Meet our Founder

Dr. Lauren Clark

CERTIFICATIONS:

Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)

Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)

NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)

EXOS Sports Performance Specialist (XPS)

EXOS Mentorship Trained Performance Physical Therapist

Certified Provider - Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA)

Certified Provider - Trigger Point Dry Needling (DN)

Certified Provider - RockTape Fascial Movement Taping (FMT)

Certified Provider - Myodetox Reset (MDX)

Lauren is a Physical Therapist, Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and Sports Performance Specialist located in Los Angeles, California. She brings nearly 15 years of experience across various industries, fusing sports medicine with highly skilled manual therapy, orthopedic and holistic framework.

A native New Englander, Lauren completed both undergraduate and graduate programs via an accelerated graduate program at Northeastern University in Boston, earning a Bachelors degree in Rehabilitation Science and a Doctorate degree in Physical Therapy.

Over the next decade, Lauren followed her career all over the country, working with manual therapy & sports performance facilities located in Boston, New York City, Chicago, Memphis and Los Angeles. In order to gain a well-rounded perspective on patient care, Lauren also accepted positions in various settings including elite boxing gyms, mental health clinics and the Great Lakes Naval Station (VA Hospital & the nation’s only US Navy Seal bootcamp). She has studied under the mentorship and collaborated with many of the nation’s top sports medicine physicians, functional medicine experts, sports psychologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, athletic trainers, nutritionists and dietitians, performance coaches, skills coaches and other rehab & performance experts.

Lauren currently owns & operates her own successful Performance Physical Therapy practice, located within Maverick Community in West Hollywood. She also continues to accept private 1:1 contracts which allow her to provide contracted services during clients’ local, national and international athletic/performance demands.

Experience in the Sports Medicine Industry.

Lauren previously held the role of Performance Physical Therapy Manager for the esteemed EXOS Los Angeles facility, located inside the home of Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy, US Soccer Federation and US Tennis Association at Dignity Health Sports Park. Here, she regularly collaborated with on-site elite Performance Coaches, Sports Dietitians and skills coaches (as well as professional and collegiate medical & coaching staff) in evaluation of the elite athlete and designing high performance and return-to-sport programs as well as NFL, NBA & MLB off-season & combine preparation programs.

Prior to this role, Lauren also managed various Performance & Physical Therapy facilities in Chicagoland and Boston as well as providing contracted services to professional athletes nationwide.

Lauren has worked with the industry’s top athletes and medical personnel within the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, PGA, LPGA, Symetra Tour, AVP, USTA, MLS, English Premier & Championship Leagues and US Olympic athletes as well as further various international organizations.