Meet Our Team

Dr. Julie Lueking, Owner/Doctor of Physical Therapy

Dr. Lueking is a physical therapist who specializes in outpatient orthopedics/sports medicine. Dr. Lueking is dedicated to helping athletes with injury rehabilitation, sports performance enhancement, injury prevention, and optimal balance and de-stress to enhance athletic performance. Her commitment is to helping patients/clients achieve performance optimization through her advanced knowledge in the musculoskeletal system, biomechanics, and the neuromuscular system.
Dr. Lueking has dedicated her career to help individuals achieve their highest potential with her in depth training in advanced manual therapy techniques, Dry Needling, and functional/sport optimization for orthopedic conditions.

She attributes her success to helping athletes reach their highest potential by using her intuitive excellence, profound personal athletic performance, and her clinical expertise.

Dr. Lueking has over 20 years experience in athletic performance. She is an athlete at heart. She has been a competitive athlete in fitness/physique competitions, participated in Mrs. Fitness USA, amateur boxing/kickboxing, and gymnastics. She has chose her field due to her dedication to helping others, competitive nature, and believes in reaching your highest potential.

She has her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Shenandoah University and Bachelor of Science in Business and Marketing from Salisbury State University.

Continuing Education

APTA-Certified Clinical Instructor to physical therapy students.
Integrative Dry Needling
Pain Management & Sports Rehabilitation
Advanced Neurological Dry Needling for Pain Management and Performance Enhancement
IAMT (Institute of advanced musculoskeletal treatments)
SFMA (Functional Movement Systems)
Cervico-Thoracic Examinations & Treatments
Soft Tissue Mobilization
Exercise Prescription
Upper Quarter Examinations and Treatments
Pelvic Floor Muscle Dysfunction for the Orthopaedics Manual Therapist
Clinical Decision Making for the Manual therapist
Taping Techniques and Clinical Applications
Medical Screening for Referral

“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot.” – Walter Bagehot.

Nia Kim, PTA

Nia Kim graduated from University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. She then completed Montgomery College’s Physical Therapist Assistant program in 2010 and moved out to Los Angeles to practice in sunny California for 10 years before moving back home in early 2022. Nia’s passion in the field has always been sports medicine and she has a special interest in post-operative rehabilitation and sports injuries. She has worked with athletes of all ages with total body strengthening and maintenance over the years and started her career helping to train/rehabilitate both DC United and Washington Freedom soccer players back in the early 2000s.

Nia loves anything sports related as well as trying new foods and traveling!