For physical therapists & movement clinicians

Where physical therapy meets root cause medicine

After 20 years in outpatient practice, I started asking different questions — about inflammation, gut health, blood sugar, labs, and lifestyle. The answers changed how I practice. This is where I share what I've learned.

The Functional PT Framework

Gut & Inflammation
Microbiome, intestinal permeability, systemic inflammatory load
Nervous System & Recovery
HRV, autonomic balance, sleep architecture
Movement & Metabolic Health
Zone 2, VO₂ max, muscle mass, stability
Lab Interpretation
ApoB, hs-CRP, fasting insulin, functional ranges
Nutrition & Cellular Energy
Mitochondrial function, anti-inflammatory diet, micronutrient density

"The structural diagnosis tells you what is inflamed. It doesn't tell you why the patient isn't healing. That's the question functional medicine is built to answer."

— Jesse Krempasky, DPT · 20 years in outpatient practice

Six clinical pillars. One framework.

Everything in the library is organized around the systems that determine whether your patients actually heal.

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Clinical Protocols

Functional movement assessments, inflammation protocols, and return-to-sport frameworks with an FM overlay.

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Patient Education Resources

Downloadable handouts, patient-facing explainers, and intake form templates you can use Monday morning.

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Nutrition & Lifestyle

Anti-inflammatory nutrition, blood glucose management, supplement frameworks, and gut health in clinical context.

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Lab Interpretation

ApoB, hs-CRP, fasting insulin, vitamin D — what PTs should know, and how to have the conversation with patients.

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Performance & Longevity

Zone 2, VO₂ max, NAD+, HRV, peptides, and wearables — clinical takes on the optimization conversation.

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Case Studies

De-identified clinical cases that show the functional medicine lens applied to real PT presentations.

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A Functional Medicine Approach to Physical Therapy: Treating the System, Not Just the Symptom

After 20 years in outpatient PT, I started noticing something that bothered me. Patients doing everything right — showing up, trusting the process — and still not getting better. Not because of technique. Because something upstream was getting in the way. This is the framework I use to find it.

Lab Values Every Physical Therapist Should Know

hs-CRP, ApoB, fasting insulin, vitamin D — what these markers actually tell you about your patient's healing environment, and how to talk about them in clinical context.

Gut Health and Musculoskeletal Pain: The Mechanism PTs Need to Understand

Systemic inflammation from gut dysbiosis doesn't stay in the GI tract. Here's how intestinal permeability, cytokine elevation, and nutrient malabsorption directly affect your patients' tissue healing.

JK

I became a PT to help people get better. Not just manage symptoms.

Somewhere around year ten, I started noticing a pattern: patients who weren't getting better — not because of technique, but because something upstream was getting in the way. Poor sleep. Systemic inflammation. Nutrients the tissue couldn't access. A nervous system locked in fight-or-flight.

That's what led me into functional medicine. Not as a replacement for physical therapy, but as the other half of the picture.

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Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
20 years in outpatient practice, Scranton/NEPA
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Functional Medicine Integration
Lab interpretation, root-cause frameworks, lifestyle medicine
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Active Hyrox Competitor
Personally tracks ApoB, HRV, Zone 2 — lives the performance content
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The Differentiator
The only resource where a 20-year movement clinician applies a functional medicine lens

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