Our Team
- Our experienced team includes physical therapists who are Board Certified in orthopaedic and sports physical therapy and Fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists.
- Our staff is engaged in scholarly activities including teaching continuing education courses nationally and internationally, publishing journal articles and book chapters, editing/writing textbooks, and lecturing at local universities.
Brian J. Tovin DPT, PT, MMSc, SCS, ATC, FAAOMPT
Brian Tovin is a physical therapist and athletic trainer who has treated high school, college, Olympic, and professional athletes for over 30 years. Dr. Tovin served as the director of rehabilitation for The Georgia Tech athletic teams and was selected as the head athletic trainer for the aquatics venue at the 1996 Olympic Games. He has been an athletic trainer with the United States Diving and Swimming team and was part of the United States medical staff for five Maccabiah Games in Israel. In 1995, he founded The Sports Rehabilitation Center and is the current owner with four sites in the metro-Atlanta area.
Dr. Tovin has written a textbook, authored numerous book chapters and research articles, and has lectured nationally and internationally on various sports medicine topics. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation, Emory School of Medicine. In addition to being an expert in sports physical therapy, Dr. Tovin has been a leader in the movement to prevent overuse injuries in youth sports.
As a former Division I swimmer, Dr. Tovin learned first-hand how frustrating it could be to have an injury interfere with skill development and competition. He is now dedicating this portion of his career to identifying the physical impairments and practice/competition errors that lead to overuse injuries. Dr. Tovin believes that these injuries can be mitigated through proper education and training. Outside of work, Dr. Tovin spends time with his wife Stacey and 3 boys, Alex, Jordan and Drew. He is involved in master’s swimming, travel baseball, skiing, and scuba diving.
Max Sterenson PT, DPT, OCS, ATC
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The Sports Rehabilitation Center is pleased to welcome Max Sterenson, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC as part of the Brookhaven staff. Max is an accomplished sports physical therapist who will serve as the Director of Baseball Performance and Injury Prevention. He graduated from Northeastern University with a B.S in Athletic Training and received a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California. Max was selected to serve as an athletic trainer at the World Maccabiah Games in Israel and the Pan-Am Games in Santiago, Chile. He had the opportunity to work as part of the rehabilitation staff with the Cleveland Guardians organization. Through this experience, he learned the essential skills of arm care, injury prevention in the overhead athlete, and performance enhancement for the baseball player. In the clinical setting, Max worked at the Mamba Sports Academy, a sports medicine and performance center started in collaboration with Kobe Bryant. Prior to moving to Atlanta, Max worked at Elite Orthosport, where he continued to hone his rehabilitation skills treating baseball, tennis, basketball, soccer and football athletes. Max’s attraction to the Sports Rehabilitation Center was to join a group of highly skilled sports and orthopedic physical therapists, in an environment that would give him access to treating baseball players and athletes of all ages and levels. He believes he can use his skillset to have an impact on treating and mitigating youth and elite sports.
