Meet Our Team
Our team
At Velocity Physical Therapy, our mission is to empower individuals to achieve optimal health and mobility. We are dedicated to providing personalized care that promotes recovery and enhances physical performance.
Brittany Young-Sanchez PT, DPT
Clinic Owner
Therapist and owner, Dr Brittany Young-Sanchez grew up in the rural town of Barron, WI.
Dr Britt has a passion for the outdoors, country life, coffee shops, entrepreneurship, coaching, traveling and her boys activities. Her passion includes health and well-being; physically, emotionally and mentally.
She earned her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology-Exercise Science at UW - Madison and her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at UW- Lacrosse. Her education and clinical experiences across the United States fueled a passion for helping people overcome their physical obstacles no matter how big. After moving back to the Midwest, Brittany opened Velocity Physical Therapy and has enjoyed the journey of entrepreneurship and getting to know her community. She specializes in cases that are either complex or encompass multiple areas of recovery. This genre inspired her pod-cast, The Human Behind the Science. Treating humans requires recognition of mind, body and soul while you are applying the proven techniques of physical therapy. While Brittany works mainly with out-patient orthopedics, she has a specialized population of concussion, neurology, vertigo as well as both young and experienced athletes/teams. Brittany works with her patients to help them find what is important and motivating to them and how they can embrace it during their recovery. She loves seeing people smile, heal, and get back to doing all of the things that they love!
Nate Weltzin PT, DPT
Certified Dry Needling
Nate grew up in Cumberland, WI, and loves playing basketball and spending time with his wife. He is also an avid drum player, and was even the drummer for a wedding band! He earned a degree in Exercise and Sport Science at UW-La Crosse before graduating with his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Franklin Pierce University in Arizona. Nate is dry needing certified and specializes in sports performance. Nate finds it important to understand what his patients want to be able to do, and works with them to develop a plan to help them reach their goals. Nate finds that seeing people return to activities they had given up on ever doing again is the most rewarding part of his job.
Lucy Fashingbauer PT, DPT
Lucy was born and raised here in Hudson and received her Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Sport Science at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. She earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Regis University in Denver, CO. Her professional focus is creating therapeutic relationships with her patients to collaboratively create functional personalized goals. Her personal experience as a college track and field athlete and history of multiple orthopedic surgeries has led her to have a passion for treating post-operative patients and athletes of all forms. Outside of the clinic, Lucy enjoys paddle boarding the St. Croix, coaching, hiking, and all things gardening.
Rachel Slingsby PT, DPT
Certified Pelvic Function: Level 1
Rachel grew up in Bloomington, IL and enjoys reading, shopping, exploring her new hometown, and working out in her free time. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Nutritional Sciences at UW-Milwaukee and her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, WI. While at UWM, Rachel was a D1 collegiate swimmer which sparked her passion to help athletes. She is a dedicated and compassionate individual with a strong commitment to empowering her patients through education and individualized treatment plans with specialized training in pelvic floor rehabilitation. Rachel works with patients across all life stages to address a wide range of conditions.
Kara White-Office Administrator
Kara Grew up in North Central Iowa and in her free time she enjoys lifting weights, paddle boarding and reading a good book. She graduated from Iowa Lakes Community College where she went for Massage Therapy. She finds that the most rewarding part of her job is helping make the experience of people taking care of their bodies as easy as possible. Kara works to share as much knowledge about all things on the administrative side of things to help those processes go smoothly.
Tracy Oswald-Office Administrator
Tracy started with Velocity back in 2018 as office administrator. In 2023 she stepped back, in order to focus on her family and her health. She enjoys getting back in the office to greet patients and help Kara with any other tasks. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and running 5k’s.
Bauer
Certified Clinic Mood Booster
Bauer is Brittany’s dog and he comes with her to work to keep everyone in the clinic company.
Bauer is such a sweet and loving boy and loves meeting everyone who comes into the clinic!
He understands not everyone is a dog lover and gives those people their space.
You'll most commonly find him in Brittany's office and occasionally roaming the clinic with patients make the request to have him as part of their session.
We always check in with everyone present in the clinic before letting him roam.