Private Practice · By Introduction Only
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Ten professional seasons in nine years — moving directly from an MLB season into an NBA season without pause. Nine years with the Atlanta Braves, seven at the Major League level, four leading the department. The only way to accumulate that kind of experience is to never stop competing.
Most organizations have clinicians. Very few have someone who has sat in the room where roster decisions are made — who understands injury data the way a GM needs to understand it.
Nick Valencia, DPT, OCS spent nine years with the Atlanta Braves — two in the Minor Leagues and seven at the Major League level, the final four as Head Physical Therapist and Assistant Director of Player Health. He then moved directly from the MLB season into the NBA, joining the Phoenix Suns without a gap — completing ten professional seasons in nine years. He is one of a handful of practitioners in the world to hold elite-level roles in both baseball and basketball.
Bilingual in English and Spanish, Nick served as the primary medical liaison for Latin American athletes — an operationally irreplaceable role that informed how he thinks about culture, communication, and care.
A small number of engagements, taken seriously. Each structured to deliver measurable outcomes — not advisory theater.
"The source of the injury, not the location of the pain. The decision that protects the season, not the one that protects the next week."
Injuries are rarely where they appear. A thorough evaluation traces movement dysfunction to its source — correcting compensations at the root rather than managing symptoms at the surface.
Clinical expertise is necessary but insufficient. The ability to translate injury data into roster language — timelines, risk thresholds, decision frameworks — is what makes a medical department genuinely valuable to an organization.
The practitioner's job is to serve the athlete, the staff, and the organization — not to perform expertise. Communication, clarity, and accountability over hierarchy.
UCL rehabilitation and return-to-play criteria. Labral repair in the throwing athlete. Long-season optimization across 162 games. Reaching and connecting with injured Latin American athletes.
Dry needling in elite sport. Foundational concepts in movement dysfunction. Rehabilitation-to-performance progression frameworks. Designed for PT and ATC audiences seeking MLB-level applied methodology.
Immersive curriculum for practitioners entering or advancing within professional sport — clinical systems, front office communication, Latin American athlete care, and organizational performance medicine.
This practice accepts a limited number of engagements. If you were directed here, an introduction has already been made. Reach out directly — no forms, no funnels.