Jul 11, 2025
At Vital Force Physio, we believe that recovery should lead to progress—not just pain relief. Our mission is to help active adults, athletes, and fitness-minded individuals overcome injury, prevent setbacks, and perform at their best with personalized, one-on-one physical therapy.
Founded by Dr. Bryan Vranic, our clinic blends clinical expertise, performance training, and human-focused care to deliver real results. Whether you’re returning to sport, recovering from surgery, or managing chronic pain, we’re here to help you take control of your health with a plan that actually works.
“I came in with knee pain that held me back for months. Within weeks, I was running again—stronger and with more confidence than before.”
Runner, Crossfitter, & Client
We don’t believe in cookie-cutter protocols or passive treatments. At Vital Force, we use movement-focused rehab, hands-on techniques, and education-driven care to help you:
Reclaim Your Mobility. Rediscover Your Life.
Courtney’s professional background is in nursing as a Certified Pediatric Nurse. At Vital Force Physio she assists with the day-to-day operations of the clinic. You can find her at all of our community events where she helps athletes sign up for appointments and learn more about our services. Courtney keeps Vital Force Physio running!
Courtney loves staying active through running, tennis, Barre class, hot yoga, CrossFit and competing against her husband in about anything and everything. In her free time, you can find Courtney exploring the city with her husband Bryan, doting over their baby girl, and spoiling their Husky Booker.
Dr. Vranic is a licensed Physical Therapist (DPT) who specializes in helping active humans stay strong, mobile, and healthy for life! He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CFL-1), and Certified in the Clinical Management of Fitness Athletes (Cert-CMFA).
Dr. Vranic is an Ohio native and earned his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Cincinnati. His skills in Dry Needling, Blood Flow Restriction Training, Manual Therapies, and Progressive Exercise allow him to rebuild and empower individuals so that they can get back to what they enjoy most in life.
His free time is spent traveling with his wife Courtney, grilling big meals for family and friends, and running with his Siberian Husky, Booker. He stays physically active through CrossFit, functional fitness training, yoga, tennis, and golf. These aspects of his life require him to be able to move powerfully and efficiently.
Dr. Tauber is a licensed Physical Therapist (DPT) who specializes in recreational and high school athletes. She specifically is passionate about treating barbell athletes (olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, and crossfit), volleyball players, and football players. She completed an orthopedic residency through Samaritan Health Services in Oregon where she was also able to participate in the sports residency residency conferences. She has completed sideline and training room coverage with THE Ohio State University’s football team and with a local high school in Oregon. She completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy at Ohio State University where she did rotations in an outpatient orthopedic clinic, cash-based sports and orthopedic setting, and Ohio State Athletics.
Before becoming a physical therapist, Dr. Tauber earned her master’s degree in exercise physiology with a certificate of graduate study in sports psychology. She taught strength and conditioning and exercise science courses at Northern Illinois University and Aurora University. Even though she is now a physical therapist, she consistently incorporates her strength and conditioning and sports psychology background into her treatments. Rachel's treatment philosophy is treating the whole person rather than pigeonholing into a specific joint.
Rachel is originally from Buffalo Grove IL, which is a northwest suburb of Chicago. In her free time, Rachel enjoys hiking, traveling, paddle boarding, Olympic weightlifting, photography, going to concerts, and hanging out with her cat, Atlas. She has competed in various local Olympic weightlifting competitions and has goals to elevate to national competitions (AO1, AO2, etc).
Reclaim Your Mobility. Rediscover Your Life.
