disease
- Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis
- Muscle strains
- Post-surgical rehab — Discectomy, laminectomy, fusions
Upper & Mid Back (Thoracic)
- Thoracic pain and stiffness
- Postural dysfunction and kyphosis
- Rib dysfunction
- Scoliosis
- Compression fractures
Wrist & Hand
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis — Thumb and wrist tendon pain
- Trigger finger
- Wrist sprains and fractures — e.g., distal radius
- Hand and thumb osteoarthritis
- TFCC injuries — Outer wrist pain
- Post-surgical tendon repair
Elbow & Forearm
- Lateral epicondylalgia — Tennis elbow
- Medial epicondylalgia — Golfer's elbow
- Cubital tunnel syndrome — Ulnar nerve compression
- UCL sprains — Common in throwing athletes
- Fractures and post-surgical rehab
Shoulder
- Rotator cuff tendinopathy and tears
- Shoulder impingement — Subacromial pain with overhead movement
- Adhesive capsulitis — Frozen shoulder
- Shoulder instability and dislocation
- Labral tears — SLAP and Bankart lesions
- AC joint sprain and separation
- Biceps tendinopathy
- Post-surgical rehab — Rotator cuff repair, labral repair, replacements
Cervical / Neck
- Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) dysfunction — Jaw pain and clicking
- Cervicogenic & Migraine headaches — Headaches originating from the neck
- Cervical herniated discs & radiculopathy — Pinched nerves causing arm pain or numbness
- Neck pain & stiffness
- Cervical spondylosis / stenosis — Age-related joint wear and nerve compression
- Postural dysfunction — "Tech neck" and desk-related strain
Don't see what you're dealing with? Book an evaluation and we'll work out the cause together.
From first visit, working toward full capacity.
Evaluation
A full 90 minutes. We find the actual cause, not just the sore spot, and we talk through what you're trying to get back to. You leave with a plan and something to start on.
Your treatment plan
Built around your goal, named specifically. The 10K, the deadlift, the stairs, the sport. Every session moves toward it.
Back to it
We don't stop at pain-free. We keep working with full capacity as the goal, and we re-evaluate along the way.
Keep going
After discharge, you can keep building strength and movement here through Wellness, or take your plan with you. Your choice.
Clear pricing. One therapist, every visit.
Flat rates and no surprise bills. Every visit is one-on-one.
Physical Therapy
Evaluation
PT Session
Prepay & Save
Wellness
Wellness Session
Small-group training
Send your patients somewhere you'd go.
Vodic PT is a private outpatient practice in Jersey City. Every patient is seen by a licensed physical therapist for a full sixty-minute session. No aides, no shared hours, no rotating providers.
We coordinate directly on plan of care and send progress notes on request. Referral pads available.
Out-of-network,
without the paperwork.
Most out-of-network Physical Therapy means chasing your own claim. Not here.
You pay at your session
We file your claim
Reimburse per your plan
Claim denied? We handle the appeal.
You pay at your session
Medicare accepted
Cards, cash, checks
Ready when you are.
No referral needed. First visit? Choose Initial Evaluation.
Prefer to talk first? Call 201.771.2946 or email ilija@vodicpt.com