Impact Sports Physical Therapy To Open In Hanover

HANOVER, MD — Impact Sports Physical Therapy will be relocating its Elkridge therapy space to 7468 Candlewood Road in Hanover later this year. The new facility will have 9,786 square feet of space and incorporate the company's innovative approach to therapy.

Owners Dr. Bobby Esbrandt and Dr. Josh Plummer aim to focus on a new approach to recovering from an injury or other ailment. Esbrandt played basketball for Stevenson University and, along with Plummer, focuses on the needs of athletes whether they are high school, college or professional athletes along with weekend warriors.

In the company's two years of operation, they have worked with more than 250 college athletes and more than 60 professional athletes including Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals, Will Barton of the Denver Nuggets, Tavon Austin of the Dallas Cowboys, and world champion boxers Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Lorenzo “Truck” Simpson. The practice also is the official physical therapy provider for the athletic programs of the University of Maryland, Coppin State University, and Goucher College.

The co-owners first opened their practice in 2017 and operate a facility in Marriottsville that serves individuals from Howard, Baltimore and Carroll counties. Their new site will assist people in Central Maryland.

Three physical therapists will operate out of the new Hanover facility and provide a full range of sports rehabilitation, injury prevention, blood flow restriction training, dry needling, manual therapy and orthopedic rehabilitation services. The nearly 10,000 square foot space will be outfitted with private treatment rooms, state-of-the-art strength and conditioning facilities and nearly 6,000 square foot of indoor training turf.

“We wanted to create a different model and one that projected an image of strengthening the body using proven treatment modalities focused on sports performance,” Esbrandt said in a statement. “We also recognize that rehabilitation therapy is not a one-size-fits-all proposition, so it is especially important to design personalized programs to drive successful and timely outcomes.”