Dr. Adam Janowski, PT, DPT, PhD

He studied the pain that does not show up on a scan.

Fatigue and pain that no test explains are easy to dismiss. Adam spent years studying them instead.

He earned his PhD at the University of Iowa researching chronic fatigue and chronic pain syndromes: ME/CFS, long COVID, and fibromyalgia. He then stayed for a postdoctoral fellowship, continuing to study chronic illness.

So if you arrive with a condition people keep calling vague, you are describing his research subject.

A clinician first, for over a decade

Adam graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2009. He practiced in the Chicagoland area for over a decade, in a variety of clinical settings.

He moved to Iowa City in 2020 with his wife and three children.

The research came on top of the clinical work, not instead of it.

What the letters after his name actually mean

PT, DPT, PhD covers two different kinds of training.

• PT, DPT: his clinical doctorate. He is a licensed physical therapist who evaluates and treats you directly.
• PhD: his research doctorate. He is trained to read the evidence critically and apply it.

For you, that combination means one thing: your plan is built on what the research supports, by the same person putting hands on you.

What you get from a visit with Adam

You get his undivided attention, one-on-one, every visit. No handoff to an aide.

He tailors treatment to the person in front of him. In his words: "My favorite part of my job is getting to see how different we all are as individuals and tailoring my treatment intervention to our unique characteristics."

He also says, plainly, "I love being a physical therapist."

• A cause-first evaluation, not a protocol sheet.
• Someone who takes flares, fatigue and unexplained pain seriously.
• Goals in your words, checked as you go.
• A plan with an endpoint.

If you have been told it is all in your head

You have read the studies. You have brought printouts to appointments. You have been called a complicated case.

That is exactly the kind of patient who does well with Adam. Being informed is an advantage here, not a nuisance.

And the longer an unexplained condition goes unaddressed, the more your week gets planned around it.

He works with people managing chronic pain and fibromyalgia, alongside everyday orthopedic problems.

Book time with Adam

Ask for him by name when you book. The first step is a conversation about what is actually going on.

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