Meet Your Therapists

Founder/Owner, Telos Physical Therapy
Stefany A. Sarelas, DPT

"When I was twelve, I was in a car accident that left me with chronic neck pain. After seeing a number of doctors and being unable to participate in competitive swimming and gymnastics, I was finally referred to a physical therapist. I will never forget how she helped me heal, alleviate my pain and enable me to return to my favorite activities and hobbies. I knew then, that physical therapy was what I wanted to do in life. That experience taught me to value the ability to assist others through the rehab process, allowing me to embrace the mental, emotional, and physical issues that are involved.

I've been a licensed physical therapist since 2003, and have found manual therapy to be the most effective tool in patient treatment. I have been fortunate enough to have trained and worked with some of the top manual therapists in the country. In 2011 I opened Telos Physical Therapy to offer a different type of physical therapy experience. It was my goal to create a welcoming environment, where patients have one-on-one private sessions with their manual therapist for the entire length of their therapy session. I continually strive to develop my manual therapy skills as well as my understanding of pain and injury through continued education. There is still so much about pain and injury that we don't fully understand, which captivates and challenges me to constantly pursue innovative research for solutions.

My mission is to educate, guide and empower my patients back to health, work, and play. The most satisfying reward is always when a patient no longer needs me; that is when I have succeeded at my job.

Education:
Doctor of Physical Therapy: Rosalind Franklin University/The Chicago Medical School
Bachelors of Science Biology and Chemistry: Northeastern Illinois University

Advanced Training:
University of Illinois at Chicago Fellowship Program:
Advanced Manipulation and Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy I and II
Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
Maitland and Osteopathic Spinal Manipulation
Advanced Pain Sciences Neuro-Orthopeadic Institute at Northwestern University:
Explain Pain and The Brain: The Sensitive Nervous System
Functional Dry Needling

Member:
American Physical Therapy Association
American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists

Licensed In:
Illinois

Interests:
Yoga, Traveling, Cooking, Hiking, Dogs

Therapist, Telos Physical Therapy
Andrea Wieger, PT COMT

Over the course of 18 years of clinical practice, Andrea has accumulated extensive experience utilizing manual therapy and exercise to treat: muscular/skeletal injuries, sports injuries, chronic and acute pain, balance, deconditioning, and gait problems, dizziness and Vestibular disorders.

Andrea has completed advanced training from Maitland-Australian Physiotherapy Seminars and became a certified orthopedic manual therapist. She recently expanded her expertise by completing Level I and II courses through KinetaCore for functional dry needling and is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Andrea graduated from Purdue University with a BA in Movement and Sports Science and a minor in biology. Subsequently, she graduated with honors from the Hogeschool Eindhoven located in the Netherlands with BS in Physical Therapy.