Duane Scotti, DPT, PhD, OCS
Founder and Owner
Dr. Duane Scotti, DPT, PhD, OCS is a running physical therapist, run coach, host of the Healthy Runner podcast, and founding owner of SPARK Physical Therapy and has been a leader in the rehab and running community for over 18 years. He is passionate about helping runners feel strong and confident so they can stay healthy and become a lifelong injury free runner! Dr. Duane truly believes that anyone can run and that all runners should be treating differently as athletes. He is on a mission to change the traditional thinking that running causes “overuse injuries” and you must “take a break” in order to get better. Through run specific training (exercises and running progression) you can build your body to be a strong resilient runner and stay active, stay healthy, and just keep running!
Through the Healthy Runner community, Duane strongly believes living an active lifestyle can help you stay healthy and live a pain free life. At SPARK Physical Therapy, Duane guides his clients in achieving a high-performance active lifestyle through his in-person clinic and virtually anywhere in the world. You could be a runner starting a couch to 5k program, completing your first half marathon, or aspiring to run a Boston qualifier. Duane has been the fitness and health support system and the go to resource for coaches, trainers and runners. Duane is also honored to be a part of team UCAN as a featured expert dedicated to training strategies and innovation.
He has his clients’ best interest in mind as evidenced by constantly creating and sharing new videos, podcast episodes, and blog posts to help runners improve their confidence and strength for running. Through his programs, coaching, and virtual rehab, Duane has successfully helped thousands of runners crush their running goals, hitting personal bests over the years. He has a passion for helping runners of all abilities stay healthy and prevent injuries in order to get back to the workouts and runs they love!
Duane received his Bachelor of Health Science degree and Master of Physical Therapy degree from Quinnipiac University in 2001 and 2003. He then went on to receive a clinical Doctor of Physical Therapy and a Ph.D. in Physical Therapy from Nova Southeastern University in 2017. Duane is a board-certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist, RRCA Certified Running Coach, Certified Mulligan Practitioner, certified in dry needling and has advanced training in spinal manipulation and rehabilitation for runners.
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How Can You Help Me?
- Get back to hitting the pavement and improving your health
- Comprehensive running assessment
- Running specific treatment plan
- Return to running program to prevent reinjury
- Conquer that personal best on your next race
- Get back in the classroom and competing at the highest level
- Comprehensive dance specific assessment
- Dance specific treatment plan
- Return to dance safely to prevent reinjury
- Improve your technique (making the choreography easier)
- Get back to training and competing at the highest level
- Comprehensive gymnastics assessment
- Gymnastics specific treatment plan
- Return to gymnastics safely to prevent reinjury
- Improve your gymnastics (making it easier to do your skills)
- Relieve pain
- Fix the root cause of the problem
- Teach you how to keep it from coming back