About Fortitude Sports Therapy

Fortitude Sports Therapy was founded by Michael Jordan, a former Division I athlete whose journey from the court to the treatment table has shaped everything this practice stands for.

Michael began his college career at California State University, Northridge, where he earned a full scholarship to compete in Division I Volleyball. It was a series of career-ending injuries that changed his path, and ultimately, his purpose. Rather than stepping away from the world of athletics, Michael turned his experience with injury into a driving passion: finding better, more effective ways to help people heal.

He went on to earn his Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology from California State University, Long Beach, and began his career as an injury correction therapist. What he witnessed in those early years was remarkable. The results of non-invasive injury correction spoke for themselves, and having experienced its effects firsthand, Michael knew this approach was something Middle Tennessee needed access to.

Over the course of nearly two decades in the field, Michael has worked with athletes at every level (high school, collegiate, professional, and Olympic) as well as musicians and everyday individuals dealing with chronic pain and movement limitations. That depth of experience, built over 20 years of hands-on practice, gives him something most therapists simply don't have: a deep, nuanced understanding of how different bodies respond to treatment, and what it truly takes to help each person get back to doing what they love.

Our Approach

At Fortitude Sports Therapy, we don't believe in one-size-fits-all treatment, because no two bodies are the same.

Before anything else, Michael takes the time to understand you. Your condition, your goals, your lifestyle, and the way your body moves. Only then is a treatment plan created, one that's tailored specifically to you, designed to address the root cause of your pain rather than simply managing the symptoms.

Using professional-grade percussive massage therapy and evidence-based posture correction techniques, our treatments are built to produce real, measurable results. Clients report running faster, jumping higher, throwing further, and moving with a fluidity they hadn't felt in years. That's not coincidence. It's what happens when the body is finally given the targeted care it needs to function the way it was designed to.