EVO Performance Therapy — Local services in Nashville-Davidson

About 4 years ago I was involved in a snowboarding accident that started a long stint of shoulder pain. Not long after, I started physical therapy at a clinic that was near my house back in Florida. Although they offered some good guidance, it wasn’t quite the approach that I needed. I tried another one nearby and to no surprise, still didn’t feel like I was making the right kind of progress. Soon after I finished, we moved to Nashville and after we were settled about a half a year later I decided it was time to try to get my shoulder pain fixed again. When I searched online for options, I called a few of the first places and nothing stood out quite like EVO Performance Therapy. First of all, Mandy was extremely friendly and listened very well to the problems I described. Rather than just take my money, she wanted to make sure that they were a perfect match for me just as much as I would be for them. We got an appointment setup with Dr. Willis Graves in the near future and I was very impressed with the knowledge he had to offer. Other clinics that I visited would always use the same approach, but when he asked me about my goals to fix my shoulder and get back in the gym he knew just how to tailor a plan to me! He tested each muscle in the area and made sure that what we were going to be working on would target the stabilizing muscles needed. The 1-on-1 sessions really helped guide my forms during the exercises and he even made sure that the right muscles were targeted during each rep. If I wasn’t feeling it where I was supposed to, we would adjust and make sure I did. On top of that, the spaced out sessions really gave me time with my busy schedule to make sure I was progressed enough by the next session. If I had questions or concerns, I could reach out to Willis in the app and he’d respond in detail. Here I am writing this review a few months later with NO PAIN!! I’ve now been in the gym 5 days a week lifting on my own for almost 6 months and, although I could say I’ve met my goal, we’re not stopping here. Just a few weeks ago, I had a question regarding my bench press form and he even still responded with helpful information in the app! HUGE HUGE HUGE thanks to Dr. Graves and the EVO Performance team because without them I may not have been able to pursue my fitness goals in the first place. 5 stars, worth every single penny, and I’ll be coming back in the future for any of my future...

I ended up at Evolution Performance and Rehab after asking a friend for a recommendation for dry needling. I have suffered with chronic back pain for a decade plus nerve damage in my hands and was really getting to a point where I was struggling to keep it all together. Working as a healthcare provider had done nothing to help me control my pain in 2020. During my first evaluation with Dr. Ben Moore, he asked me questions about my pain and what my goals were; I am not an emotional person, but I did get choked up when I said all I really wanted was to feel more normal and to be able to go about my day without thinking about how much I was hurting. Dr. Moore did a great job explaining his plan and why he thought it could help achieve my goals. This was not my first experience with physical therapy, but it was so different than any other evaluation I have had. After years of being left disappointed by doctors, physical therapy, and medications, I felt hopeful that I might be able to feel better. Dr. Moore created a plan for me involving exercise programs, dry needling, TENS therapy, plus cupping and has also looked at other life changes to help reduce the stressors my body experiences by discussing nutrition, sleep, and breathing exercises. I can say this is the first time any physical therapist has addressed other factors to help reduce my pain. After six months of working together, I have regained control over my pain and have noticed improvements I have never seen before. I am not completely pain free, but I have hope that it could be possible. I never thought that would be something I could say. We have also explored the nerve damage in my hands and have started to look at exercises that could benefit the issues I have there. Throughout it all, Dr. Moore has been supportive and encouraging. This experience has been worth every single penny. I have signed up for another 12 months, and I know that 2021 has so many...

EVO PT and Dr. Lexi was truly the best PT experience I've had in my life! I've been to multiple PT offices over the last 10 years and had great experiences, but nothing compares to the amazing care Lexi provided me! I had 10 sessions of pelvic floor therapy during my second pregnancy. When I started with Lexi, I was 30 weeks pregnant and experiencing a lot of pain and discomfort. I didn't have a workout routine throughout the pregnancy and I was very defeated as to how the rest of the pregnancy would go. Within a few weeks, Lexi had me feeling better in my third trimester than I did in my second. She healed ongoing pain, previous injuries from my first birth, and helped prepare me (physically and mentally) for my second birth -- which went SO smoothly thanks to the work we put in! Not only that, the experience was SO different than previous PT offices. I got 60min of undivided attention. And doing the exercises in an actual gym always made me feel like I got a real workout in - it's a great environment! The greatest gift Lexi gave me was my confidence back. I was doing planks and squats the week of my birth! I felt STRONG during the end of my pregnancy, when I'd felt so incapable before. She even got me doing a (light) tabatas workout 8 weeks postpartum! I sat on the floor of the gym feeling capable - and that was such a gift to a new mom of 2. I can't say enough good things about Lexi... She's incredibly knowledgeable and your biggest cheerleader. The way she celebrates the smallest progress (that can feel insignificant to me) makes me see the progress. Now 4mos postpartum, I'm doing better than I was 9mos postpartum in my first birth. I am grateful for Lexi's care and feel confident I can get back to a healthy lifestyle thanks to how well she...