Arianna Lopez.

Rehab should not be intimidating.

Plenty of people walk in braced for it. Unsure what the equipment is for, unsure whether they are about to be judged, half expecting to be handed a sheet of exercises and left alone with it.

That is the part Arianna Lopez takes personally. Her aim is a room where you feel welcome, encouraged, and steady enough to actually do the work.

An athletic trainer, not a physical therapist

Arianna is a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC). Athletic training and physical therapy are two different professions with different education and different licenses, and the distinction matters.

Your evaluation and your plan of care come from your physical therapist. Arianna works alongside the clinical team, supporting exercise progression, mobility work, and your return to activity, and keeping an eye on how you are moving while you do it.

She has logged extensive clinical hours in athletic training rooms, in orthopedic observation, and in hospital settings, which is a useful background when the goal is getting an athlete back to the thing they got hurt doing.

Credentials

• Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC)
• CPR and First Aid certified
• Clinical experience in athletic training rooms, orthopedic observation, and hospital settings

What Arianna supports

• Orthopedic rehabilitation
• Injury recovery
• Mobility training
• Exercise progression
• Safe return to activity

How she works

Consistency is the whole thing. She credits her dad, a long-time HVAC business owner, for teaching her to show up, treat people with respect, and take pride in the work.

Expect someone who knows your name, knows where you are in your plan, and notices when the movement changes.

Talk to a Specialist

Sitting out one more season does not make the injury go away. It just moves the comeback further out. Talk to a specialist, or read how sports rehab works here.