The Stoic Physio

Fantastic experience: After years of pain and discomfort, orthopedic appointments that went nowhere, and physical therapy that didn't result in any improvement, I knew I had to try something different and with someone with the knowledge to not only help me achieve that goal, but to help make sure I didn't make things worse! Finding Melissa has been KEY to the improvement I've seen in pain and strength. To finally have hope and to see progress has been life-changing. Don't keep waiting and hoping that pain and immobility will improve on its own; take the step for yourself and put yourself in Melissa's hands!

Fantastic experience: I've known Melissa for years and seen her multiple times for different injuries. Melissa is an amazing listener. I've been Crossfitting semi-seriously for about 5 years. I was recently plagued with a continuing lower back injury that was breaking down my confidence during compound movements (cleans, squats, snatch). Melissa spent a lot of time digging to the root cause of the issue, then educated me on what we needed to do to fix it. A few months later, and I love my new, stronger hips, glutes, and core. My back pain is 95% gone. I have a lot more confidence in Crossfit, and have learned to do movements more efficiently thanks to Melissa. There is no other DPT on the planet like Melissa, I highly highly highly highly recommend her!

Fantastic experience: I had rotator cuff and bicep surgery on 11/22 and was referred to Dr. Capurro for post surgery PT. I recently moved to the Tampa area from Boston and was apprehensive on the level of care I’d receive from a person I had never heard of. I had the pleasure of meeting with her on 1/25 and I was blown away by her knowledge, experience, and thoroughness. She took the time to understand the root cause of my injuries, as well as learn more about my future goals in an effort to help me achieve these. At the end of our session, she promised to email me some “Homework” as well as other helpful resources. To my surprise, she actually came through! I received a detailed email with a comprehensive list of exercises that I should be working on going forward. I am incredibly grateful to have met her and am so excited to work closely with her on my health journey! If I was asked to describe her in one word: RELIABLE is the first thing that comes to mind! Go check her out - you won’t be disappointed!!

Fantastic experience: It had been almost a year of squatting with pretty intense pain. I tried so many different routes and kept getting more and more discouraged. I heard good things about Melissa from people at the gym and decided to see if she could make a difference. At my first visit with her I was air squatting to parallel pain free!! That was a milestone that took so long to finally achieve. On top of mastering her craft, Melissa is one of the easiest people to talk to and I look forward to doing more!! Couldn’t recommend enough.

Fantastic experience: Melissa was phenomenal!! If I could give 10 ⭐️‘s I would. I injured my hip severely before the CrossFit open with a goal of competing at the ACC in June. Not being able to squat without excruciating pain had me worried I would not be able to compete. She was able to put my mind at ease and was confident we’d be able to recover in time to compete. Within a couple of months she was able to help me get back to deep squatting and able compete at the ACC. She was able to see me right away and prescribe exercises and start my road to recovery. She kept in constant contact throughout the entire process. I was able to see her before my competition and got the “Good to Go”. I was prescribed more exercises to continue to build up strength and come back better than ever. She is a true miracle worker. Her knowledge, exercise database, prescription of exercises, and constant communication puts her leaps and bounds over other PT’s!!