Fitness Quest Physical Therapy-Englewood

Dr. Philip LaGamma comes to our Englewood Clinic as a Dual Director. He has been with Fitness Quest since November 2017 as a Director of our Port Charlotte location. Phil graduated from Mercy College in 2014 with a dual degree consisting of a B.S. in Health and Sciences and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy.  Prior to his graduating Mercy College, Philip attended Fairfield University and received his B.A. in Sociology.  After graduating college in 2005 Philip became heavily involved in the personal training field and worked as a Personal Trainer for 10 years, prior to starting his Physical Therapy career.  During his time as a personal trainer Philip met his wife Samantha and together they achieved their dreams of becoming health professionals together.  Philip and Samantha married in 2014 in New Rochelle, New York and began their respective careers as health care professionals shortly after.  In 2017 Philip and Samantha moved to Punta Gorda, Florida to become close to family.

Philip has always been involved in sports, growing up he played baseball and hockey during high school and in college his love for sports shifted toward a love for fitness.  Philip has always loved helping people achieve their fitness goals and that love for helping people has followed him into his Physical Therapy career.  Philip loves treating post surgical, neck, back, shoulder and hip injuries but his favorite is athletic related injuries.  While working as a Physical Therapist in New York Philip became a certified running technique specialist through the POSE method of running and became involved in treating athletes attending PACE University helping them return to their peak physical performance.