Achieve Sports Medicine

The Staff

Our owner, Gina Pongetti Angeletti, MPT, MA, CSCS, is a Physical Therapist of nearly 25 years in the Western Suburbs. THrough Achieve, they sponsor and take care of the health and wellness of nearly 50 clubs and organizations. Through partnering with soccer clubs, parents, athletes and coaches feel a sense of security knowing that reactive injuries are treated equally as important as injury mitigation and coach/staff education. She has traveled to 2016, 2021, and 2024 Olympic Games, worked on NCAA and World Champion athletes and National Team soccer players alongside guiding rehab with their coaches, parents, medical team, agents and organisations. 

We have Physical Therapists, PTA's, Athletic Trainers, Exercise Physiologists and Personal Trainers ready to walk this journey with you- while injured, recovering, being recruited and more! Lead by Brandi Hosford, DPT and Sports Medicine Director, therapists are chosen for you based on subspeciality and schedule/availability of the PT and patient. Our Naperville Clinic Managers, Jhun Mangaliman and Travis Spagnola lead a team of the highest level clinicians close to home. 

Achieve has a team of staff at our offices including:

- Naperville (Corner of Rt 59 and 83rd, in White Eagle Business Park)

- Woodridge (Within the 7 Bridges Ice Arena)

- Willowbrook (Rt 83 and 63rd Street)

- Downtown Chicago (900 N Michigan Building)

Our concierge style treatment allows you to let someone "drive the bus:" from initial injury to text chain, to setting you up with physicians and specialists if needed through private scheduling, test ordering (MRI, CT, Xray, Bone Scan) without the wait, telehealth visits when appropriate, interpreting results and formulating a plan of care- all in one place. Specialists such as sports psychology, ophthalmology, neuro, podiatry are all available. Add on nutrition and recovery guidance, sleep quality assessment, return to training schedule adjustments. 

Services

Achieve Orthopedic Rehabilitation Institute provides the highest quality Sports Medicine including:

- Medical Management for the club for injuries, risk and communication

- on-site athletic coverage for practices and events

- travel coverage for tournaments and combines

- Concussion care: from baseline testing to sideline, in-clinic treatment and return-to-play, we have the most comprehensive care available. Neuro testing, memory, reaction time, aerobic capacity, psychology, vision, sleep, learning- all as a part of Team Achieve. 

- in-clinic treatment for injuries and the diagnosis process

- sports performance through our 1:1, group and team development programs for personal training, sport-specific fitness and goal-oriented outcomes

- baseline testing for strength, power, jump, flexibility and agility/reaction time

- conditioning and aerobic testing including VO2, InBody and anaerobic analysis

- recovery services including massage, cryotherapy, rolling classes, NormaTec compression systems, BFR and more

- Advanced biomechanics evaluation using Physical Therapists, ViMove systems and VALD equipment

- Manual therapy that is unmatched for proper injury treatment and maintenance/.mitigation including Active Release Techniques (ART), Graston/Astym, joint mobilization, MFR, STM, Trigger Point Dry Needling, massage and more

- Modalities offered: Electric Stim, Ultrasound, deep heat, BFR, compression, Kinesiotaping, stability taping, athletic taping

Education

We, at Achieve, believe that if all we do is sit on the sidelines, we aren't doing our job. Reacting to injuries after they happen is 10% of sports medicine. We offer:

- Parent Education talks and athlete hours- on topics including but far from limited to hydration, nutrition, recovery, sleep, stretching, dynamic warmup, joint health, injury recognition, concussion care, micro and macrocycling, strength and conditioning, prep for NCAA, self care and more. 

- Staff education on: warm ups, cool downs, conditioning, explosive leg power, creating sprint speed, mitigation of ankle, knee, hip and spine injuries, conditioning, core control, season cycling, recovery as well as the included above

- we will always keep coaches and staff informed of the latest changes from medical research and education including joint health, equipment, testing and performance. 



We are here for YOU. Teaching athletes how to respect their bodies physically and mentally. Helping to guide parents along the way with difficult health and wellness decisions. Balancing the stressors of daily life that are elevated by being an athlete, coaching one or raising one. We are only as good as we can be if you use us and communicate. This is why we are available on your team management app, text, phone, email and in office. No problem is too small.