Proactive Kinetics

Proactive Kinetics We exist to serve people by improving their overall wellness and ability to move.

05/02/2026

It’s not magic — it’s just better care 🪄

Ever wonder why our clients see real results so fast? It’s not magic. It’s actually pretty simple — we treat you like a human, not a number.

The current healthcare system has convinced us that 1-on-1 care is a "luxury." But if you want to get back to your normal life after an injury, that individual attention is a necessity.

🏥 The "PT Mill" Problem

In many clinics, a therapist sees 15+ people a day. They might only spend 15 minutes with you before handing you off to an assistant or leaving you to do exercises alone. Their attention is split because the system is built for volume, not results.

🏃‍♀️ The Proactive Kinetic Way

We do things differently so you can get moving faster:

🟢 1-on-1 Time: You get 50 minutes of dedicated time with Dr. Sam. No distractions.
🟢 Faster Results: Because you get 2-3x more individual time each session, we often see major relief in just 4-5 visits. In a traditional clinic, that same outcome could take 12 visits!
🟢 A Real Plan: We set realistic goals on day one. Once you feel better, we don’t just stop. We shift to strengthening and prevention to help you build long-term movement goals.

We want you to come out of therapy better than you were before your pain started. We focus on building better movement habits that help you stay active for decades, not just days.

It isn't magic — it just feels that way when you finally get the care you deserve.

04/30/2026

We're working with our clients toward real outcomes — not just reducing symptoms and sending them out the door.

When you work with us, we tailor your plan of care toward the activities you want. This can be as simple as daily movement or as complex as addressing knee issues for a half-marathon.

For some clients this week, we helped them:

🦵 Get a squat PR without knee problems
🏃‍♀️ Run 11 miles without knee pain
🛀 Wash their hair without back pain

Don't allow others' success to diminish your own. You shouldn't feel embarrassed or ashamed if your movement goal is smaller than someone else's. You deserve to achieve your goal and live a movement-rich life.

We're here to help you achieve success by taking action on a movement-related issue instead of letting it linger until it becomes a hindrance in your life and prevents you from doing the things you love.

04/28/2026

🗣️ "Do you dry needle?"

✅ "Why yes, we sure do. It's a common tool we use for clients."

🗣️ "Do you do dry needle only sessions?"

🚫 "We do not. Because dry needling is only one tool in our toolbox for providing symptom relief and promoting long-term muscle and movement health."

We focus on OUTCOMES. When someone says they want dry needling only, they are often seeking short-term symptom relief. That's the outcome they want. Pain and discomfort aren't fun, so we understand this drive for quick solutions.

The question we encourage clients to ask is, "Does dry needling provide the outcome I want beyond a few days of temporary relief?" The reality is that it doesn't.

Dry needling is a great tool, but it doesn't solve everything and isn't appropriate for everyone. It serves a specific function in the recovery process.

So before we stick any needle in you, we conduct an evaluation to confirm it's the right tool for the job. If it is, then we're happy to dry needle you.

This means you'll leave our clinic with an evaluation that identifies the real problem, an initial treatment that might include dry needling, and a home exercise program to help strengthen the muscles that brought you to us in the first place.

We offer single sessions for this reason — to provide short-term relief. If you like what you experience, we can discuss a comprehensive plan of care to help you achieve better long-term outcomes.

04/25/2026

We get excited when our client refer their friends and family to us. Putting your reputation on the line for us by giving us a referral is something we don't take lightly. If things go well, you look like a genius by helping solve a problem. If they don't like it, then we take the blame for a poor experience.

In fact, we have had some skeptics referred to us who have become ardent supporters. You know who you are 😉 and we're thankful for you.

Dr. Sam loves helping clients convert their significant others into true believers of the performance physical therapy way. They don't even need to be full-blown skeptics of what we're doing — simply curious about a better way to do physical therapy.

In one situation, Dr. Sam worked on a wife while offering mobile PT when we first started two years ago. After a few weeks of sessions, her husband decided he needed to experience what his wife was bragging about. Now he sees us regularly, even when we stopped our mobile services and moved to our current clinic location inside the Rampage Gym.

If you know of someone who is skeptical or just plain curious about what we're doing — we'd love to talk to them.

We offer free screens and discovery calls as a low-risk option to help you refer your friends and family to experience what you already have.

04/23/2026

Part of what sets us apart is our commitment to client education. You don't need an advanced degree in human anatomy to better understand your body. Most of our clients haven't completed 7+ years of formal education and spent another decade applying that knowledge to real people to improve their movement.

Luckily, Dr. Sam has. She translates complex issues into a more accessible language that our clients can understand. This promotes healthier movement habits over time and increases their ability to manage minor issues in the future, preventing larger, more painful problems from developing.

For instance, a recent client came in with low back pain. They had tried to solve it themselves using AI and general internet advice. Yet the issue they were trying to solve targeted the areas of pain, rather than the weak muscles that were causing their lower back to compensate.

Dr. Sam worked with this client to restore strength to weak hip muscles, reducing overall low back symptoms within a few sessions. But then she went further, educating them on how to prevent this issue from coming back so easily and what to do when it does. By the time they completed their plan of care, they were back to deadlifting, running, and other activities that had previously bothered them for months. They also knew how to manage it when a flare-up happened.

Physical therapy is about getting relief. That's the bare minimum. It's also about understanding what caused it and how to not do that again to manage issues in the future. Get you a physical therapist who can do both — like Dr. Sam 😊.

04/17/2026

We love what we're building here and the people we're helping every day.

2.5 years ago, Dr. Sam was pregnant with our second child while treating 15-17 patients a day. Lunches didn't exist because the schedule was overloaded or behind schedule. Whatever time was available was spent eating while completing paperwork to document patient care for insurance companies, so she could get to daycare in time to pick up our first child from daycare — or some days before he went to bed.

The grind of 45+ hour workweeks was exhausting. The weekends were hard crashes, followed by the Sunday-night stress of knowing what awaited her on Monday morning. It was easy to feel trapped on the treadmill of the corporate, insurance-based physical therapy clinic.

The industry that promoted healthy movement and lifelong habits was strangling Sam's ability to build a movement-rich life that she preached to her patients. Workouts were few and far between as the number of patients and the demands of family grew each day, limiting the time she had between work and bed.

So we decided to do something different. We built something that lets Sam live the same quality of life we encourage our clients to have. Regular workouts. Real days off. Community engagement. Building friendships. Even taking real lunches to recharge during the day.

Owning a business brings its own stressors. It's not like Sam swapped out a stressful career for a stress-free one. But now she has the opportunity to build something meaningful with her time and energy that she couldn't have done any other way.

This allows our clients to get her full attention to deliver real outcomes for their real problems. They know they are getting the best care because they see Dr. Sam at her best — fully rested, fully prepared, and fully engaged every time they walk through our door.

Sorry y'all!We're closed until Friday morning to take care of some stuff.Dr. Sam loves to talk to you, but Adam's convin...
04/14/2026

Sorry y'all!

We're closed until Friday morning to take care of some stuff.

Dr. Sam loves to talk to you, but Adam's convinced her to not even check email or texts until Friday morning. She'll get in touch with you as soon as she can if you leave her a message.

See y'all on Friday!

We’re absolutely loving these glowing reviews! Our clients can’t get enough, and neither can we! 🌟
04/13/2026

We’re absolutely loving these glowing reviews! Our clients can’t get enough, and neither can we! 🌟

04/13/2026

Don't you hate when you look someone in the eyes and listen to them with all your might, and then promptly forget everything they just said? 🤦‍♀️

Our clients have access to their home exercise programs and example videos in their accounts 24/7. That means they can read, watch, and review as many times as needed to ensure they are doing the movements correctly. It takes 4,000-6,000 reps to retrain a body part to function fully. If you're not doing the movement right, you're wasting your time and energy with bad reps.

Our clients have access to their home exercise programs and example videos 24/7 in their accounts. That means they can read, watch, and review as many times as needed to ensure they are doing the movements correctly. It takes 4,000-6,000 reps to retrain a body part to function fully. If you're not doing the movement right, you're wasting your time and energy with bad reps.

We're focused on getting you the best outcomes in the shortest amount of time. But this requires doing your exercises at home and doing them correctly.

So at your next session, try to listen to Dr. Sam as she demos the exercises. The next day, when you go to do them and realize you forgot everything she said — don't worry. Log in to your account to review and watch the exercises again so you can practice the correct movements and achieve your desired outcome.

04/10/2026

When we say we're passionate about helping people move, it's more than just a hobby — it's something we feel called to do.

Dr. Sam has wanted to help people with their movement ever since childhood, when she saw how paralysis and limited movement affected her grandmother's life. In her own words, this is why she became a physical therapist:

"I love keeping people active and achieving their goals. I don’t want aches, pains, and weakness to limit someone from playing with their children or someone completing their first 5K/half marathon.

When I was 5 years old, my grandmother became paralyzed from the waist down and became wheelchair bound. I would go with her to intensive rehab sessions at least once a week while she was in the rehabilitation hospital. She had to re-learn new daily life modifications. Several years later, I spent several hours observing the physical therapists at the local hospital while in high school and college."

04/09/2026

We LOVE talking to new clients. Every person has a story to tell, and their body's movement is directly impacted by that story.

Our free discovery calls take 15-30 minutes and allow us to determine whether we're a good fit to guide you through what your body is telling you and how we can help you address the issues.

We have a vested interest in our clients and their success because we care deeply about them as people and the impact our work has on their daily lives. When you spend multiple sessions with Dr. Sam, you'll see just how deep her compassion and empathy go. She shows it by putting her full attention and energy into each session and the plans of care she creates for each client. You may even feel better because there are great conversations that happen during manual therapy, dry needling, or cupping.

Schedule a free discovery call to tell her your story and see how we can help you.

You can do that at https://proactivekinetics.com/

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1400A West College Street
Murfreesboro, TN
37129

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5:30pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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