About Nick

I’m a physical therapist who spends his days helping people move better. I’ve worked with professional athletes from some of the biggest teams in sports. I teach future doctors of physical therapy at two universities. I’ve spent over a decade at the number-one orthopedic hospital in the country learning everything I can about how the human body works, what breaks it down, and how to build it back up.

Then I became a dad, and my body broke down anyway.

In my first year of fatherhood, I developed epicondylitis—tendon inflammation—in both elbows. Not from the gym. Not from sports. From the relentless, repetitive work of picking up, holding, carrying, and caring for my baby. I was the person who was supposed to know better, and I still got hurt. That experience humbled me, taught me, and eventually led me to create Fit for Parenting.

I looked for resources—a book, a guide, anything—that addressed the physical demands of being a parent. Not pregnancy fitness. Not postpartum recovery. The actual, ongoing, daily physical work of caring for a growing child. I couldn’t find one. So I started building it myself, combining everything I’ve learned as a clinician, a teacher, a sports medicine provider, and a father who learned these lessons the hard way.

Fit for Parenting is the result: a comprehensive approach to injury prevention, body mechanics, and exercise for parents that treats parenthood with the same seriousness and specificity that we give to athletes, workers, and anyone else whose job demands a lot from their body.

Because that’s what parenting is. And your body deserves the same care you give everyone else.