Vanessa Hart

Nashville, TN

Vanessa grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago (home to Six Flags Great America!). She was first introduced to physical therapy in her senior year of high school after tearing her ACL playing soccer. Physical therapy helped her continue on to a collegiate soccer career. Since then, she’s always wanted to work with athletes and furthered her physical therapy specialty with a sports residency from 2016-2018.

Over my 10+ years of practice, I have come to learn that the body takes the path of least resistance; if the body doesn’t have to activate a muscle group, it won’t. My philosophy is to address those compensation patterns and create an individual program for each patient to address their specific needs and goals for a return to their prior activity level (or improved!). Above all, I hope to apply the knowledge gained throughout my clinical experience and my sports physical therapy residency in order to provide patients with a positive, successful rehabilitation experience.

One of my favorite clinical experiences was when I treated a patient who had been suffering from a hamstring strain for 4 months prior to seeing me. This patient’s goal was to return to running recreationally. After 4 weeks of PT and a return-to-run protocol, this patient was able to run pain-free without limitation! It is a privilege to treat all of the amazing patients I have, and to help them get back to what they love.