Matt Crandall is the owner and founder of PowerPhysio LLC, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Matt’s primary goal in creating his private business is to help athletes and active adults achieve personal goals by resolving acute or chronic limitations that are limiting progress athletically or on a daily basis. He specializes in creating personalized treatment plans that will maximize movement and body potential, ultimately leading his patients toward a happier, healthier and more powerful life. In order to demonstrate everything PowerPhysio can offer. His strengths lie in his ability to connect with people from various backgrounds; he is passionate about helping his patients succeed, whether that means enhancing athletic performance or simply being more comfortable on a day to day basis.
Matt attended Ithaca College from 2007-2013 where he earned his physical therapy doctorate degree in 2013. He continued his education by accepting an opportunity to work for Carolinas HealthCare System where he pursued and completed the Orthopedic Residency Program in 2015. In addition, he is a Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist, which allows him to practice advanced musculoskeletal dry needling therapy. Today, he is recognized by the American Physical Therapy Association as a Board Certified Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy. His dynamic training allows him to incorporate trigger point dry needling, manual therapy, mechanical diagnosis therapy, neuromuscular re-education, and injury prevention/performance enhancement in his treatment approach. 

​Matt has a diverse athletic background playing and studying a variety of sports. His resume includes experience with football, mixed martial arts, wrestling, ice hockey, baseball, and basketball, just to name a few. He is accustomed to working through athletic injuries of all kinds and has firsthand experience as a lifelong athlete who also played football at the collegiate level throughout his time at Ithaca College. His thirst for knowledge drives him to continuously expand his horizons and has led him to become very active within the CrossFit and bootcamp community. He currently works with athletes recovering from overtraining/overuse injuries, including but not limited to back, neck, hip and shoulder pain. Matt utilizes a functional movement assessment approach and is able to quickly and accurately identify limitations which may be hindering athletic performance or increasing risk for injury. He has enjoyed his journey so far and looks forward to his future as the owner of PowerPhysio, LLC.

Matt Dengler M.Ed, MS, RD, LDN is a former NCAA football player who has always strived to achieve optimal physical performance for athletes and himself. As a former teacher and coach for 8 years, he developed a passion for helping athletes perform at their highest levels through proper mechanics and nutrition necessities. Concurrently, he was introduced to CrossFit and was quickly addicted to the intensity and difficulties of the sport. In his pursuit of fueling his own performance, he ran into many different perspectives regarding athletic performance nutrition, but could never determine what was opinion-based and what was science-based. He knew he couldn’t be the only one in the CrossFit community who had questions regarding science-based performance nutrition. He decided to turn his curiosity into action.

He dedicated the next 8 years of his life to receiving a formal education in both physiology and nutrition. In his pursuits, he earned a Masters Degree in Sports Sciences from Wingate University, Wingate, NC (2011) and a Masters of Science degree in Human Nutrition from Winthrop University, Rock Hill, (2016). He finally finished his schooling in 2017 after completion of his clinical rotations and Dietetic Internship through Winthrop University, qualifying him to become a Registered Dietitian.

Additionally, while teaching, coaching, and school at night, he found time to intern on two separate occasions with the Carolina Panthers Dietitian. He also provided nutritional services to the U.S. Olympic Swimmers at Queens University under the direction of the USOC Sports Dietitian. He acquired amazing experience working with elite athletes and learned the nutritional necessities it requires for them to perform at the highest levels.

Matt is actively working in the Charlotte, NC CrossFit/ fitness communities providing science-based nutrition information to help athletes fuel their performance and achieve their goals.  He is currently working with multiple gyms in the area to not only provide accurate information but also allow athletes an opportunity to ask questions and gain a greater understanding of what is proven to work to achieve their goals.   .