The Perfect Step

Exercised-Based Paralysis Therapy

The Perfect Step – a pioneer in activity- is an exercised based recovery center for those living with paralysis. The Perfect Step is encompassed of  specialists/trainers who have more than five years of experience with those living with paralysis. The specialists give their patients the knowledge and experience necessary to design a program unlike any other recovery center in the world.

How the partnership began

In 2007 Hal Hargrave, Jr. was paralyzed in a roll-over truck accident (read the rest of the story here). While Hal was still in the hospital, Mike Alpert, CEO of The Claremont Club, visited him and offered to convert one of Claremont Club’s racquetball courts into a small-adapted studio so Hal could work out.

Hal, who was still recovering from his own spinal cord injury, invited over 25 injured people all needing the same type of therapy to join him at the Club. Once the word got out, Hal and Mike discovered that the demand for this type of therapy was greater than they could meet.

What happened next was a dream come true for Hal.

First, the Specialists were taught the Dardzinski method at a world-renowned facility called Project Walk in Carlsbad, California certifying them as Paralysis Recovery Specialists. Next, Mike offered to expand the small studio into a larger space on the campus. Finally, Hal Hargrave Jr. and his family purchased the Project Walk franchise. They opened the doors to a modern 3000 square-foot center with the capacity to treat up to 75 clients. 

In 2020, the Claremont Club closed its doors, making TPS and Be Perfect find a new home. With the help of long-time supporters, Apex Imaging Services, they were able to build a brand new facility just down the road in Pomona, CA.

Today, The Perfect Step has never been better equipped to move in a direction of internal and external growth. Our current 7,000 square-foot facility gives us the ability to continue to expand our square footage footprint and to bring in other ancillary services on-site in the form of mental health therapy, chiropractic, and acupuncture-based services. Additionally, our state-of-the-art infrastructure allows for further space for education, training, and internal infrastructure to grow our brand outside of our four walls in Pomona. With this stable infrastructure, we are looking to expand our services to other major regions across the country, so we can continue our mission of serving those in the paralysis community and other areas.

If you are a paralyzed and need financial assistance for medical needs, please apply here. If you’d like to join the team of people making recovery possible for hundreds of paralysis patients, learn more here.