Our Team
Katie O’Rourke
PT, DPT, OCS
Katie is has her doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California (fight on!) and is a Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist. Katie has worked with athletes ranging from middle school to professionals. She competed as a Division 1 Indoor Volleyball Player at Belmont University after many years of competitive club volleyball in Chicago. While at Belmont University, Katie and a teammate adapted the strength and conditioning program to more specifically target the needs of female athletes playing volleyball. Katie received many awards for academic and athletic excellence. She has her Bachelor’s in Exercise Science with a minor in Psychology.
Prior to PT school, she was a personal trainer focused on sports performance for high school, collegiate and professional athletes (and moms - more on this later). She continued her sports performance training business after PT school and partnered with local volleyball clubs to develop injury prevention and performance programs specifically designed for high school girls.
Katie is currently training to get back in the competitive beach volleyball scene after having her first baby girl in March 2023. She is implementing many of the same training methods and programs that she provides her athletes for injury prevention, increasing speed and vertical jump, and core and shoulder stability for optimal arm swing. When Katie is not treating patients or training you can find her outside. She loves beach volleyball, hiking, camping, walking her labs Bentley and Barley, cooking healthy meals, working out, and playing with her little girl Kenzie.
Becoming a mom in 2023 gave Katie a whole new perspective on a population she has been passionately working with since high school - MOMS! She believes that working out during pregnancy should be the norm and not the exception and that postpartum rehab and training should be offered to every mom right after the birth of their baby. Moms are athletes too regardless of if they participate in sports or not because their bodies go through more than any athlete during training or competition.
Currently accepting new virtual training clients for 2024.
Patrick O’Rourke
PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Patrick grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Finance. Patrick then attended the physical therapy doctoral program at University of Southern California. While there, he achieved a Merit Award for Academic Excellence each year. He also received the Beth E. Fisher scholarship, which was given to the individual who demonstrates empathy with patients, integrates knowledge from a variety of sources and has the potential to contribute to the advancement of clinical practice. At graduation, he was honored with the Order of the Golden Cane for Excellence, which is the highest honor awarded to graduates of the Division.
Patrick then went on to complete an orthopedic residency at USC to become a Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist. He then worked at the University of Delaware as a Physical Therapy Educator and Assistant Professor of Practice. He treated in the Sports and Orthopedic clinic, was a credentialed clinical instructor for the doctoral students and mentored in the Sports and Orthopedic Residency programs. He coordinated graduate-level courses and was published multiple times in international academic journals and textbooks on topics including the treatment of low back pain in adolesecents, progressive load on the Achilles tendon through exercise, and the evaluation and management of tendinopathy for basketball players. He completed a two-year program to become a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy.
He returned to California after that and became clinic director of a brand new sports and orthopedic clinic, growing the clinic in patient volume and staff and helped to build the sports population in the clinic. He treated athletes of all ages from the local high schools and universities and even from the professional ranks. He uses his diverse background in sports including basketball, baseball, soccer and golf in combination with his advanced training to deliver patient-specific rehab and performance programs to help athletes meet their goals.