Meet The Coaches
Dr. Brett Scott founded Barbell Therapy & Performance in 2017. After working as a strength coach and personal trainer for seven years throughout his college career, Dr. Scott realized something was missing in the traditional physical therapy model during his clinical rotations. While working in the traditional physical therapy setting, he realized he didn’t have the time and resources to get his patients the best outcomes because profit and proficiency from a business standpoint surpasses patient outcomes. He felt like he was able to give his training clients more from a coaching and training setting where he had the time to educate people, provide hands-on coaching and corrections, build stronger alliances and trust with clients, and had the ability to empower people to be in better control of their life.
As a competitive hockey player and olympic weightlifter himself, he also realized that many athletes were coming to physical therapy that were either misunderstood, or mistreated by other therapists due to a lack of expertise and experience in working with fitness athletes. Too many athletes have been told to just stop working out, or stop their activity, and weren’t being prescribed exercises and treatments that challenged the patients enough or solved the root cause of their problems to begin with. Therefore, Dr. Scott founded Barbell Therapy & Performance in 2017 as a place where fit adults and athletes could be served with a better experience, and a better outcome by being able to not only rehab, but coach individuals back to the sports and activities that they love. In 2021 he purchased Arkitect Fitness in Concord and was able to expand to a second location in Tyngsboro, MA with his passion and purpose to bring an intelligent, and efficient training model to help athletes and active adults live life to their full potential.
Dr. Scott graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell with his bachelors of science in exercise physiology and a minor in nutrition. He continued on in the expedited program through UMass Lowell to graduate summa cum laude with his Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2017.
Dr. Scott is currently a licensed doctor of physical therapy in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire and has passed all necessary requirements under the federal board regulations. He also holds specialty certifications in dry needling, cupping, spinal manipulations and adjustments, blood flow restriction training, instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (also known as Graston Technique), is a certified clinical athlete provider, and is a registered olympic weightlifting coach with USA weightlifting. Amongst his passion for learning, Brett is equally passionate about educating others presents at workshops on his approach throughout New England, has a podcast for individuals to learn more about health, and has had the pleasure of presenting his expertise at multiple universities and colleges as well.
Not only has Brett been able to compete on the national circuit in olympic weightlifting himself, but he has had the opportunity to coach multiple individuals at the national and international level in the sports of weightlifting and powerlifting with over 10 medals from national and international competitions as well. Brett has had a vast experience of working with many NCAA division 1 athletes, various high school athletes, professional athletes, professional actors, stuntmen, and elite mixed martial artists.
Brett is also co-founder of Neuropedics; a continuing education and mentorship program for physical therapists and chiropractors who are looking to improve their own clinical skill sets. He is also a clinical educator for Modern Manual Therapy where he teaches continuing ed courses nationally and internationally. He has also created his own course “Modern Barbell Therapy” for physical therapists looking to integrate the principles of strength training into their physical therapy practices.
In his free time, you can find him playing ice hockey, weight training, mountain biking, snowboarding, playing drums, or taking his dog Jax for a run.
Matthew started his journey towards becoming a strength and conditioning coach by teaching TaeKwonDo classes in 2015. With the help of high-ranking coaches, he competed in state and national-level competitions. Matthew attended Colorado State University from 2018-2022, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Health and Exercise Science. During his time there, he competed on the school’s Timbersports team and worked with many athletes of different competitive levels. After college, Matthew moved to New England to participate in a Harvard Athletics strength and conditioning internship. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Strength and Conditioning through Bridgewater State University and training as a powerlifter. Matthew is very passionate about building a community through hard work and will gladly cheer on anyone in need of extra motivation! He is a Certified Personal Trainer through ACSM and a certified USA Weightlifting Level 1 Coach. When Matthew’s not coaching or lifting, you can catch him reading comic books or chilling with his toothless cat, Albert.
Hannah trained as a ballet dancer for 15 years before switching gears into the fitness industry, fueled by numerous overuse injuries. She has her Bachelor’s of Science in Exercise Physiology from UMass Lowell, and has been a personal trainer since 2016. Since then, she has worked in physical therapy clinics and for gyms owned by physical therapists, gathering priceless information about training around and through injuries. She’s worked with everybody from a team of high school basketball players to 86-year-old women looking to regain confidence in their daily activities. Hannah has a passion for working with people (particularly women) who need to understand how to value and care for themselves well. After staring at herself in a mirror lined up with other girls in tights and leotards for years on end, she understands how easy it is to slip into body dysmorphia and disordered eating. Strength training (and most recently powerlifting) has helped her start to climb out of that hole, appreciate her body for what it can do rather than what it looks like, and she is ready to help you do the same!