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Dr. Kevin J McGovern, PT

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Dr. Kevin J McGovern, PT

We transform people into their fittest, healthiest, and most pain-free lifestyle. I am an expert in helping Active Adults move better with less pain.

Sometimes I am the last stop or last resort to your recovery. I believe Physical Therapy can deliver amazing results when applied with innovation and science. If you hope to be more active, participate in recreational sports, and get healthier then, I can help you. For over 27 years I have led the fields of Physical Therapy and Sports Training and some of my accomplishments include:

Education:

Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Simmons University,
Bachelor of Science from Northeastern University
Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach for the NSCA

Work History:

I have been in private practice owner since 1999. I owned a very large insurance-based practice with 45 employees that I sold back in 2013. I started PERFECT MOTION Sports Therapy in 1999 as a fee-for-service or cash-based practice to be able to care for my patients free of insurance restrictions. Awards, Titles, and Designations:

PT PRACTICE of the Year
INC 5000 List for Growing Companies

Other Tidbits of Info:

I have been a Physical Therapist for 27 plus years. During this time I have helped thousands of people recover from injury or exceed their fitness goals. I have developed a functional movement test and corrective exercise system that I have G.A.M.E. which stands for Graded Active Movement Exam. This system tests and corrects the body's initial sequence of movement which everyone has in common, from the Olympic Athlete to grandma. To be healthy, one has to move correctly. I am a baseball fanatic. I teach pitching and have developed a program called Velocity RX that helps baseball pitchers stay healthy. I do freelance work for the WWE. I was involved in one of their PPVs. The YouTube clip of the scene has over 42 Million views! I have two beautiful daughters. In my free time I like to golf, cook, camp, and dabble in the occasional woodworking project. I got into PT because I had a catastrophic knee injury at just 16 years old. I was sent to PT. That experience was horrible. I vowed that when I got out of PT school, I would do my best every day to care for my clients in the best way possible. After selling my last practice I should have been semi-retired. They don't teach you a thing about business in PT school. You have to learn by doing. I certainly did not make all the best business decisions, but, I did what I thought in my heart was the best at the time. Loyalty can certainly come back to bite you. When you want to move better with less pain, you need someone you can count on when it comes to Physical Therapy and Sports Training. I will help you be more active, improve your participation in recreational sports, and/or get you healthier!

03/15/2026

PSA: Troll Logic of the Week 🤡

Today I had someone attack me for talking about preventing elbow injuries in pitchers.

His argument?

That elbow injuries “aren’t that bad” compared to ACL injuries in the knee… because ACL injuries could affect someone’s ability to walk later in life.

Yes. That was the argument.

Let’s break down how unbelievably dumb that comparison actually is.

First — we are talking about pitchers.

For a pitcher, the UCL ligament in the elbow is literally their career.

When that ligament fails:
• It requires major surgery (Tommy John)
• 12–18 months of rehab
• A long road back where many athletes never return to their previous level

Some never pitch again.

Second — the idea that elbow injuries “aren’t serious” is completely detached from reality.

Chronic elbow damage can lead to:
• ulnar nerve damage
• loss of grip strength
• chronic pain and instability
• permanent mechanical changes

Third — the comparison itself is ridiculous.

Comparing a pitcher’s throwing elbow to a general population knee injury is like comparing:

🚗 A blown engine in a race car
to
🚶 a flat tire on a commuter car.

The race car is built for one thing.
If the engine blows, the race is over.

That’s exactly what a UCL injury is for a pitcher.

But this is the level of thinking trolls bring to the conversation.

Which reminds me of something my mom always said:

“The sane people are locked up… and the crazy people walk the Earth.”

My mission hasn’t changed.

⚾ Save 1 Million Arms.

And preventing even one young pitcher from needing Tommy John surgery is worth more than arguing with people who clearly don’t understand the problem.

—
Dr. Kevin J. McGovern
Perfect Motion Sports Therapy

03/13/2026

Most people come to Perfect Motion Sports Therapy because they are in pain.

Back pain.
Shoulder pain.
Knee pain.
Elbow pain.

They want relief.

But something interesting happens when we fix the way their body moves.

They start feeling better…
They start moving more…
They start getting stronger…

And very often, they start losing weight.

Why?

Because the body was designed to move.

When your joints move correctly, your muscles fire properly, and your body becomes more efficient. When that happens, activity becomes easier, exercise becomes possible again, and your metabolism wakes up.

Pain goes down.
Strength goes up.
Energy improves.
Weight starts coming off.

In my case, correcting my own movement patterns helped me drop 38 pounds.

But the real win isn’t the weight.

The real win is feeling strong, healthy, and capable again.

If you’re struggling with pain or movement problems, fixing the root cause might do more for your health than you ever expected.

📍 Perfect Motion Sports Therapy
45 Great Road, Acton, MA
📞 978-651-1812

Move better.
Feel better.
Live better.

03/12/2026

Why Does Troy Melton have an elbow injury? Is it his mechanics? The sweeper? Or both?

03/12/2026

Did his mechanics or movement cause his shutdown? We will soon see…

03/12/2026

Self treating my own knee with SHOCKWAVE. I HAVE GONE LITERALLY FROM HOBBLE AND LIMPING WHILE I WALK TO BEING ABLE TO PLAY GOLF AND GO UP AND DOWNSTAIRS WITHOUT PAIN.!

03/10/2026

PSA.

Every time I break down the mechanics of a professional pitcher who got injured, the same comment appears.

“Yeah but he made millions.”

Think about how insane that logic is.

That elbow in the picture?

That’s Tommy John surgery.

A reconstructed ligament.
Months of rehab.
A permanent scar.

And sometimes multiple surgeries.

Yes… some of those pitchers made millions.

But here’s the part nobody wants to talk about:

99.9% of pitchers will never reach the MLB.

So what exactly are they risking their arms for?

Bad mechanics.
Bad coaching.
Bad information.

At Velocity RX we don’t study pitchers who survived bad mechanics.

We study what protects the arm.

Because when the career ends…

When the season ends…

When the money disappears…

You still have to live with your arm.

So the real question is simple.

Is it worth it?

— Dr. Kevin McGovern
Velocity RX
Saving 1 Million Arms

03/09/2026

RESULTS MATTER….

03/09/2026

Scapular geometry. A full body core exercise take six angles starting with your arms at your side all the way up to the “I” position. So the. I, Y and T can be three of your angles. You must start the movement by depressing your shoulder blade. At each angle, do three hand positions: palms up, palms down and thumbs up. Each of those positions will work a different part of your shoulder blade muscle. Try to do 3 angles in a row with 7 reps per hand position. That would be 21 reps at each angle without stopping. If you can get through all six angles, add three hand positions, at seven reps per hand position without stopping you are a beast. You will see an increase in velocity. And you will see a complete decrease in arm strain when throwing .

03/08/2026

PSA: The Late Arm Is One of the Biggest Injury Risks in Pitching.

Everyone talks about a late arm as a cause of injury — and they’re right.

Multiple studies have shown that when the arm is late, stress skyrockets on both the elbow and the shoulder.

Look closely at this video.

You can literally see the head of the humerus riding up into the shoulder joint, creating what is essentially live impingement while the arm is trying to catch up.

That is a disaster waiting to happen.

Here’s one of the fastest ways to help fix a late arm:

Keep the ball in your glove longer.

When pitchers pull the ball out of the glove early, the arm has to hang in space while the body rotates toward home plate.
Now the arm is fighting massive rotational forces while trying to stay in position.

That’s how the arm gets late.

When you keep the ball in the glove longer, something interesting happens:

• The arm stays relaxed
• The body leads the movement
• The arm finds its path naturally — often in a split second
• Stress on the shoulder and elbow drops dramatically

There’s also a bonus.

It’s deceptive.
The hitter sees the ball later.

So you get better arm timing AND better deception.

Try it.

Keep the ball in the glove longer.

Then post your results.

—
Dr. Kevin J. McGovern, PT
Mission: Saving 1 Million Arms

03/08/2026

Sometimes the best testimonials are the ones you never ask for.

This video came from a proud father whose son I worked with for six months.

The father is also a physical therapist, so he understands movement, mechanics, and injury risk at a professional level.

What he sent me was a completely unsolicited 3-minute message describing the transformation his son experienced.

Not just throwing harder.

Not just feeling better.

But understanding WHY his body moves the way it does and how to protect his arm for the long term.

This is exactly why Velocity RX exists.

For the last 30+ years, I’ve studied throwing mechanics, injury patterns, and human movement to answer one question:

How do we keep pitchers healthy while helping them perform at their highest level?

The answer is simple in theory, but rare in practice:

• Identify the true root cause
• Correct the movement dysfunction
• Build a bulletproof arm
• Create repeatable mechanics

That’s what we worked on for six months.

And the results speak for themselves.

Thank you to this father for trusting the process and for sending this message.

The mission continues.

Saving 1 million arms.

—
Dr. Kevin J. McGovern, PT
Velocity RX

03/08/2026

PSA. WHY ARE WE TRAINING TO BE ALL ARM???

I just watched a this DISTURBING drill that is completely arm-centric.

In other words, the athlete is basically being taught to throw the ball with his arm.

That is not how velocity works.

Velocity comes from the ground → legs → core → trunk → shoulder → arm → hand.

This is called the proximal-to-distal sequence, and it is one of the most fundamental principles of human movement science.

The arm is supposed to move LAST, not first.

When you train athletes to generate power with the arm instead of the core and lower half, two things happen:

1️⃣ Velocity plateaus because the big muscles aren’t doing the work.
2️⃣ Injury risk skyrockets because the small muscles of the shoulder and elbow are forced to generate force they were never designed to produce.

The arm is a force transmitter, not a force generator.

Teaching kids to throw with their arm is not just bad coaching…

It is how elbows get blown out.

If you want a bulletproof arm, more velocity, and command, the training must start with the body, not the arm.

—
Dr. Kevin J. McGovern, PT
Founder – Velocity RX
Mission: Saving 1 Million Arms

03/06/2026

PSA FOR PITCHERS AND PARENTS ⚠️

One of the most common problems after a UCL injury is a loss of elbow extension.

Even being 10° short of full extension can dramatically change the way the arm loads and unloads during a throw.

And when that happens…

More stress goes directly to the elbow.

Here’s one of the best ways to restore elbow extension and build arm strength at the same time:

🏀 Shoot basketballs.

But not jump shots.

Use old-school set shots or shoot every ball like a free throw.

Why this works:

• Promotes full elbow extension
• Encourages proper arm path
• Trains the arm to extend smoothly and repeatedly
• Builds arm strength without violent throwing stress
• Reinforces squat and hip hinge mechanics

In other words…

You are rebuilding the arm without beating it up.

Sometimes the best rehab tools are simple, timeless movements.

Baseball players should have a basketball in their rehab program.

Save the arm. Restore the extension.

—
Dr. Kevin J McGovern, PT
Perfect Motion Sports Therapy
Velocity RX
Mission: Saving 1 Million Arms

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Dr. Kevin J McGovern, PT, CSCS is a practicing physical therapist and strength coach. His Practice, PERFECT MOTION Sports Therapy is dedicated to the management, treatment, correction, and prevention of baseball pitching injuries. He has over 25 years of experiencing treating orthopedic and sports related injury and dysfunction. He has owned and operated two private practices for the last 15 years treating 1000's of patients. His life's work is an evaluative tool: Graded Active Movement Exam or GAME for short. GAME is able to quantify dysfunction in the body's most basic or foundations of movement. "If the foundation of your movement is wrong, then every movement you add on from there further damages that foundation causing injury, a lack of performance or both" -Kevin McGovern GAME is not only able to diagnose one's current dysfunction but the results can accurately predict future injury. Kevin's treatment solutions are so simple and show immediate results that can actually be measured. Dr. McGovern is a 1994 graduate of Northeastern University and a 2006 Doctoral graduate of Simmons College. He has had the pleasure of working with many athletes including those from the WWE, former Olympians, Collegiate and Professional Baseball Players and Collegiate and Professional Golfers to name a few.

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