Our Vision
Create a space which offers the highest quality physical therapy, fitness, and wellness services
Meet Our Team
Dr. Chloe Starr PT, DPT
Chloe founded The PhysioLab NYC in November 2020. She is both a physical therapist and strength coach at The Lab. She graduated with honors from Touro College School of Health Sciences with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Neuroscience from Wake Forest University.
Chloe’s broad fitness background in soccer, CrossFit, and Olympic Weightlifting has helped shape her treatment approach which involves maximizing movement performance. As an athlete she understands the importance of getting back to your sport or workouts and aims to work with you to minimize disruptions in training as best as possible. She believes the ability to move through full range of motion in various planes is essential to optimizing overall physical health.
Chloe is passionate about her own training as a competitive Olympic weightlifter and has extensive experience working with various barbell athletes (powerlifters, weightlifters, strongmen) as well as runners, triathletes, dancers, gymnasts and yogis. Chloe is dedicated to expanding her knowledge of physical therapy having taken numerous courses on manual therapy, pelvic health, spinal manipulation, and mobility training.
She also enjoys traveling, hiking, and eating and is always open for a good book or restaurant recommendation.
Hours:
Monday & Friday: 7:00am - 1:00pm
Wednesday: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 2:00pm - 7:00pm
Dr. Tessia De Mattos PT, DPT, CSCS
Tessia is a full-time physical therapist and strength coach at The PhysioLab NYC. She earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Columbia University and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from New York University (NYU). Tessia practices a patient centered approach in which patients are encouraged to achieve their goals through movement and strengthening.
During her time at NYU, Tessia founded the “Girls Who Lift” club, geared towards helping women feel empowered both in and out of the weight room. She believes the weight room is for everyone, which led her to become a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Tessia has extensive experience working with multiple barbell athletes including but not limited to powerlifters, Crossfiters, weightlifters, and bodybuilders.
Tessia continues to stay active as a competitive powerlifter, shredding the pow as a snowboarder, and keeping rhythm as a dancer. Some of her other hobbies include eating her way through NYC and travelling the world.
Hours:
Monday & Wednesday: 7:00am-1:00pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 1:00pm-7:00pm
Friday: 11:00am-5:00pm
Dr. Iris Platt PT, DPT
Iris is a part-time physical therapist at The Physiolab NYC treating both pelvic floor and orthopedic conditions. Iris believes in clinical practice grounded in interdisciplinary, individualized, and evidence-informed care that places patient safety and comfort first. Prior to acquiring her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Columbia University, she earned her Masters in Neuroscience from Teachers College Columbia University and her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College.
Her clinical practice is informed by her professional experience as a dancer, personal trainer, and yoga instructor, as well as her personal practices in karate, boxing, and strength training. In her post-graduate continuing education experience, Iris uses functional manual therapy, postural restoration, strength and conditioning principles, chronic pain and pain science, and her extensive pelvic health knowledge in bowel, bladder, and sexual function and dysfunction to support her patients on their healing journey.
Iris is a lover of all things movement. In her free time you will find her teaching and practicing yoga in and around her Brooklyn neighborhood Clinton Hill, bouldering, training her deadlifts or handstands, and finding rest and restoration at the Turkish baths, on the dance floor, or in nature with friends and family
Hours:
Tuesday: 1pm-8pm
Wednesday: 7am-1pm
Madison Baughman OTR/L, CHT
Madison Baughman is a part-time occupational therapist and strength coach at The PhysioLab NYC. She is a lifelong fitness enthusiast who enjoys all movement from CrossFit, to yoga, to running, swimming, and spin. She has channeled her love for physical movement into a career in rehab as an occupational and certified hand therapist, in addition to being a personal trainer and group fitness instructor for CrossFit, weightlifting, and HIIT over the years. Madison believes in a strong mind-body connection, empowering people mentally and emotionally by pushing their physical limits while working with and getting more in touch with their bodies.
Hours:
Tuesday: 10am-4pm
Thursday: 10am-4pm
Melanie Reyes CPT, FMS, FMT, FRC, CNC
Mel is a strength coach at The Lab. She has over seven years of experience as a fitness and nutrition coach. She competed as a Division 1 tennis player and graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Health Science and a Dance Minor. After completing her certifications, she worked with physical therapists and collegiate strength and conditioning coaches while building her client base. Her experiences in both medicine and fitness led her to obtain a Masters of Public Health and she is currently pursuing her masters to be a physician’s assistant. Outside of the Lab, Mel works in orthopaedic research and specializes in knee biologics.
