Dr. Casey Yurista

Wellness in Motion Boston

98 R Central St, Wellesley, MA, 02482

Dr. Casey Yurista, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, Cert. DN Dr. Casey Yurista is a Boston area Physical Therapist with a passion for optimizing performance and driving patients to improve through individualized care. Casey is passionate about helping patients to continue doing what they love at a high level. He has a special interest in ACL rehabilitation and working with active people of all ages. Whether you are an athlete returning to sport after a surgery, a parent looking to maintain an active lifestyle in between child care duties, or a recreational golfer trying to shave a couple of strokes off of your game, Casey is here to help you. Casey is an upstate New York native. He attended The Sage Colleges in Albany, NY for both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. Casey played Division 3 Men’s Soccer for the Sage Gators while getting his BS degree in Biology in 2016. He then went on to get his Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree in 2019 from Sage. Since starting his career in physical therapy, he has become a Certified Strength Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) to enhance his ability to transition care into strength and conditioning training. Following the CSCS, he pursued an intensive 18 month orthopedic residency with Inova Health System in Northern Virginia. The main focuses of the residency were specialized training in rehabilitation from orthopedic injury, hands on skill development, interdisciplinary care with the Inova Sports Medicine team, and community outreach to enhance access to Physical Therapy care. Upon completing residency, Casey received recognition as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) in Physical Therapy signifying him as an expert. Since finishing residency, he has been working as a Performance Physical Therapist in Northern Virginia until recently moving to the Boston area. He has extensive experience working with athletes from youth to professional level along with working with a variety of individuals to overcome various orthopedic issues. Casey has completed several continuing education courses and certifications since starting to practice including Selective Functional Movement Assessment Level 1 (SFMA), Functional Movement Screen (FMS), Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training, Certification in Dry Needling throughout AAMT (Cert. DN), and Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Level 1 golf swing assessment. He has also taken other continuing education courses on ACL rehabilitation and return to sport care. When outside of the clinic, Casey is an active guy who enjoys a recreational run, pilates, lifting weights, and hiking. He has a deep interest in the psychology of performance and self growth so you may catch him reading or writing when alone. Casey and his future wife, Catherine, own a chocolate lab, named Cali, who they enjoy taking on hikes, walks, and to the dog park. He loves to try new foods, go to the farmers market, watch his favorite soccer team Arsenal F.C., see a live show or game, and sample local beer in his free time.