Plyogenix Physical Therapy and Performance 9 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33705

"Plyogenix is the perfect place for people trying to get back to their best performance or most active self. After dealing with a lingering issue for years, I decided to do something real about it and seek help at a place that understands my athletic goals, rather than just easing pain. Dr. Mitko provides very thorough and thoughtful care during every stage of the process! From the initial consultation and discussion of symptoms to the evaluation and treatment plan plus exercises, I felt like he was clued in to my specific issues and the ways to get me back to 100%! He also included me in each decision and helped verbalize everything he was seeing in an understandable way."

"I was prescribed statins and had severe side effects. I was suffering from intense muscle pain, so much so that I could not go up the stairs at work of take my dogs for walks. A friend recommended Dr. Mitko and after a consultation I decided to do physical therapy. I bought a package of sessions the went over a couple months. Dr. Mitko was very knowledgeable, kind and encouraging throughout the process. I am very happy to say that the pain in my leg is gone and I can run up the stairs again!!! He is amazing, would ask him for help again in a heartbeat."

"Physical therapy with Dr. Mitko was a game-changer! I tore my ACL back in May and after 24 sessions once a week (and going to the gym 1-2x in between sessions) I'm back to doing what I love on a daily basis pain-free and without surgery. For me this means biking, jogging, hiking, climbing stairs, lifting, dancing, and rock climbing. Working with Dr. Mitko I felt that he really listened to my concerns and cared about my progress. It felt good to have someone there in my corner celebrating even the little wins! When you work with Dr. Mitko you get his full attention. He is also very empathetic and understands the mental impact of injury, such as the need to rebuild confidence and trust in my injured knee with certain movements. It was important for me to choose a physical therapist who works in a gym because so much of rehab is about building strength. The gym was great, friendly and low key, usually only occupied by the other trainers and their clients. Dr. Mitko kept detailed notes of everything that happened in session and used numbers to really determine where my strengths and weaknesses lie. For example: using tools to measure range of motion in the joint and 1 rep max testing unilaterally to compare the injured side to the uninjured side, making sure I was strong enough to move onto more advanced phases of rehab. He is a great trainer, always encouraging and pushing me towards my best efforts to get stronger but never through pain. He used his knowledge to build a smart plan tailored to my injury and always met me where I was with an emphasis on gradual progression. He used the truecoach app to program workouts for when I went to the gym on my own so everything I had to do was clearly laid out for me. He is also a great manual therapist and helped me work out various "kinks" along the way on his table with massage and stretching. He is super communicative and responsive to any questions or feedback in or out of session and always checking in and ready to make adjustments that still keep on on track and moving in the right direction. Dr. Mitko was such a pleasure to work with and most of all it was fun! I will miss his positivity and cheering me on in the gym but I know he has given me a great foundation and roadmap to keep moving forward with my knee. If you ever suffer an injury or surgery or even just have pain, Dr. Mitko is your guy! highly recommend!"

"Dr. Mitko is an excellent PT. In my case I have a torn left shoulder labrum and had surgery over 2 years ago. Pain eventually came back and went back to another orthopedic surgeon who suggested the possibility of repeat surgery. I decided to give Mitko a go and my shoulder went from a 40-50% to a 80% just by following his treatment. Will he hear your labrum? No, but my shoulder has not been better in years. He is not the traditional insurance based PT, which only treats pain and does not help you “bulletproof” the joint, i.e building the stabilizer muscles that surround the joint and will substitute the function of the labrum. Mitko and his style of PT is your best bet. Try it and see what happens before you get under the knife again, maybe you will not have to. Thanks Mitko!"

"Dr. Mitko is a fantastic PT. He is extremely personable and great at communicating leading up to my appointment. I am probably not his typical client as I did not have any major injuries but rather I was looking to improve my performance. During our one session he helped identify the four pain points throughout my body and gave me exercises to correct them. I left our session with more knowledge and a solid game plan moving forward."