Our Approach to Pain Management and Wellness

Dr. Andre Heletsi,
DPT

Andre didn't arrive at this philosophy from a textbook. He built it over nearly two decades of listening carefully to patients who had been through the system and still weren't better — and refusing to accept that as the final word.

After earning his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Pittsburgh (2006), Andre trained in acute hospital care at Sibley Memorial Hospital, was mentored in chronic orthopedic and performing arts rehabilitation at Body Dynamics, and deepened his skills in hypothesis-driven care and trigger point dry needling at Bodies in Motion. He is also a USA Track & Field Level 1 Certified coach, bringing a deep understanding of athletic movement, running mechanics, and performance development to his clinical work.

In 2014, he founded Missing Link PT around a single conviction: the patients labeled "chronic" were simply "misunderstood" — and what they needed wasn't a new diagnosis, but a clinician with the time, skill, and curiosity to keep asking questions until the answers came. Today that mission extends beyond recovery: Andre works with athletes and active individuals not just to eliminate pain, but to unlock levels of performance they didn't know were possible.