I don’t believe persistent pain is random.
After years of treating pain—and living through my own frustrating search for answers—I built a different kind of practice.
Why I Do This Work
I didn’t build this practice from theory. I built it because I lived the frustration myself.
As a physical therapist, I believed what I was trained to believe: find the diagnosis, treat the structure, follow the plan.
But my own pain didn’t follow the rules.
Despite physical therapy, dry needling, chiropractic care, imaging, and every “right” intervention, relief was temporary.
For years, I kept searching for the one answer that would finally fix it.
What I eventually realized changed everything:
Sometimes pain isn’t the problem. It’s the message.
Sometimes the body is responding to a larger pattern involving stress, history, nervous system load, movement, environment, or unresolved inputs that never get addressed when care stays symptom-focused.
That experience reshaped how I practice.
Now I help clients who feel stuck in that exact same cycle.
Training + Clinical Foundation
I’m Dr. Hannah Scherbarth, PT, DPT—a licensed physical therapist with advanced training in movement assessment, dry needling, vestibular rehabilitation, brainspotting, and hands-on intervention.
My work is grounded in both clinical expertise and lived understanding of persistent pain.
That combination matters.
Because credentials alone don’t create insight.
And lived experience alone doesn’t create clinical discernment.
My work is built on both.
My degrees come from UW-Madison where I completed my Bachelor’s of Science in Athletic Training in 2013 and my Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2017. I practiced as a Licensed Athletic Trainer for ten years, and my clinical certifications include dry needling through Evidence in Motion as well as Dry Needling Institute, certified vestibular therapist, multiple trainings in brainspotting, and extensive manual therapy experience.
When I’m not working with clients, you’ll probably find me outdoors with my husband and black lab, camping, tackling a DIY home project, learning something new, or finding my own version of new heights.