Ani started Satchel for people who cannot easily get to a clinic, and for people who would rather not. She explains each exercise, watches you do it and tells you plainly when something belongs with a physician.
Mobile physical therapy in Bellevue, Nebraska
Physical therapy that comes to your door
Ani Sarkis, a physical therapist, visits you at home with a folding table and a bag of bands and weights. One therapist, about an hour, in the rooms where you actually move.
Your first visit, at home
From a phone call to a plan, in six stops
This is how the first visit goes, in the order it happens.
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Step 1: You call, or book online
Start with a free 15-minute phone call. Ani asks what you want to get back to and tells you plainly whether home visits suit you. It is a call about fit, nothing more.
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Step 2: You get an estimate in writing
Before the first visit, you get a written estimate: what Ani expects each visit to cost and what it includes. A travel fee, if there is one, is in it.
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Step 3: You pick a time
Choose a day and an hour that suit your week, at home. Early evenings and Saturday mornings are open.
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Step 4: Ani arrives with her satchel
She texts when she is on her way. She brings a folding table, bands, light weights and a balance pad, and she leaves your floors and furniture as she found them.
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Step 5: She looks at your own rooms
She watches how you stand, walk, reach and climb where you live: your stairs, your chair, your kitchen counter. She explains what she finds in plain words.
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Step 6: You leave with a plan
You agree on goals together and get a short list to do between visits. A detailed receipt follows, and your next visit is booked if you want one.
What comes in the bag
You do not need any equipment
Ani brings what the visit needs, and shows you what you can use from your own home.
A folding table
Set up in a living room or a spare room, and put away before she goes.
Bands and light weights
For strength and movement work you can repeat on your own.
A balance pad
For practicing steadiness with a hand nearby.
A written plan
Your exercise list, printed and clear, left where you will see it.
Clean linens and wipes
Everything that touches you or your furniture is clean and her own.
A mat for the floor
So your rugs and floors stay as they are.
Where Ani drives
Bellevue and the towns around it
We visit homes in these towns. A travel fee applies beyond Bellevue, and we tell you the amount before you book.
Sarpy County
The shortest drives from Ani's base in Bellevue.
- Bellevue
- Springfield
- La Vista
- Gretna
Douglas County
A travel fee applies. You hear the amount before you book.
- Valley
- Ralston
- Elkhorn
- Bennington
Not on the list? Call us, and we will tell you whether we can come.
Care at home
What Ani does in your living room
Four kinds of visits, each one planned around the house you live in.
Who it is for
For people whose week is already full
Satchel is for adults with jobs, children and long to-do lists, and for people who are recovering and would rather not manage a car ride and a waiting room. You do not need to know what is wrong before you call.
This care is for you if
You work from home or on a tight schedule, and a clinic visit means rearranging your day
You had surgery and your surgeon wants you moving again
Stairs, rugs or a hard chair make your home harder than it used to be
A family member wants to learn how to help
Your therapist
One person, from the first call to the last visit
Ani Sarkis does your evaluation, your treatment and your follow-up herself.
In their words
What home visits are like
“I work from my kitchen table and my evenings are not mine to give up. Ani came at six, and we were done before dinner.”
Jamie T.Home visit in La Vista
“After my knee surgery I did not want to get in a car. She showed me how to use the stairs in my own house, and that was the part that mattered.”
Randall H.Home visit in Bellevue
“My daughter sat in on the first visit. Ani wrote everything down, so we both knew what to do on the days between.”
Bonnie F.Home visit in Gretna
Sample reviews.
Questions
Before you book
Do I need a referral?
In Nebraska, you can start without a referral. Your plan may still ask for one, and so may your surgeon, so tell us who is involved and we will help you sort it out.
Do you take Medicare or my plan?
We do not bill Medicare or other plans. You pay Satchel directly, and you get a written estimate before your first visit and a detailed receipt after each one.
How long is a visit, and who treats me?
Your first visit is about an hour. Ani Sarkis, a physical therapist, treats you at every visit, and nobody else comes to your door.
What should I expect at home?
Ani needs a chair, a few feet of clear floor and a clear path to any stairs you use. She brings everything else. Family and pets are welcome.
How many visits will I need?
That depends on what Ani finds, what you want to get back to and how your body responds. You talk it through at the first visit and again as you go.
Book a visit
Choose a time, or start with a call
Pick a time on our scheduling page. Prefer to talk first? The 15-minute phone call is free, and Ani answers the phone herself between visits.
Phone(402) 555-0109
Hours
- Monday – FridayToday
- 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
- SaturdayToday
- 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- SundayToday
- Closed