Jason Tuori, PT, DPT
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Jason Tuori is a sports physical therapist and performance coach based out of Atlanta, GA. He currently works as the head physical therapist for Overtime Elite, a prep school and private basketball league. He is a Board Certified Sports Clinical Specialist and completed residency training at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Jason received his Doctor of Physical Therapy from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2017 and has practiced in various outpatient orthopedics/sports settings. He is a co-instructor for the continuing education course “Dungeons & Dynamometers: A Force Course”, a force testing and handheld dynamometry course for sports medicine providers.
Clinically, Jason’s interests are in the management of hip, ankle, and overuse injuries. He has presented on the topics of endurance athletic injuries, strength training, footwear, and returning to run following injury at the local, state, and national levels. He is the Vice Chair of the Running Special Interest Group and serves on the Nominating Committee of the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy.
Jason is certified as a Performance and Sport Scientist and Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA. He formerly worked as a performance therapist at MANA Performance Therapy in Fairport, NY, where he also served as the physical therapist and sports scientist for the Rochester Junior Americans in the NAHL league. Jason previously worked as the sports performance coach for Rochester New York FC in the MLS Next Pro league, where his responsibilities included both strength and conditioning and sports science roles. Additionally, he was the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Rochester and Nazareth University men’s and women’s cross country teams during his time at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He is a USA Track & Field certified running coach with special interests in middle-distance running and sprinting.
Jason is the host and producer of the popular PT podcast “PT Inquest”, a show dedicated to understanding physical therapy science. He is an active peer-reviewer for several physical therapy and physiology journals.
In his free time, Jason enjoys playing basketball, hiking, running, weightlifting, and buying new shoes.