Rebuild strength and confidence in your body

Find the root cause, not just the symptom, and build a real path back to strength, movement, and the life you want.

Most people who walk into EVO have a similar story, pain that’s lingered, a few things tried, and never quite getting back to themselves.

Over time you start doing less, avoiding certain movements, and questioning what your body can handle. That’s where we come in.

We help you understand what’s actually going on, rebuild strength step by step, and give you a clear plan forward so you’re not guessing anymore. This isn’t passive rehab, it’s your comeback, with a plan.

If it hurts, feels off, or holds you back

Rotator cuff injuries
Shoulder impingement
Sciatica
Herniated discs
Chronic back & neck pain
Plantar fasciitis
IT band syndrome
Runner’s knee
ACL reconstruction
Joint replacements
Tendonitis & bursitis
Return-to-sport

Our approach

1. Listen & assess We start with your story and a full movement assessment to find what’s actually limiting you, not just where it hurts.
2. Hands-on treatment Manual therapy and targeted techniques calm symptoms and restore movement so you can load and train again.
3. Build capacity We progressively load the tissue and rebuild strength, control, and endurance in the order your body needs it.
4. Test & return Objective checkpoints tell us when you’re ready, so you return to what you love with confidence, not guesswork.

What care includes

One-on-one with your DPT Work directly with your Doctor of Physical Therapy, every session, start to finish.
Fewer visits, better results Personalized care means fewer visits, less wasted time, and better outcomes.
Find the why, fix the problem We get to the root cause and give you a clear plan, so you stop guessing.
Covered by insurance We accept Medicare and most forms of major medical insurance.

How physical therapy works at EVO

1. Regulate Calm pain and swelling so you can move.
2. Restore Get your range of motion back.
3. Activate Rebuild the muscle around the injury.
4. Coordinate Use that strength in real movement.
5. Endure Repeat good movement without breaking down.
6. Strengthen Build real, full-body strength.
7. Absorb Learn to land and absorb force.
8. Produce Build explosive power.
9. Integrate Handle speed, change, and the unexpected.
10. Perform Return to life and sport, and stay there.

The 10-step recovery process

1. Pain, Swelling & Guarding Calm pain, swelling, and protective muscle guarding so the area can heal.
2. General Mobility Restore range of motion and get the joint moving freely again.
3. Local Muscle Strength Rebuild strength in the muscles right around the injury.
4. Balance & Coordination Retrain control, proprioception, and coordinated movement.
5. General Muscle Endurance Build the endurance to handle repeated, everyday loads.
6. General Muscle Strength Progress to full-body strength beyond the injured area.
7. Rate of Force Absorption Train landing and decelerating so you can absorb force safely.
8. Rate of Force Production Develop power and explosiveness for real-world demands.
9. Return-to-Running Progress running gradually with clear, tested milestones.
10. Return-to-Sport Complete return-to-sport testing and clearance with confidence.

EVO vs Traditional Physical Therapy

EVO: 60 minutes of one-on-one treatment with a Doctor of Physical Therapy Elsewhere: Multiple patients sharing a physical therapist and/or aide
EVO: Thorough, comprehensive 60–90 minute evaluation Elsewhere: General 10–15 minute evaluation
EVO: Individualized plan of care built around your specific goals Elsewhere: Standard, cookie-cutter treatment with no specific plan
EVO: Treatment that addresses the underlying cause for long-term relief Elsewhere: Treatment aimed at temporary, short-term relief
EVO: Progressive, collaborative care that improves health, fitness & performance Elsewhere: Focused on the injured body part only

By the numbers

5.0 Google rating
1:1 Doctor-led sessions
11 Specialists on your team

What our patients say

I’m now able to do what the doctors told me I would never be able to do.

Carmine N., Current Member

In the EVO Health app

Your program, guided Day by day, so you always know what’s next.
Video demonstrations Every exercise filmed by your own team, so your form is right.
Habit & progress tracking Check-ins, streaks, and wins in one place.
Message your provider Reach a real EVO provider in the app. No bots.

Physical Therapy in Freehold

Real recovery follows a plan. At our Freehold clinic we find the source of your pain, then build the plan that prepares you for the life you want to get back to.

We’ve heard this story before

Most people come to us with the same story.

You’ve been struggling long enough to start wondering if this is just how it is now. Whether you get your life back, or if this is the new normal.

You’ve tried the obvious. Rest, ice, and a few generic exercises. Maybe even PT, where you got rushed through and handed a plan that could have gone to anyone. It helped for a while, then the pain came back, right where it always does.

That’s how most care works. Quiet the symptoms, close the file, send you on your way. No one asks why it started. No one rebuilds what you lost waiting it out. No one gets you ready for the load you’re about to put back on it.

So you adapt. You skip the run, favor the good side, stop trusting the knee, until the workaround becomes the ceiling on what you’ll even try.

That’s the gap we’re here to close. We find the source, address it, and help you make a confident comeback to health, fitness, and performance.

Let’s get to the source

The pain is where you feel it, but rarely where it starts. Point to where you feel it, from everyday aches to post-surgical recovery, and we’ll show you how we trace it back to the source, so it doesn’t return.

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Orthopedic & Musculoskeletal

Injuries and disorders of the muscles, bones, and joints.

Sprains & strains

Fractures

Tendonitis & bursitis

Arthritis

Chronic & persistent pain

Post-Surgical

Restoring function and confidence after surgery.

Fractures & repairs

Soft tissue repairs & debridements

Spinal surgeries

Performance & prevention

Return-to-sport progressions and injury prevention to keep you moving.

Return-to-running

Return-to-throwing

Injury prevention programs

Uncover what’s been missing

You’ve shown us where it hurts, and what hasn’t worked. Here are the four things most PT clinics miss, and how each one fixes it for good.

A full hour, one‑on‑one

Every visit, with your Doctor of PT. Never a tech, never shared.

We assess, not guess

A full evaluation of how you actually move and load, not a quick look and a handout.

10‑step recovery process

Ten steps from calming it down to loading it back up, so it holds when life tests it.

Your plan, in your pocket

Your plan in the app, with video and a line to your provider.

We measure before we build

Before we treat anything, we find out exactly where you are. The full picture, not just where it hurts.

Most places skip this or rush it, and that’s why nothing sticks. Because you can’t rebuild what you never measured.

See our full 10-step recovery process →

We build for the demands of your life

Your assessment shows where you start. The demands of your life show where you finish, whether that’s a start line or just a pain-free day. The ten steps are the path between, each one building the fitness needed to get you there.

No generic programs. Ever.

Most clinics send you home with a sheet of paper. Photocopied exercises, stick figures, the same set everyone gets.

You get an app. Your plan, built for your body and goal, that goes where you go. Built during your hour together, followed in the app between visits.

You bring the effort.We bring the plan.

The people in your corner

Every visit is one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy who knows exactly where you are and where you’re headed.

EVO Health + Performance is a participating member of the Hospital for Special Surgery Rehabilitation National Network. Learn more about Hospital for Special Surgery, #1 in the world for orthopedics.

Meet the full team →

The insurance part? Handled.

No referral to chase, no billing to untangle. Here’s where you stand before you book.

You can start physical therapy without one.

For everything else, we’re out-of-network by design, so your care answers to you, not an insurance company. We’ll show you exactly what to expect.

No billing runaround, nothing to chase on your end.

I suffered from back pain my whole life and EVO’s staff is the only one to make it go away, they tackle the root of the issue, not just the symptoms.

I went to several traditional PT places, but EVO’s route was the best for me. They found the root cause of my injury cycle. A few months later, I’m finally back to living life pain-free.

I came in after an acute lower-disc flare-up, practically unable to walk. I saw steady improvement over four weeks, then full relief on the fifth.

Physical therapy in Freehold, and the towns around it

Our clinic is on Route 9 in Freehold Township, so Freehold is home. For everywhere else, we are a short drive from across Monmouth County. See what care looks like in your town.

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Getting started with us is simple

A conversation

A complimentary discovery call, no pressure, just to see what’s going on and whether we’re the right fit.

An evaluation

A full 60 to 90 minute assessment to find your real starting point, the reason you’re stuck, and how to move forward.

Your plan, in motion

Hands-on treatment and a progressive plan that helps you rebuild your health, fitness, and performance.

The 10-Step Recovery Guide

The exact framework our clinicians use to take someone from hurting to capable. All ten steps, in order, with what to focus on at each stage. Yours free. Just tell us where to send it.

✓ The order recovery actually follows, and why skipping ahead sets you back.

✓ How to tell if you’re truly progressing, or just masking the pain.

✓ What you can start working on, on your own, today.

Explore all free guides →

Free, and we’ll never share your information.

Your 10-Step Recovery Guide is on its way. When you’re ready to build a plan around it, a free Discovery Call is your next step.

Let’s build your plan

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The team

Dr. Andrew Lelie, PT, DPT, Physical Therapist. Dr.
Dr. Taylor Zelitsky, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, Physical Therapist. Taylor earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Rhode Island in 2021.
Dr. TJ Martino, PT, DPT, CSCS, Owner + Physical Therapist. Dr.