Dr. Kevin Hershberger · Physical Therapist, Chicago

How you move at 70
gets built in your 30s.

Carrying your own bags. Getting up off the floor without thinking about it. Still lifting. You can build all of it now—by improving how you move and building a body that holds up for the long haul.

I'm a physical therapist working to keep you out of physical therapy.

Dr. Kevin Hershberger
DPT
Doctor of Physical Therapy
FAAOMPT
Fellowship training, orthopedic physical therapy
<1%
Of PTs hold the fellowship
Chicago
Orthopedic & sports injury
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A few ways I can help you move better.

My approach
What decides whether training breaks you down or builds you up.

Training adds load: more weight, more miles, more sessions. Whether your body turns that into strength or injury comes down to a few things.

01

Capacity

How much your tissue can handle before something gives. Tendons and joints adapt slower than muscle, so they're usually the weak link, but they're trainable.

02

Movement quality

Move well and load spreads across your tissues the way it's built to. Move poorly, rep after rep, and the same load keeps concentrating in the same spots.

03

Load management

Most injuries in healthy people aren't from doing too much. They're from adding too much too fast. Knowing how to progress is a skill.

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About

A back injury during college golf changed everything.

Going through rehabilitation—understanding the anatomy, biomechanics, and the "why" behind recovery—set me on a path to help others do the same. Today I'm able to play golf, lift weights, run, and compete in beach volleyball because of what I learned during that process.

Undergrad University of Wisconsin-Parkside · BS Health Science · Golf Team 2016–2020
Education Rosalind Franklin University · Doctorate in Physical Therapy 2020–2022
Fellowship FAAOMPT Fellowship · Manual Therapy Institute 2022–2025
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