About me
Brandi specializes in treating young athletes and all that comes with growing active kids. She specializes in working with gymnast, cheerleaders, dancers, parkour, ninja warrior, and acrobatic athletes. Brandi works with recreational all the way up to current Olympic gymnast. A global expert in performance training, Brandi travels to gyms across the country helping transform their staff and athletes. Brandi's online courses through Perfect 10.0 PT Academy are changing the world of sports from the comfort or your own gym and home. She has treated most everything over the last 19 years from growth plate injuries to cartilage (osteochondral defects), from instability to impingements, from dislocations to post fracture recovery, from sprains to strains, pain in the wrist, elbow, shoulder, ankle, knee, hip, back, and neck all while empowering & inspiring athletes to be the best version they can be.
Credentials:
USA Gymnastics National Health Care and Sport Science Referral Network
Two Time USAG Collegiate National Champion gymnast for Texas Woman's University
B.S. in Kinesiology at TWU
M.S. in Physical Therapy at Texas State University
Fellowship trained orthopedic manual physical therapist
Board certified orthopedic specialist
Movement System Impairment trained
Alexander Technique trained
Pain Neuroscience training
Functional Movement System Certified
Founder of Perfect 10.0 Physical Therapy & Performance Training since 2008
Medical director at USA Gymnastics National Congress since 2012
Lecturer: Gymnastics association of Texas since 2008
Michigan State Congress since 2018
Wisconsin State Gymnastics Education 2018
National Congress since 2011
Regional Congress: Region 1, 3, 4, 5, and 8 since 2013
Medical staff for P&G National Championships since 2017
Clinical Expert Contributor - United States Elite Coaching Association Journal since 2015.
Internationally Published: Examination and Physical Therapy Management of a Young Gymnast with Bilateral Wrist Pain: A Case Report. - Physical Therapy in Sport September 2017 volume 27
“Sport has amazing attributes and an opportunity to create amazing contributors to our world. It is a short time in most people's life with a large impact. We have the opportunity to change the world one athlete at a time.” - Brandi Smith