Skip the facility. Expert rehabilitation comes to you.
Thirty years of hands-on rehabilitation, brought to wherever you already are: the living room, a hospital ward, the stairway you cannot manage yet. Chaim Backman, PT, and his team.
Speaking English, Hebrew & Yiddish · Member, APTA
30+
Years in practice
Why home
A rehabilitation facility gives two or three hours of therapy a day. The rest of the time a patient waits in their room, because an unsupervised fall is a liability nobody wants to carry.
So the hours meant to rebuild someone are spent losing ground instead. Balance and movement are skills, and skills left unused go rusty.
Every hour of the day counts, from getting up, dressing, crossing the room, reaching the kitchen, eating, and managing the stairs. Every ordinary activity is aimed towards the same goal: function and independence, sooner.
The therapist
For over thirty years, Chaim Backman has helped people move better, recover stronger, and live more fully. As a licensed physical therapist, certified health coach, and USA Triathlon coach, he brings a rare breadth of expertise, and the patience, warmth, and discretion of someone who has spent a career in other people's homes rather than behind a clinic desk.
He has chosen a different model of care: no clinic, no waiting room, no rushing. Physical and occupational therapy brought to wherever you are, with Chaim, or with a therapist from his team working to the standard he sets.
Read Chaim's storyWhat Chaim offers
Physical and occupational therapy delivered wherever you are, with Chaim, or with a therapist from his team working to the standard he sets.
Chaim or a therapist from his team · Medicare accepted
Ongoing care in recurring, regular visits, in your own home. The full clinic experience without the clinic.
Chaim alone, one client at a time · high medical needs · private pay
Dedicated periods of extensive one-on-one care with Chaim himself, wherever you are, for clients whose medical needs go well beyond what a scheduled appointment can hold.
A single visit · private pay
A yearly physical for the way you move. Catch small limitations before they become injuries. The preventive habit your body deserves.
A room-by-room review of the home itself, covering grab bars, lighting, thresholds and alarms, so that the place someone lives in stops working against them.
Ongoing coaching · private pay
Beyond rehabilitation: building lasting strength, endurance, and resilience, guided by a certified triathlon and health coach.
Where the work happens
Chaim travels to wherever a client needs him: a living room, a hospital ward, a rehabilitation facility. New York, New Jersey and Miami are where the practice is based, not where it stops.
Homes · hospital wards · rehabilitation facilities
The practice is based in three places; the care is not. Chaim travels to his clients, across a borough or across the country, and a recovery does not start over when the address changes.
Brooklyn & the greater New York area
Three decades of roots in Brooklyn and the New York area, the home base of Chaim's practice, and the foundation of his most lasting client relationships.
Lakewood, Toms River & Central Jersey
A growing circle of families in Lakewood, Toms River, and across Central Jersey: intensive, in-home rehabilitation delivered close to home.
Bay Harbor Islands & Greater Miami
Sun-belt living and year-round movement. In-home care across Bay Harbor Islands and Greater Miami, for residents and seasonal clients alike.
Special circumstances
General physical therapy, and care for the moments that call for something more: recovery, resilience, and the strength to stay independent.
In their words
“I have worked with many physical therapists, but none have been as effective as Chaim Backman.”
“Thank you Chaim for your persistence. You really gave Mom her life back to her.”
Joseph M.
“I have worked with Chaim for many years and have seen the incredible improvement of his patients.”
Yossi F.
EMT
“Chaim, thank you so much for everything you did for our father. We truly can't thank you enough. Your professionalism, dedication, patience, and genuine care made a tremendous difference in such a short time. Beyond being an exceptional therapist, you're an exceptional person, and we feel very fortunate that you came to help us.”
The family of a client
From clients, families, and colleagues across New York, New Jersey & Miami. More stories to follow.
Begin a conversation
Care begins with a conversation. Share a little about your situation and Chaim will personally reach out to discuss how he can help, in New York, New Jersey, Miami, or wherever you call home.
