Katie Dabrowski, DPT, CSCS
Dr. Katie Dabrowski, PT, DPT, CSCS is a physical therapist, strength coach, and co-founder of Old Bull Athletics — a private practice in Miami, Florida built around treating movement as medicine and blending the worlds of strength training, performance, and rehabilitation. Her undergraduate work in psychology and neuroscience at Nova Southeastern University included a Divisional Honors Thesis comparing the effects of brain training and physical exercise on executive function, and she went on to earn her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Miami. She currently serves as an adjunct neuroscience faculty member at NSU and is an Advisory Board Member for the Society of Neurosports.
In this episode of The Preventive Medicine Podcast, Dr. Dabrowski breaks down why she left the traditional PT model behind, how Old Bull Athletics was built to meet patients across the full spectrum of health — not just after injury — and what it actually looks like to use neuroscience and strength training together to build lasting resilience. This is a must-listen for anyone who wants to understand where the future of musculoskeletal care is heading.
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Show Notes
Topics Covered:
- What preventive medicine means through Dr. Dabrowski’s lens as a neuroscience-trained PT and strength coach
- The origin story of Old Bull Athletics and why a 100% individualized, one-on-one model was the only way to deliver the care she believed in
- How her background as a former collegiate rower and researcher shaped her clinical philosophy around resilience and performance
- Shifting the patient mindset from reactive rehab to proactive durability — and the real barriers that get in the way
- Why Old Bull operates outside the insurance model and how to communicate the value of cash-pay PT to patients
- The rehab-to-training continuum: when does your PT also become your performance coach, and why that’s by design at Old Bull
- Her vision for physician-PT collaboration in a truly preventive care model — and how patients can learn to manage their own pain without unnecessary visits
- Where manual therapy fits (or doesn’t) within a strength and movement-first framework
- What she wishes physicians knew about optimizing transitions of care with physical therapists
- When individualized exercise selection matters and when general training is enough
- A practical, simple, effective exercise routine anyone can implement today
- Her 2-minute answer to “how do I get healthy?”
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