Built Different.

Physical Therapy for Athletes in Tri Cities, TN | Sports Rehab & Performance

WE ARE FITNESS FORWARD CLINICIANS.

At Tri Star Strength x Rehab, physical therapy is built different—in all the right ways.

Tri Star Strength x Rehab provides sports physical therapy and athlete rehabilitation in Kingsport, Tennessee, serving athletes and active adults across Johnson City, Bristol, and the greater Tri-Cities region.

Our sports physical therapy approach is simple:
one-on-one, full-hour sessions with a Doctor of Physical Therapy who also understands strength training and performance.

Every treatment is individualized around your goals—whether that’s returning to sport, lifting without pain, running again, or simply keeping up with the life you enjoy.

Most clinics try to bridge the gap between rehab and activity.

We build a new road.

Through sports physical therapy merged with strength & conditioning for athletes in Kingsport and across the Tri-Cities, we don’t just treat symptoms like back, shoulder, or knee pain. We identify the root cause, fix it, and build strength and resilience so your body performs better than before.

And when rehab is finished, we don’t send you home with a sheet of band exercises.

We guide you into our Continuity Packages, a proactive training system designed to keep you strong, healthy, and performing for years to come. Perfect for year around training to optimize off-seasons and maintain during the season but also for Longevity clients looking to improve HRV, VO2max, bone density, muscle mass, and type II muscle fibers to age stronger!

Because the real goal isn’t just solving a problem.

It’s making sure nothing slows you down again.

FREE 15-MINUTE PHONE CONSULTATION

At Tri Star Strength x Rehab, we always focus on transparency.

If you are unsure if Tri Star is right for you, schedule a FREE phone consultation and hop on a call!

If we aren’t the right fit, we will find someone who is!

Nothing to Risk, Everything to Gain.

CYBER MONDAY COMING IN HOT 🔥 Grab a MINI 6 Pack to get you ahead of the New Years Rush! Save $300 on the MINI pack and 50% on the initial evaluation! 💣 Snag one for a family member in need for Christmas and give the gift of Performance Therapy 👊 🔗 in bio! Only 10 available!!! Deal ends Friday Dec 6th! Stay Strong My Friends 🤙

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! 🦃

‼️Attention PICKLEBALLERS‼️ We’ve got an exclusive Performance Testing Workshop for all pickleball athletes led by our own resident Performance PT and Strength Coach Josh Davis! 🏋️ If you want to learn how to properly perform and dose plyometrics, warm up and prime the body, mobility, stability, power and strength training to maximize performance and reduce injury risk then you CAN’T MISS THIS! Stay on the court for longer while also targeting injury risk. 📅 Friday December 6th 5:30-6:30pm 📍 105 KLM Dr Suite 14, Johnson City 🎟️ $25!!! Link in bio to claim your spot 🔗 Stay Strong My Friends 🤙

🚨 Baseball x Softball Players 🚨 The off-season is for improving upon holes in your game to make the next season your best. Period. Showcases and tournaments may not always be the best idea as you can use this time to build the ENGINE. Improve Mobility, Stability, and Strength leading into the 2024-2025 season. 💣⛽️ What if you don’t know you have some blindspots and you get hurt? Or you lose a starting spot? Or you want to grab the attention of your dream school? Assess. Don’t Guess. 🔬📊 If you don’t know what deficits you have, come let us check it out and see if you can: ✅ improve arm care ✅ improve rotator cuff strength ✅ improve hip, shoulder, t-spine mobility ✅ gain muscle ✅ get faster ✅ more powerful and twitchy ✅ increase velo and motor control Testing results go down right after the season. Some went ⬇️.. which is part of the game and the grueling playing schedule. This can lead to injury, especially for pitchers and their external to internal rotation ratio ❌ So here are some things we test and offer on here at Tri Star to keep the gains in and injuries out: ✅ offseason training and programming ✅ arm care ✅ metrics/KPIs to track and stay on top of ✅ injury risk reduction ✅ then… WE TRAIN… HARDER AND SMARTER!!! 😤🚀📊 @graham.jones18 has been CRUSHING his rehab for his shoulder. He’s also up 5 lbs in 2 weeks 👀… If you’re a ball player and want to get bigger, faster, stronger, and more powerful that translates to the field… - 🏷 Tag a Homie who should come GET TESTED‼️‼️‼️ - DM for more info on Exclusive Small Group Sessions so you and some homies can PUSH EACH OTHER! We will be running a special here soon with some BIG SAVINGS so don’t MISS OUT! 🔗 in the bio! ONLY 3 spots open‼️‼️‼️ Also, contact @_joshlucas15 for all hitting and pitching skills needs 👊 Stay Strong My Friends 🤙 #offsznbaseball #baseballrehab #performancerehab #throwgasdropbombs

Built Different. Josh sat down with the Skip from the Good Neighbor Podcast to talk about how we got started, how we have evolved, and how we are providing a service unlike any other to the athletes of the Tri Cities. ⛽️🔥 Follow the 🔗 in bio to hear the full conversation! Stay Strong My Friends 🤙

🇺🇸 Honoring Our Veterans! 🇺🇸 This Veterans Day, we express our deepest gratitude to our brave and selfless men and women who have served our country. We are honored to support our veterans in recovering from injury, building strength, power, and resilience. Thank you for your Service and Sacrifice.

Don’t let those valuable dollars in your Health Savings or Flexible Spending Accounts go to waste! 💸 You can invest in YOURSELF and your HEALTH by leveraging those 💵 to get out of pain, improve performance, OR BOTH here at Tri Star SxR! Hop in a FREE phone call today! See how we can help! 👊 Stay Strong My Friends! ⛽️

My current favorite squat setup for overloading the lower body while still getting some quality volume but also without significant strain on joints and lower back. Give it a try next leg day! ⛽️🔥

🚨 Baseball x Softball Players 🚨 The off-season is for improving upon holes in your game to make the next season your best. Period. Showcases and tournaments may not always be the best idea as you can use this time to build the ENGINE. Improve Mobility, Stability, and Strength leading into the 2024-2025 season. 💣⛽️ What if you don’t know you have some blindspots and you get hurt? Or you lose a starting spot? Assess. Don’t Guess. 🔬📊 If you don’t know what deficits you have, come let us check it out and see if you can: ✅ improve arm care ✅ improve rotator cuff strength ✅ improve hip, shoulder, t-spine mobility ✅ gain muscle ✅ get faster ✅ more powerful and twitchy ✅ increase velo and motor control Testing results go down right after the season. Some went ⬇️.. which is part of the game and the grueling playing schedule. This can lead to injury, especially for pitchers and their external to internal rotation ratio ❌ So here are some things we test and offer on here at Tri Star to keep the gains in and injuries out: ✅ offseason training and programming ✅ arm care ✅ metrics/KPIs to track and stay on top of ✅ injury risk reduction ✅ then… WE TRAIN… HARDER AND SMARTER!!! 😤🚀📊 Zach has been CRUSHING his rehab for his post-op labrum surgery a couple years ago and recently some medial elbow pain. All @vald_performance test results have rapidly been increasing this offseason, much like his weight as he is up 30 pounds 👀👀👀 If you’re a ball player and want to get bigger, faster, stronger, and more powerful that translates to the field… - 🏷 Tag a Homie who should come GET TESTED‼️‼️‼️ - DM for more info on Exclusive Small Group Sessions so you and some homies can PUSH EACH OTHER! We will be running a special here soon with some BIG SAVINGS so don’t MISS OUT! 🔗 in the bio! ONLY 5 spots open‼️‼️‼️ Stay Strong My Friends 🤙

Busy Parent WOD (Halloween Edition) 🎃 HALLOWEEN WEEK is gnarly as a walking zombie… I mean.. parent. 💀 Gotta fit in workouts when you can! HIGH FIVE 🖐️ 10 min time cap 🎃 Trap Bar Deadlift x5 reps @5-7RM 🎃 Hand Release Push-Ups x5 reps 🎃 Alternating Jump Lunge x10/leg 🎃 Strict Pull-Ups x5 reps *shoot for 5 rounds at least! Stay Spooky Parents 👻

🚨 BIGGEST DEALS OF THE YEAR 🚨 Buckle up, because I’m about to blow your mind with our Open Enrollment offer (OUR BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR!) that’s hotter than a barbell after a heavy deadlift session. 🔥🔥🔥 Picture this: It’s January 2025. You’re crushing PRs, moving pain-free, and feeling stronger than ever. You’re ahead of all those “New Year New Me” homies. Sound like a fitness fairy tale? Nope. It’s what happens when you snag one of our limited Open Enrollment spots. One-on-one, full hour sessions with a Doctors of Physical Therapy who’s also a Certified Strength Coach. It’s like having a personal body mechanic and performance guru rolled into ONE. 🛠️ Here’s the kicker: We’ve only got 10 spots available. Yeah, you read that right. 10. That’s fewer than the number of excuses you’ve made for not taking care of your body this year. You can also use this as a Family Pack to share among your family and SPREAD THE GAINS! 👊 Ready to build a new road to strength and health? Click the link in bio to secure your spot. 😤 Trust me, future you is already doing a happy dance. Stay Scary Strong My Friends 🎃😈👻

Ghosts, Games & Buddy Games 👻🎃👺 We will be hosting a DEADlift PR Party here at TrvFit! The Deets: 🎃 Runs from 1-2pm 🎃 Will have a warm up weight to start 🎃 Then we will have progressive bars set up to SMASH SOME SCARY HEAVY PR’S! Please come dressed up in a costume as we will have prizes for the costume contest and will be doing giveaways from local businesses like: @crossfitarcane , @performancemedicinetn , @vidya_yogaandfitness , @trvfitjohnsoncity , and yours truly! 😈 📅 Saturday October 26th 1 - 2pm for the DEADlift PR Party! 📍 @trvfitjohnsoncity 🎟️ FREE!!! Link in bio to claim your spot and fill out the waiver 🔗 Posted with QR code is also at TrvFit! You also sign up for @ican_adaptivefitness Buddy Games that start at 11:00am to get in a great workout with some amazing people and kiddos 👊 Stay Scary Strong My Friends 👻

VOLS GAMEDAY GIVEAWAY 🍊🏈🏆 In honor of the 3rd Saturday in October, we will be giving away a Tennessee Nike GAMEDAY jersey!!! 😳😬😱 How to enter the Giveaway: 1️⃣ LIKE the dang post! 2️⃣ TAG 3 Homies in the comments! 🍊 3️⃣ SHARE to your stories! 4️⃣ FOLLOW @tristarstrengthxrehab We will pick a WINNER on Sunday Night and post the results in our stories and DM the winner! 🏆 Stay Strong My Friends… and GO DAMN VOLS! 🍊🏈

🚨 OFFSZN GAINZZZ 🚨 (That’s way too many z’s…) The off-season is for improving upon holes in your game to make the next season your best. Period. Improve Mobility, Stability, and Strength leading into the 2024-2025 season. 💣⛽️ What if you don’t know you have some blindspots and you get hurt? Or you lose a starting spot? Assess. Don’t Guess. 🔬📊 If you don’t know what deficits you have, come let us check it out and see if you can: ✅ improve STRENGTH ✅ improve hip, shoulder, t-spine mobility ✅ gain muscle ✅ get faster ✅ more powerful and twitchy ✅ increase motor control So here are some things we test and offer on here at Tri Star to keep the gains in and injuries out: ✅ offseason training and programming ✅ metrics/KPIs to track and stay on top of ✅ injury risk reduction ✅ then… WE TRAIN… HARDER AND SMARTER!!! 😤🚀📊 Testing day for the Greeneville Galaxy Travel Soccer Club has commenced! ⚽️ If you’re a ball player and want to get bigger, faster, stronger, and more powerful that translates to the field… - 🏷 Tag a Homie who should come GET TESTED‼️‼️‼️ - DM for more info on Exclusive Small Group Sessions so you and some homies can PUSH EACH OTHER! We will be running a special here soon with some BIG SAVINGS so don’t MISS OUT! Stay Strong My Friends 🤙

A look at our “Staff Meetings…” 😤⛽️⚡️

Anti-Fragile 💪 Had a blast at our Pickleball Longevity WORKshop last week! 🏓⛽️😤 We went over primers and warmups to get the body ready for those 3 hour sessions. Common injuries we reviewed include plantar fasciitis, meniscus injuries, hip pathologies, knee pain, poor ankle mobility/stability, Achilles tendinitis, and how become more powerful with plyometrics! 👊 As we age, we seem a decline in type 2 muscle fibers, which are the fats twitch ones that have direct correlation to fall risk! 😳 We also lose motion when we stop playing sports or any rotational sport, IE pickleball, golf, ect. ❌ There is hope! Enter out Anyi-Fragile Small Group Training Sessions built by our Physical Therpaists and Strength Coach. 🏋🏻 We have one hour long weekly session that is made for LONGEVITY. We focus on: ✅ mobility ✅ stability and balance ✅ strength ✅ power ✅ cardiovascular health We also track this data points to make sure we are progressing and MOVING FORWARD! If you’re an older adult or have parents who have to improve stability, mobility, strength, and more powerful that translates to the LONGER, MORE FULL-FILLING LIVES… - 🏷 Tag THEM‼️‼️‼️ - DM for more info on Exclusive Small Group Sessions so you and some FRIENDS can PUSH EACH OTHER! We will be running a special with some BIG SAVINGS so don’t MISS OUT! 🔗 in the bio! ONLY 8 spots open‼️‼️‼️ Stay Strong My Friends 🤙

rehab reimagined.

What's the Difference?

Cash-Based vs. Insurance-Based
What's the Difference?

✓ Cash-Based PT = 1:1 individualized treatment
✗ Insurance-Based PT = 2-3 patients at one time
What's the Difference?

✓ Cash-Based PT = based on personal and performance goals, make your best even better
✗ Insurance-Based PT = insurance dictates the codes and care, surface level goals like how many degrees your knee can bend when on your back…
What's the Difference?

✓ Cash-Based PT = active, patient-specific treatment
✗ Insurance-Based PT = often use passive modalities/treatments that lack research for long-term benefits
What's the Difference?

✓ Cash-Based PT = same doctor every time
✗ Insurance-Based PT = different provider, possibly a tech, assistant, or student
What's the Difference?

✓ Cash-Based PT = No referral needed, no visit limit
✗ Insurance-Based PT = May require referral, authorization, and limited visits
What's the Difference?

✓ Cash-Based PT = 1 visit per week, get better quicker and with less visits
✗ Insurance-Based PT = 2-3 visits per week, high frequency with little accountability
What's the Difference?

✓ Cash-Based PT = Direct and transparent payment
✗ Insurance-Based PT = Co-pays, co-insurance, bills, more bills, vague