Dr. Jerome Adams Jr., PT, DPT, OCS — founder of Horizon Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, Flint MI
Jerome Adams Jr., PT, DPT, OCS

About Dr. Jerome Adams Jr., PT, DPT, OCS

Jerome Adams Jr., PT, DPT, OCS is the founder, owner and lead physical therapist of Horizon Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation. A Flint native, he opened Horizon in 2012 with a simple idea: recovery should be personal, plain-spoken and delivered by clinicians who actually have the training to back it up. Today Horizon is the leading Black-owned and operated outpatient physical therapy clinic in Flint and Genesee County, with hundreds of five-star reviews from the patients it has helped get back to the things they love.

Credentials and training

  • Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) — University of Michigan–Flint
  • Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (OCS) — American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS)
  • Certified in dry needling (CertDN) and Kinesio Taping (CKTP); additional training in spinal manipulation, manual therapy and sports rehabilitation
  • Member, American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

Areas of focus

Orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, post-surgical rehabilitation, back and neck pain, manual therapy and dry needling, return-to-sport programs for youth and adult athletes, and lymphedema care.

Beyond the clinic

Dr. Adams also founded Flint’s Finest Basketball Club (2008), a 501(c)(3) youth basketball nonprofit, and he speaks and writes on leadership, youth development and healthcare practice ownership. His work with Horizon and Flint’s Finest has been featured by WNEM-TV, Voyage Michigan and the Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance.

Learn more about Dr. Adams at his personal site, jeromeadams.com, or find him on LinkedIn, Instagram and Healthgrades.

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