Gina Pongetti Angeletti

Physical Therapist, Biomechanics Specialist, Performing Arts Medicine Specialist, Co-Owner

• Director of the Sports Medicine wing and program across the Willowbrook, Naperville, Woodridge and Chicago locations
• Runs clinic locations handling 2,000 visits per month with 30 staff members
• Provides elite-level sports medicine combining manual therapy and biomechanics, plus concierge medical services to ancillary medical staff

Owner and President

• Performing arts sports medicine for gymnastics, dance, figure skating, cheer, theater and musicians
• Treatment, speaking, presentation, movement analysis and gym management
• 2012–2015 — course presentation: Gymnastics Sports Medicine for You
• 2022 — host, Flip’d podcast
• 2023 — MedGym Course, with full CEU approval for medical professionals

On-Site Medical Provider, Touring Broadway Shows

• Co-owner and physical therapist; clinic owner and manager 2016–2021 (closed during COVID)
• Coordinator of Chicago-based performing arts coverage, including local and national dance studios and Broadway touring companies

Medical Editor and Contributor

• Writing and education for Inside Gymnastics, Inside Dance, Inside Cheer and Cheer Biz News
• On-site marketing and promotions, meet-and-greets, subscriber interaction
• Writes, blogs and covers events on site for FIG world-level and USA Gymnastics national competition

Master of Physical Therapy

Master of Arts, Communication — Health and Risk emphasis

Bachelor of Arts, Communication

Contracted Studios and Clubs

• More than 15 Chicago-area dance studios — on-site education, injury prevention and medical studio management
• Health care management for local gymnastics gyms covering more than 10,000 athletes, recreational through Elite

Endurance Sport

• Timex Racing Team — Director of the Performance Care program for Ironman North America events, the Ironman World Championships and the 70.3 series
• Active Release Techniques staff, Ironman World Championships, Kona — 2005, 2006, 2007; eight stateside Ironman races including Coeur d’Alene, Madison, Florida and Lake Placid
• Ironman Madison, 2005–present; ART tent site director 2007–2011
• Batavia Triathlon (USAT-sanctioned), 2004–2009 — official medical provider
• Tinley Park Duathlon, official medical coordinator, 2009 · Chicago Marathon health care volunteer, 2004–2005 · Shamrock Shuffle 10K medical exhibitor, 2007

• Figure Skating Anatomy and Health — contributing writer, with John Harmata and Dr. Robert Weil
• Strength Training for Gymnastics — chapter contributor, 2006
• APTA Orthopedic Section and Performing Arts Special Interest Group (PASIG) — co-author of the first and only gymnastics medicine independent study course
• Case study on wrist health and presentation in gymnasts, APTA Independent Study Course, 2010
• Hinge Theory — an approach to spine injury prevention in spondylolysis-categorized injury; copyright applied January 2007

• Inside Gymnastics — more than 50 articles, 2003–2015; health and wellness editor
• Inside Cheerleading — more than 35 articles and columns on cheer health, injury prevention and Q&A
• Inside Dance — monthly medical column since the magazine’s inception in 2014; medical advisory for magazine and social media
• Inside Volleyball — medical editor; explosive leg power, ACL focus, volleyball-specific strengthening and flexibility
• Cheer Biz News — annual injury prevention guide for the coach, owner and administrator audience
• Clarendon Hills Living — featured expert, columnist and contributor, 2022–present
• Technique, official publication of USA Gymnastics — more than 10 articles
• Irish Dance and Culture — lead medical contributor; injury prevention for Irish dancers, plus Ask the Expert editorials
• Shannon Miller Lifestyle — medical contributor and blogger
• US Elite Coaches Association (USECA) — writing and lectures for the annual Elite and National coach series
• Chicago Tribune and Courier News / Fox Valley Living — return to endurance sport, April 2006

• Coach/athlete communication patterns in relation to injury status — clinical study through select NCAA universities; University Committee on Human Subjects approval, July 2001
• Neuro-linguistic processing for the creation of positive interaction between health professional and client — an extension of the L. M. Johnson dissertation, 2001
• Motor planning and learning for gymnastics: a neurological approach to coaching — USECA

• Active Release Techniques (ART) — certified all six levels; instructor and biomechanics certified; certified full body instructor, national; nerve entrapments; masters class completion
• USA Gymnastics — professional member since 2001, instructor certified, safety certified, meet director certified
• USOC Safe Sport — certified, current
• USA Figure Skating — professional member and Safe Sport certified, 2018–present
• Trigger Point Dry Needling — MyoPain Seminars, full course, 2013
• Graston Technique — certified, 2006
• Strain/Counterstrain — certified, 2004
• Pilates for Health Care — Rehab Connections, 2005
• Kinesiotaping — cumulative master class
• Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) — Owens Recovery Science, Delphi, 2019
• SportsMetrics — Cincinnati Sports Medicine, knee injuries in female athletes
• APTA CPI — student teaching certification, 2018
• CPR for the Professional Rescuer — current

• DorsaVi movement analysis technology and the ViMOVE system
• AlterG anti-gravity treadmill and protocols
• CryoUSA CryoSense cryotherapy chamber
• Normatec compression devices

• APTA implicit bias training — 2024
• APTA sexual harassment training — 2024
• US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, National Governing Body Medical Conference — 2024
• Stanford University anti-doping education for the health professional — 2023
• ImPACT concussion training — 2023
• US Center for SafeSport renewal — 2023
• BLS / CPR — 2023
• APTA ethics, jurisprudence and practice — 2023
• USA Gymnastics U202, understanding maturation — 2023
• USA Gymnastics U201, concussion education and management — 2023
• SafeSport and USA Gymnastics U112, tough coaching and emotional abuse — 2021
• Musculoskeletal conditions and care of the young athlete — 2020
• Pediatrics: care of the young athlete — 2020
• Female athlete triad and sports nutrition strategies, Gatorade Sports Science Institute — 2019
• PT ethics: dealing with child abuse legally, ethically and with compassion — 2019
• Lateral and medial epicondylitis — 2019
• Female hip and pelvis, orthopedic management — 2018

Full continuing education history, including USA Gymnastics safety and risk management, mandatory reporting, sexual misconduct awareness, functional orthopedics and lumbo-pelvic integration, available on request.

Co-Owner

• Complete injury prevention and recovery services — cryotherapy, Normatec compression, kinesiotaping and trigger point rolling

Owner and Manager

• Managed a clinical staff of more than 10
• Director of the Performing Arts Medicine program — treatment facility of choice for local National Team and Elite athletes
• Director of the Endurance Sports Medicine program — Ironman, marathon and sprint racing rehabilitation for Chicago elite athletes
• Primary health care provider for 17 gymnastics and dance facilities, including clubs housing JO National Team members
• On-site medical coverage for gymnastics meets from 50 to 850 athletes

Owner

• Personalized conditioning and injury prevention programming for gymnasts and dancers by level and individually
• Assessed and choreographed routines for 45–50 gymnasts per season across IL, MI, WI, OH, AZ, PA and IN

Organizer of Health Care and Sports Medicine

• Worked directly with owners and former Olympians John Macready and John Roethlisberger
• Hired and trained athletic trainers on gymnastics injury management, emergency on-site care and athlete health screening

Physical Therapist

• Co-located with the Illinois Gymnastics Institute; served their athletes in prevention, acute and post-operative rehabilitation through return to competition
• Built full strength and conditioning programs for three local gyms, including individual strength, flexibility and endurance reporting
• Coordinated team-centered care with Chicagoland orthopedic physicians and surgeons, including monthly MD visits to the gym

Coaching and Clinician Work

• Michigan State University — assistant women’s gymnastics coach, 2000–01; outside choreographer for floor and beam, 2001–02
• Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy, Milwaukee — head coach, 1998–2000; directed the women’s Level 5–10 JO program, 40 athletes and 5 coaches, at a national training facility
• Karolyi’s World Gymnastics Training Camp, Houston — lead balance beam coach, 1996–99; planned a full week of progression for more than 200 athletes
• Lake Owen Gymnastics Training Camp, Cable, WI — coach and clinician on the kinesiology of conditioning, 1999–2000
• Region V camps — Forward Progress Camp, Illinois Gymnastics Institute, 2002 (full-day conditioning program, ~150 optional-level athletes); Region V Women’s Gymnastics Camp, Kalamazoo, 2000
• Itasca Park District — optional specialist coach, 2000–2003

Board of Directors

• One of 25 directors of a not-for-profit supporting cancer care and support
• Co-chair, Wellness House 5K Walk, 2022 and 2023 — raised $1.3M over two years with 2,000 participants annually
• Development committee member — community interaction, media outreach and fundraising

President

• Led a business community focused on growth and stability programming

• Hinsdale Living — Top Doctors, 2024 and 2022
• Hinsdale Living — Power Women feature: The Healing Touch, October 2022; Driven to Succeed, October 2020
• Hinsdale Magazine — cover, Stepping Up for a Cause, 2023
• Clarendon Hills Living — cover, Community Impact and Beyond, 2023
• Cambridge Who’s Who in Women in Health Care — 2015, emeritus status
• Cambridge Who’s Who in Professional Women in Health — 2007
• Community Service University Recognition, Hunger Clean Up — 1999

• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) — since 1999
• Illinois Physical Therapy Association (IPTA) — since 1997
• Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA)
• International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS)
• Women in Sports and Events (WISE)
• National Collegiate Athletic Association — coach and member
• National Communication Association (NCA)
• USA Triathlon (USAT)
• Team Timex — treatment staff, sponsored endurance sport performance care

• USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic athlete — 14 years, 1982–1995
• Dancer, two years, pointe
• IRONMAN triathlete — finisher, 2006 Kona World Championships; Olympic-distance age-group competitor
• Entered the medical field through personal injury and her own recovery with rehabilitation and ART