Our Practice
Wauwatosa | Hales Corners
Arete • Greek for excellence
Pain is tiring and the body is complicated.
Our Story
Nate and Kevin are both Milwaukee natives whose paths first crossed nearly a decade ago while working within a local hospital system.
From the start, it was clear they shared a common goal: to address the challenges they saw in how physical therapy was delivered within large healthcare environments. Over the next five years, they worked together in private practice under a corporate model—an experience that solved some problems, but ultimately reinforced their desire to build something of their own.
After countless hours on the phone and sleepless nights creating business plans and analyzing the options, Nate and Kevin made the jump to go fully private and open both locations of Aretas Physical Therapy in May of 2023.
Today, Aretas reflects exactly what they set out to create: a place where physical therapists love to work, patients feel motivated and supported, and the environment itself plays a role in healing. Their goal is simple—to provide exceptional care, build genuine community, and create an experience patients are excited to recommend.
Our values are the foundation for how we treat, mentor our staff, and develop relationships in our community and clinics.
Our Core Values
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inspirational
innovative
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driven
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community
Compassionate care
What We Treat
WE AREN’T INTIMIDATED BY ANY DIAGNOSIS:
Pain: spine, shoulder, hip, knee. You name it, we’ve seen it.
Work Comp and Auto Accident/Personal Injury: seamless treatment, communication, and billing
Athletes/Sports Medicine
Second and Third Opinions
Pre- and post-surgery
Specialties: like pelvic floor, running, vestibular and balance, golf, baseball
How We Treat
OUR THERAPISTS BRING THE BEST OF THE PROFESSION AND THEN SOME:
Manual Therapy: soft tissue work, dry needling, cupping
Exercise Prescription: tailored to what your body needs, updated when you’re ready
Physician and Community Relationships
Our Goal
We want your entire process with Aretas to be personal and exceptional. With us you’ll experience:
Easy scheduling, access and communication
A physical therapist who hears you and builds a plan specific to your needs
Clear billing and an upfront understanding of cost
Interventions that target what your body needs
A solution to your pain, performance or post-op needs
AND, to top it all off - you’ll now have a resource you can trust to come back to, send your friends/family to, and use for any of your orthopedic needs
Great facility, and a great staff - I went into therapy tentatively, in pain, and unsure of what to expect. In a short time, I started looking forward to all of my appointments. The results came, and I had fun doing it, thanks to a great team. I'd recommend Aretas to anyone needing PT!
- Luke C.
★★★★★
What our Patients are saying
Aretas is more than our name—it’s our philosophy.
We believe in creating an exceptional place for PTs to do their best work and an uplifting space where patients feel cared for every step of the way. When people love their experience enough to tell a friend, we know we’re doing something right.