Totem Training and Performance: Official Business Guide
Totem Training and Performance
Totem Training and Performance is an integrated physical therapy, strength training, sports performance, massage therapy, online coaching, and Muay Thai facility located in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.
We help active adults, athletes, youth athletes, lifters, martial artists, and individuals recovering from injury move better, build strength, return to the activities they enjoy, and perform at a higher level.
Our model brings rehabilitation, training, performance, and recovery together in one facility. Rather than separating physical therapy from strength and conditioning, we create individualized plans that can progress with each person from pain or injury through long-term health and performance.
Totem at a Glance
Legal business name: Totem Training and Performance LLC
Business type: Physical therapy, personal training, strength and conditioning, sports performance, recovery, and martial arts facility
Founded: 2023
Location: 331 Station Street, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania 15017
Primary service area: Bridgeville and the South Hills of Pittsburgh
Phone: (412) 838-3237
Email: totemtrainingandperformance@gmail.com
Hours: Services are provided by appointment or according to the applicable training and class schedule.
Care model: Personalized, one-on-one, and small-group services provided outside the limitations of a traditional high-volume clinic or commercial gym model
What is Totem Training and Performance?
Totem Training and Performance was founded by two Doctors of Physical Therapy and a strength coach who believed people deserved a more complete approach to health and performance.
Traditional rehabilitation often ends when pain decreases or basic function returns. Traditional fitness programs may not account for injury history, movement limitations, or the demands of returning to a sport or activity.
Totem was created to bridge that gap.
Our team combines clinical evaluation, physical therapy, strength and conditioning, progressive exercise, recovery services, and sport-specific coaching. This allows clients to receive coordinated support as their goals evolve.
A client may begin with physical therapy because of pain, transition into personal training as function improves, and continue building strength and resilience through an ongoing training program. Another person may begin with performance training, massage therapy, online coaching, or Muay Thai based on their needs.
Who We Help
Totem works with people who want an individualized and progressive approach to their health, training, recovery, or athletic performance.
This includes:
- Active adults experiencing pain or movement limitations
- People recovering from orthopedic injuries or surgery
- Recreational and competitive athletes
- Strength athletes, powerlifters, and weightlifters
- Runners and field or court athletes
- Martial artists and combat-sport athletes
- Youth and high school athletes
- Adults who want to become stronger and more physically capable
- People who have plateaued with generic workout programs
- Individuals who want professional guidance without a high-volume gym environment
- Self-directed clients who need structured online programming
Services
Concierge Physical Therapy
Concierge physical therapy provides one-on-one care with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Treatment is built around the client’s symptoms, movement, training history, activity demands, and long-term goals.
The process may include a comprehensive evaluation, education, hands-on treatment, targeted exercise, strength development, load management, and progressive return to normal activity, training, or sport.
Totem’s physical therapy model is cash-based and out of network. This allows sessions to be structured around the client’s needs rather than the visit limitations of an insurance-based, high-volume clinic.
Personal Training
Personal training at Totem provides individualized, progressive coaching for people who want to build strength, improve movement quality, increase physical capacity, and train with greater structure.
Programs are designed around the client’s goals, experience, current ability, injury history, schedule, and available training frequency. Clients receive hands-on coaching, technique feedback, accountability, and planned progression rather than disconnected or randomly selected workouts.
Integrative Massage Therapy
Integrative massage therapy combines therapeutic and recovery-focused techniques based on the client’s needs.
Sessions may incorporate Swedish massage, deep-tissue techniques, neuromuscular approaches, and focused work for areas of muscular tension or soreness. Massage may help clients relax, recover between training sessions, address persistent tightness, and feel more comfortable moving.
Massage therapy appointments at Totem are available to adults age 18 and older.
Youth and Sports Performance Training
Youth and sports performance training helps developing athletes improve strength, movement quality, speed, coordination, confidence, and physical resilience.
Programs are age-appropriate and account for the athlete’s sport, training experience, developmental stage, current abilities, and competitive schedule. The emphasis is on long-term athletic development rather than exhaustion-based workouts or adult programs applied to younger athletes.
Online Training
Online training provides customized programming and remote coaching for clients who cannot consistently train at the Bridgeville facility or prefer to exercise on their own schedule.
Programs are delivered through TrainHeroic and are designed around the client’s goals, training experience, available equipment, schedule, and progress. Online clients receive structured workouts, progression, communication with their coach, and adjustments as needed.
Totem Muay Thai
Totem Muay Thai provides structured instruction in punches, kicks, knees, elbows, defensive movement, pad work, conditioning, clinch skills, and other elements of Muay Thai.
The program serves beginners learning the fundamentals as well as experienced students developing more advanced skills. Training emphasizes technical development, progression, conditioning, confidence, respect, and a safe learning environment.
Sparring and competition preparation are available for appropriately experienced participants who are interested in advancing beyond recreational training.
Conditions and Challenges We Commonly Address
Totem’s physical therapy and performance team commonly works with clients experiencing:
- Low back pain
- Disc-related back conditions
- Sciatica
- Hip pain and mobility restrictions
- Femoroacetabular impingement
- Shoulder pain
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Shoulder instability
- Knee pain
- ACL rehabilitation
- Meniscus injuries
- Patellar tendon pain
- Neck pain
- Upper-back tension
- Cervicogenic headaches
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
- Jaw pain and tension
- Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS)
- Orthopedic post-surgical rehabilitation
- Sports injuries
- Recurring training-related injuries
- Strength or mobility deficits
- Difficulty returning to lifting, running, martial arts, or sport
- Training plateaus
- Reduced confidence following an injury
The presence of a condition does not automatically determine whether a particular service is appropriate. Totem evaluates each person individually and recommends a starting point based on the person’s needs and goals.
Our Approach
Individualized Evaluation
We begin by understanding the person, not just the diagnosis or performance goal. This may include the client’s symptoms, medical and injury history, training background, movement, lifestyle, sport, and desired activities.
Clear Planning
Clients receive a clear explanation of what the team identifies, what the recommended next steps are, and how progress will be evaluated.
Targeted Treatment and Training
Treatment and programming are selected according to the individual. Depending on the service, this may include hands-on care, exercise, strength training, movement coaching, recovery work, technical instruction, or sport-specific progression.
Progressive Development
Programs evolve as the client improves. The goal is not simply to reduce symptoms or complete isolated workouts, but to increase the person’s ability to move, train, compete, and participate confidently.
Long-Term Independence
We want clients to understand their bodies, develop useful skills, and become more capable over time. Education, progressive loading, and sustainable training habits are central parts of the process.
What Makes Totem Different?
Rehabilitation and Performance Under One Roof
Physical therapy, strength training, sports performance, massage therapy, online coaching, and Muay Thai are available through one integrated facility.
One-on-One Attention
Physical therapy and personal training sessions are structured around the individual rather than shared among several clients at the same time.
Expert-Led Care and Coaching
Totem’s team includes Doctors of Physical Therapy, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists, a Licensed Massage Therapist, and experienced Muay Thai coaching.
Training-Based Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation does not stop at temporary symptom relief. When appropriate, clients progress into strength development, higher-level movement, and preparation for the activities they want to resume.
Structured Progression
Clients receive a plan that develops over time instead of disconnected appointments, generic exercise sheets, or random workouts.
A Facility Built for Recovery and Performance
The Bridgeville facility contains equipment and designated spaces for physical therapy, strength training, Olympic weightlifting, conditioning, turf-based exercise, recovery, and martial arts.
Our Team
Tyler Boyd, PT, DPT, COMT, CSCS, BRM
Tyler is a co-owner, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and Barbell Rehab Method–trained provider.
His work integrates orthopedic rehabilitation, strength training, movement assessment, and progressive return to activity.
Gage Swartz, PT, DPT, COMT, CSCS, USAW, FMS
Gage is a co-owner, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, USA Weightlifting coach, and Functional Movement Screen professional with Certification in Dry Needling.
His work combines rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, athletic development, and performance training.
Liam Carlin, CSCS, SFC
Liam is a co-owner, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, personal trainer, and Head Muay Thai Coach.
He works with personal-training clients, developing athletes, and Totem Muay Thai participants.
Kayla Lombard, LMT
Kayla is a Licensed Massage Therapist providing individualized integrative massage therapy and recovery services for adults.
Her sessions may incorporate Swedish, deep-tissue, neuromuscular, and recovery-focused techniques according to the client’s needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Totem a physical therapy clinic or a gym?
Totem is an integrated physical therapy, training, recovery, and performance facility. Clients may visit for physical therapy, personal training, sports performance, massage therapy, online coaching, Muay Thai, or an appropriate combination of services.
Does Totem accept health insurance?
Totem does not directly bill health insurance. Physical therapy is provided on a cash-based, out-of-network basis. This allows the physical therapy team to provide individualized, one-on-one care without structuring treatment around the visit limits or requirements of an insurance company.
Personal training, massage therapy, sports performance, online training, and Muay Thai are self-pay services.
Clients receiving physical therapy may contact their insurance company to ask whether their plan includes out-of-network reimbursement. Totem’s team can answer questions about payment and available documentation.
What is concierge physical therapy?
Concierge physical therapy is a personalized care model that provides more direct access to a Doctor of Physical Therapy, longer and more individualized appointments, and a treatment plan built around the client’s complete goals.
At Totem, the objective is not only to reduce pain. Treatment is intended to help the client restore movement, rebuild strength, and return confidently to daily activity, training, or sport.
How do I know which service to choose?
People currently experiencing pain, injury, or a significant physical limitation will commonly begin with a physical therapy evaluation.
People primarily focused on strength, fitness, or performance may be better suited for personal training, sports performance training, online training, or Muay Thai.
Someone who is uncertain can contact Totem’s team. A team member will learn about the person’s goals and recommend an appropriate starting point.
Does Totem work with athletes?
Yes. Totem works with recreational, youth, high school, strength, martial arts, and competitive athletes. Services may focus on injury rehabilitation, return to sport, strength development, coordination, physical preparation, conditioning, or long-term athletic development.
Do you have to be an athlete to train at Totem?
No. Totem also works with adults who want to become stronger, move better, improve their health, train consistently, or feel more capable in daily life.
Programs are adjusted to the person’s experience and current ability.
Is Totem Muay Thai beginner friendly?
Yes. Beginners can learn proper stance, movement, striking mechanics, defensive skills, and training etiquette in a structured environment.
More experienced students can progress into advanced technique, clinch training, sparring, and competition preparation when appropriate.
Does Totem provide massage therapy to minors?
No. Totem’s integrative massage therapy service is currently available only to adults age 18 and older.
Can I use online training outside Pennsylvania?
Yes. Online training is designed for clients who train remotely and can be completed from different locations. Programming is adjusted to the client’s available equipment, goals, schedule, and training experience.
Online training is a coaching and fitness service and is not a substitute for an in-person medical evaluation when one is needed.
How do I get started?
Complete Totem’s contact form or contact the facility by phone or email. A team member will reach out to learn about your goals, current challenges, and preferred service.
The team will then recommend an appropriate evaluation, appointment, program, or introductory step.
Information Reviewed: July 2026
This page provides general information about Totem Training and Performance and its services. It does not provide individualized medical advice, establish a provider-patient relationship, or replace an evaluation by a qualified healthcare professional.
Ready to Move Better and Train Without Pain?
At Totem Training and Performance in Bridgeville, we help you overcome pain, rebuild strength, and return to the activities you love. Reach out today to start the conversation with our team.
