WHO WE ARE

Rick Wagner, PT, CMTPT, CSCS, VCS, Managing Partner

Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist, Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach, Certified Volleyball Specialist
A graduate of UW-Madison and licensed physical therapist for over 20 years. He opened Body Renovation in 2002, and has continued to help it grow to what it is today.

Rick believes strongly in patient education. He takes time to teach patients about their injuries and how they can help themselves achieve their rehabilitation goals. Rick has a wide variety of orthopedic physical therapy experience, including work with many of Milwaukee's professional sports teams. He has lectured at Marquette University and UW-Milwaukee, teaching hundreds of other rehab professionals his unique approach to rehabilitation. In addition, Rick is a Certified Manual Trigger Point therapist, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Volleyball Conditioning Specialist.

When not in clinic, Rick enjoys time at home with family, Wisconsin sports and trail runs with his pup, Gus.

Brian Gajafsky, PT, CMTPT, CSCS, Partner

Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist, Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach
Brian is a 18+ year graduate of the UW-Madison Physical Therapy program and officially joined the BRPT staff in 2010.

He has extensive background working with high-level high school, collegiate and professional athletes, including Marquette University and the Milwaukee Admirals. Both acCertified Manual Trigger Point Therapist and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Brian's practice interests lie in orthopedic manual therapy, orthotics and running analysis, as well as functional training.

In his spare time, Brian is an avid pilot, enjoys skiing and loves spending time with his wife and two children.

Ben Quist, DPT, CSCS, Partner

Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach, Owner of Form & Fitness, Inc. and Form & Fitness Health Club
Ben completed his Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Concordia University and has been a licensed therapist for more than 15 years.

Ben also founded the Form & Fitness organization, and believes in a comprehensive approach to rehab, taking the patient's full body and lifestyle into account to enhance his/her overall wellness program.

Katie Marcouiller, DPT, CMTPT

Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist
Katie has been a licensed physical therapist for over 10 years, exclusively in the area of orthopedics and sports medicine. She graduated from Marquette University in 2005 with her doctorate of physical therapy and has continued to work as a lab instructor at Marquette in courses that involve kinesiological concepts and palpation of anatomy structures. Katie enjoys teaching about the anatomy of the body and how the body can be maximize performance.

Throughout her career, Katie has spent time working on analyzing and improving a runner’s form. She has been a leader in organizing and instructing other healthcare professionals on the important aspects of a runner’s mechanics and effectively creating treatment strategies to improve a runner’s efficiency. Katie enjoys working with athletes of all levels from high school, to collegiate to professional and was recently on the rehabilitation team for the Milwaukee Admirals organization. She also has expertise in the fabrication of custom foot orthotics.

Outside of work, Katie enjoys running, skiing, hiking and spending time in the outdoors.

Heather Teplin, MPT, CMTPT

Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist
Since graduating from the Marquette University Physical Therapy program, Heather has actively treated patients with a variety of orthopedic, sports- and everyday-related injuries. Her treatment has grown to include extensive manual therapy skills and dry needling pain management techniques. Heather is also a Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist.

In her spare time, when not spending time with her husband and two boys, Heather is very active in the Mequon schools and sports communities.

Samantha Gries (Sam), DPT, ATC

Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist, Certified Athletic Trainer
Sam has been a practicing physical therapist for 5 years in the orthopedic setting. She graduated from the UW-La Crosse physical therapy program and Concordia University Wisconsin's athletic training program.

Sam believes in not only treating patient's symptoms, but also in identifying and addressing the underlying cause for symptom development. Patient engagement in their care and patient education are also important aspects of her treatment philosophy. She has experience working with runners, performing gait analyses and fabricating custom orthotics. She is a Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist.

In addition to work, Sam enjoys competing in road and trail running races, biking, and rock climbing.

Jessica Davies, PT, CFMT, CMTPT, CSCS, 500eRTY

Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Functional Manual Therapist, Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, 500+ hour Yoga Educator and Instructor
Jes graduated from the UW-Madison Physical Therapy program in 1996. She firmly believes that how we position and move throughout the day has a great effect on how we feel. Her treatment style follows an integrative model incorporating active listening, position and movement analysis, lifestyle modification and stress management. In addition, Jes believes in bringing other practitioners onto the rehab ‘team,’ whether it be nutrition coaching, personal training, life coaching.

Since recovering from her own breast cancer treatment in 2014, Jes has added women's health to her practice, pursuing pelvic floor education through Herman and Wallace. These additional skills allow Jes to assist women in reducing/resolving  pelvic pain symptoms so they can achieve the highest quality of life possible. Jes also works with pregnant women pre- and post- delivery, reducing birth trauma and more effectively getting back to baseline function.

In her spare time, Jes is active in the Wauwatosa yoga community, both teaching classes and training others as instructors.

Peter Arndt, DPT, CMTPT

 Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapist
Peter Arndt earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Concordia University of Wisconsin. As an Orthopedic Physical Therapist, he has experience treating a broad range of musculoskeletal injuries, specializing in injury prevention screening and assessment to maximize recovery, fitness and performance.

In addition to his doctorate in physical therapy, he is also a Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist; Certified Graston Provider; Schroth Certified with the Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School; Y-Balance Certified; Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Certified; Selective Functional Movement Screen (SFMA) Certified; Functional Range Released Certified; Functional Range Condition Certified. He has also pursued advanced course work in manual therapy, therapeutic neuroscience education, injury specific rehabilitation and functional training.

Peter’s functional approach to restore motion and movement quality will benefit anyone - from athletes, weekend warriors, industrial athletes to moms/dads/neighbors looking to be able to play and move better. Helping people “Right their Story” is Peter’s passion.