Sports Physical Therapy for Athletes and Active Adults
Expert one-on-one physical therapy designed to eliminate your pain at its source, restore your full function, and get you back to the activities and lifestyle you love without surgery, injections, or painkillers. Based in North Hollywood, CA we serve athletes and active adults across the San Fernando Valley. [Learn more about our North Hollywood clinic]
Are Any Of These Holding You Back?
You're dealing with pain that won't go away, in your back, shoulder, knee, hip, or neck, and it's affecting your daily life, workouts, or sleep.
You've been told to "just rest" or "take it easy", but the pain comes right back the moment you try to be active again.
You've tried other physical therapy clinics where you were rushed through 15 minute sessions, handed a generic exercise sheet, and saw a different therapist every visit.
You've been relying on painkillers, injections, or braces just to get through the day, and you want a real solution, not a band aid.
You're worried about needing surgery and want to explore every non surgical option before going under the knife.
You had surgery and need expert rehabilitation to get back to full strength, full range of motion, and your active lifestyle.
If You Said Yes, You're In The Right Place.
- We hear these frustrations every single week. People come to us after months, sometimes years, of dealing with pain that nobody has been able to fix. They've been bounced between doctors, given vague diagnoses, and told to "live with it."
- The truth is, most pain and movement problems have a clear, identifiable cause. The problem isn't that your body is broken. The problem is that nobody has taken the time to figure out what's actually wrong.
- At Strike Physiotherapy & Performance, we do things differently. Every session is one on one with a doctor of physical therapy We don't rush. We don't use cookie cutter protocols. We find the root cause, build a plan around it, and fix it, so the problem stays gone.
Here's What Working With Us Looks Like
Comprehensive Evaluation
A thorough biomechanical assessment to identify the root cause of your pain, not just the symptoms, so we know exactly what needs to be fixed.
Personalized Plan
A treatment plan built specifically for your body, your goals, and your lifestyle. No generic exercise sheets. No one size fits all protocols.
Hands on Treatment
Expert manual therapy combined with targeted exercises to relieve pain, restore mobility, and rebuild the strength your body needs.
Long term Protection
We don't stop at pain relief. We bulletproof your body against future injuries so you stay active, strong, and pain free for the long haul.
Dr. Levan Akopov
A Message From A Licensed Physical Therapist
"WE TREAT THE BODY AS A WHOLE. THE LOCATION OF YOUR PAIN IS RARELY THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF YOUR PROBLEM."
Most clinics focus on where it hurts. If your knee hurts, they treat the knee. If your back hurts, they treat the back. But what they miss is that pain is often the result of a chain reaction weak hips causing knee overload, a stiff mid back putting stress on the low back, poor shoulder mechanics creating impingement.
Specialized Physical Therapy Programs
Return To The Gym
For lifters and gym-goers who want to train hard without pain. We rebuild strength, restore movement quality, and get you back under the bar — including strength training after 40, when recovery and programming need to change.
Return To Running
Return To Sport
Post surgical Rehab
Expert rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, spinal surgery, hip replacement, and more. We work with your surgeon’s protocols while pushing you safely toward full recovery and beyond.
What You've Been Told Vs. The Truth
✕ Bad Advice
"Just REST And It'll Go Away"
You took time off. The pain faded. Then you tried to be active again, and it came right back. Rest doesn’t fix the underlying weakness or movement dysfunction. It just pauses the symptoms temporarily.
✓ The Reality
Targeted Rehab Fixes The Cause
When you strengthen the weak areas and correct the movement faults that created the problem, you eliminate the pain at its source, and it doesn’t come back when you resume your activities.
✕ Bad Advice
"You'll Probably Need Surgery"
Surgery is sometimes necessary, but far too often it’s recommended before conservative treatment has been properly attempted. Many conditions that seem surgical respond remarkably well to expert physical therapy.
✓ The Reality
Physical Therapy Should Be Tried First
Research consistently shows that physical therapy is as effective as surgery for many common conditions, including rotator cuff tears, meniscus tears, spinal stenosis, and more. The right PT can save you from the operating table.
✕ Bad Advice
"All PT Is Basically The Same"
Most PT clinics see 3,4 patients at once, use aides for the majority of your session, and hand you a generic exercise sheet. You get 15 minutes of actual therapist time if you’re lucky.
✓ The Reality
The Quality Of PT Matters Enormously
One on one sessions with a skilled therapist produce fundamentally different results than assembly line clinics. The right diagnosis, the right plan, and the right hands on care make all the difference.
✕ Bad Advice
"Just Take Painkillers And Push Through"
Painkillers mask the problem while the underlying issue gets worse. You feel less pain, so you keep loading a dysfunctional movement pattern, until the damage becomes harder to reverse.
✓ The Reality
Fix The Problem, Not The Symptom
Pain is your body’s signal that something is wrong. Instead of silencing that signal, we find what’s causing it and fix it. That’s how you get lasting relief, not a temporary mask.
Tired Of Living With Pain?
Conditions We Specialize In
From chronic pain to sports injuries to post surgical recovery, theses are conditions we treat every week at Strike PT.
Back Pain
Herniated discs, sciatica, chronic low back pain, postural dysfunction, spinal stenosis, and more. We find the root cause and fix it for good.
Shoulder Pain
Knee Pain
Running Injuries
Neck Pain
Cervical disc issues, tension headaches, whiplash, nerve impingement, and chronic neck stiffness from desk work or poor posture.
Hip Pain
Sports Injuries
Post surgical Rehab
Chronic Pain
What Makes Strike PT Different
At Strike Physiotherapy & Performance, you’re not a number. You’re not being rotated through a revolving door of therapists, crammed into a room with four other patients, or handed a generic exercise sheet that every other patient in the building is doing.
We treat the body as a whole. Through our extensive training and experience, we understand that the location of your pain often doesn’t reflect the actual cause. Not only do we fix your current problem, we identify and target weak areas throughout your entire body to decrease the likelihood of future injuries.
As a former competitive combat athlete himself, Dr. Levan Akopov understands the demands of an active lifestyle. While many providers will simply tell you to stop your desired activity, we understand that avoiding the things you enjoy most because of an injury is no way to live.
What Sets Us Apart:
- Running, lifting, and training at full intensity, without guarding your back or fearing a flare up.
- Waking up in the morning without stiffness, getting through your day with energy and zero discomfort.
- Bending, twisting, and carrying things without bracing yourself or dreading the consequences.
- Playing with your kids, keeping up with your active lifestyle, and finally feeling like yourself again.
- Having a bulletproof back, with the strength, mobility, and knowledge to make sure the pain never returns.
Real People. Real Results.
Strike's 3 step Process to Get You Back to Your Best
Step 1
Find The Real Cause
Step 2
Fix Your Problem Areas
Step 3
Unlock Peak Performance
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Strike PT different from a typical physical therapy clinic?
Three things. First, every session is one on one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy never shared, never handed off to assistants or techs. Second, we operate on a cash pay model, which means we treat based on what you need, not what insurance approves. Third, we specialize in active adults and athletes, so we don’t just get you out of pain we get you back to performing.