I wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Dannan Siano. I am the owner and founder of Viva Physical Therapy. My family and I recently moved to Park City from River Forest, IL a suburb just west of downtown Chicago.
Our desire to move was based on the need for a complete lifestyle change.
In the midst of a pandemic, we were faced, like everyone else, with trying to homeschool our children, work virtually and maintain our sanity. Park City is a place we had visited quite a few times and absolutely loved it. Some of our dearest friends had homes here.
In June of 2020, when we had reached our breaking point in Chicago, we came to Park City to decompress for a few weeks, it was then that we decided the mountains were calling us.
When we returned to Chicago, we got our house ready to put on the market and started making plans for the big move.
The decision should have been a challenging one, our friends and family were in the mid-west, our kids loved their school and their neighborhood, they were involved in sports and on several different teams, I had my practice there and it was doing well.
To say it simply, our lives were there. None of that mattered. We were craving something different, something new and we hoped for something more.
Fast forward to now, we did it. We sold our house, succeeded in the herculean task of finding a house in Park City, enrolled the kids in school and in sports.
We made it!
We now call the mountains home.
We have been here just a little over a year now and are settling in nicely. We have met wonderful people and are enjoying all the new activities the mountains have to offer.
I’m a runner and boy were my eyes opened to how different running is here compared to Chicago!
Let’s just say my distance is much shorter and my speed are much slower, but I love running here, the trails are amazing.
I took this last year to get my family settled and to just experience our new life and now it’s time to embark on a new journey, reopening my business.
Leaving my practice in Chicago was hard, but I knew when the time was right I could and would do it again.
Viva Physical Therapy is a boutique physical therapy practice that focuses on the unique challenges experienced by women, issues related to pregnancy and postpartum recovery, urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, and issues related to breast cancer recovery, to name a few.
I have been a physical therapist since 1997. The beginning of my career was focused primarily on outpatient orthopedics, which I loved.
When I was pregnant with my first child, I became acutely aware of what a women’s body goes through during pregnancy and the issues that can create. I also became acutely aware of the fact that there weren’t many people who I could turn to that knew how to help me.
I was frustrated…
I didn’t want to pee on myself when I ran, and I was not going to stop running. I needed help and I wanted answers. It was then that I decided to delve into the world of pelvic health.
I have spent the last 14 years learning how to better serve this population.
In 2017 I opened Viva Physical Therapy in River Forest and Oak Park IL and I couldn’t have been happier.
I had my own business where I could help the population of patients that I felt most needed me, in the way that I felt would best serve them.
It is now my great hope that I can do it again here, in this amazing place.
Initially, I am offering virtual and in-home visits with a clinic location to open in the near future.
If you are experiencing issues related to pregnancy and postpartum recovery, if you avoid activities because you are afraid you may leak or have pelvic pain that has plagued you, feel free to contact me at dannansiano@vivapt.com or call me at 248-318-9722.
I’m here to help!
