Built to Perform.
Designed for
Greatness.
Elite athletes don't just train harder — they recover smarter. Body Techs is the Twin Cities' premier performance recovery and sports rehab destination, offering custom protocols for high school, collegiate, and professional athletes of every sport, every size, and every level.
We don't replace your training. We make it work harder for you. Whether you're in-season, off-season, rehabbing an injury, or just trying to stay ahead of the competition — we build the plan around your body and your goals.
This Is What Separates
Good From Great
Every serious athlete trains. The ones who reach the next level are the ones who recover better, stay healthier longer, and keep their body performing at its peak when it matters most. That's exactly what we do at Body Techs.
We are not a gym. We don't do strength training or conditioning. What we do is build the recovery and performance foundation that makes your training more effective — reducing inflammation, restoring mobility, rebuilding tissue, and keeping your nervous system dialed in.
Think of us as the support staff that professional teams pay millions to have on-site. We've made that same level of care accessible to every athlete in the Twin Cities — from the high school sophomore trying to earn a scholarship, to the college athlete pushing for a pro career, to the professional looking to extend their prime.
High School Athletes
Build the foundation for a college career. Stay healthy, stay on the field, and perform when it counts.
Collegiate Athletes
Maximize your performance window. Recover faster between games, practices, and training sessions.
Professional Athletes
Extend your career. Maintain peak performance through a grueling season and come back stronger every year.
Parents & Families
Give your athlete every advantage. Invest in their body the way you invest in their future.
It's Not One Thing.
It's Everything Working Together.
The real power of the Body Techs athlete program isn't any single service — it's the way everything is designed to work in concert. Cryo reduces inflammation so red light can repair tissue more effectively. NormaTec flushes the waste so your muscles are ready for the next session. RenaSculpt builds the muscle that Dr. Derek's mobility work helps you actually use. Vibe Plate primes your nervous system before every treatment. When you combine these tools with a plan built specifically for your body, sport, and goals, the results are unlike anything else available in the Twin Cities.
Reduce & Repair
Whole body cryo, red light therapy, and localized cryo work together to reduce systemic and targeted inflammation, accelerate cellular repair, and restore tissue health after training.
Restore & Mobilize
NormaTec compression, T-Shock muscle treatment, and Dr. Derek's assisted stretching, cupping, and dry needling restore circulation, flush metabolic waste, and return your body to full range of motion.
Build & Perform
RenaSculpt builds and activates muscle without adding training stress. Vibe Plate primes the neuromuscular system. Shockwave therapy addresses chronic injuries so nothing holds you back from your best performance.
Meet Dr. Derek.
The Structural Edge.
Dr. Derek Fruetel, DC is a sports chiropractor and rehabilitation specialist embedded directly inside the Body Techs facility. His work is the structural and neuromuscular layer of every athlete protocol — addressing the chronic tightness, joint restrictions, scar tissue, and soft tissue dysfunction that training alone can never fix.
Dr. Derek Fruetel, DC
Sports Chiropractor · Body Techs Wellness, Richfield MN
What separates good athletes from great ones isn't just how hard they train — it's how well their body holds up under that training. Misaligned joints, restricted fascia, accumulated scar tissue, and overworked tendons are silent performance killers. They don't always cause obvious pain. They just make you slower, tighter, and more vulnerable to injury.
Dr. Derek's approach is comprehensive and evidence-based. He doesn't just adjust your spine and send you home. He uses a full toolkit — IASTM scraping, FAKTR soft tissue therapy, cupping, dry needling, shockwave, and assisted stretching — to address the root cause of dysfunction, not just the symptom.
And because he works inside Body Techs, his treatments are amplified by everything else in your protocol. The cryo and red light reduce inflammation before and after his sessions. The Vibe Plate primes your nervous system. NormaTec flushes the metabolic waste his soft tissue work releases. It's a complete, integrated system.
Whether you're managing a chronic injury, rehabbing from surgery, or simply trying to keep your body structurally sound through a long season — Dr. Derek builds the plan around your body and your sport.
Dr. Derek's Full Treatment Toolkit
Every modality below may be incorporated into your custom athlete protocol based on your specific needs.
Chiropractic Adjustments
Hands-on spinal and joint adjustments restore proper alignment, reduce nerve interference, and improve mobility throughout the entire body. Athletes who train hard develop postural imbalances and joint restrictions that limit performance and increase injury risk. Regular adjustments keep your structure dialed in so everything else works better.
Assisted Stretching & Mobility
Dr. Derek uses hands-on assisted stretching techniques to restore full range of motion in hips, hamstrings, shoulders, and spine. Athletes who train hard often develop chronic tightness that limits performance and increases injury risk. Regular mobility work keeps your body moving the way it's designed to.
Instrument Scraping (IASTM)
Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) uses specialized stainless steel tools to detect and break down scar tissue, fascial restrictions, and chronic soft tissue dysfunction. Highly effective for stubborn injuries that haven't responded to other treatments — including tendinopathy, IT band syndrome, and post-surgical scar tissue.
Soft Tissue Therapy (FAKTR)
Dr. Derek is FAKTR-certified — Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehab — an advanced soft tissue approach that addresses muscle tension, trigger points, fascia restrictions, and movement dysfunction simultaneously. Unlike passive massage, FAKTR integrates movement into the treatment for faster, more lasting results.
Cupping Therapy
Suction cups create negative pressure that draws blood flow into tight, restricted muscles — breaking up adhesions, reducing tension, and accelerating recovery. Especially effective for athletes with chronic upper back, shoulder, and hip tightness from repetitive sport-specific movements.
Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)
High-energy acoustic waves stimulate tissue regeneration, break down scar tissue, and restart the healing process in chronic injuries. Highly effective for tendinitis, plantar fasciitis, patellar tendon issues, and areas that have been inflamed for months without resolving. Backed by Level I clinical evidence.
Dry Needling
Thin needles target trigger points and deep muscle knots that cause pain, restrict movement, and reduce power output. Dry needling releases chronic tension in the glutes, hip flexors, quads, hamstrings, and upper back — restoring proper muscle function and reducing mechanical stress on joints.
The Core-4 Athlete
Recovery Protocol
These four foundational services form the backbone of every athlete protocol at Body Techs. Used by professional sports teams worldwide — and now available to every athlete in the Twin Cities. Each one is powerful on its own. Together, they're transformative.
Whole Body Cryotherapy
3-minute sessionReduces systemic inflammation and muscle soreness after intense training. Boosts energy and mental clarity before competition. Speeds recovery between back-to-back games or practices — zero downtime, maximum impact.
How athletes use it:
Use before competition for an energy and focus boost, or after training to accelerate recovery. Many athletes do both.
Red Light Therapy
20-minute sessionAccelerates cellular repair and collagen production in muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Reduces inflammation at the tissue level. Supports faster healing from micro-tears caused by heavy training.
How athletes use it:
Best used consistently — 3–5 times per week during heavy training blocks to support ongoing tissue repair and reduce cumulative inflammation.
NormaTec Compression
15–30 minute sessionFlushes metabolic waste and lactic acid from muscles after training. Reduces soreness and swelling. Improves circulation and speeds recovery — used by virtually every professional sports team in the country.
How athletes use it:
Ideal after games, long practices, or heavy training days. Pairs perfectly with cryo and red light as part of a complete recovery session.
Localized Cryotherapy
Targeted sessionTargeted cold therapy for a specific joint, muscle, or area of pain. Ideal for managing a nagging knee, shoulder, ankle, or elbow without medications or downtime. Precise, powerful, and immediate.
How athletes use it:
Used to manage specific areas of concern — a sore knee before a game, a tight shoulder after pitching, a swollen ankle after a hard practice.
Memberships Built for Athletes
Athletes who train consistently need to recover consistently. Our membership options are designed to make regular Core-4 sessions part of your routine — so recovery becomes a habit, not an occasional treat. Ask about athlete membership options at your free consultation.
Go Beyond Recovery.
Build the Machine.
In addition to the Core-4, these advanced services take athlete performance to the next level — building muscle, treating specific tissue, and priming the body for peak output. Each one is incorporated into your custom protocol based on your specific needs and goals.
RenaSculpt HIEMT EMS
Delivers the equivalent of thousands of powerful muscle contractions in a single session. Builds muscle, improves neuromuscular activation, and enhances definition in the core, glutes, thighs, and arms. Ideal for athletes looking to strengthen stabilizing muscles without adding training volume or stress to the body.
How it fits your protocol:
Pairs with Core-4 to build the structural foundation that makes every other treatment more effective.
T-Shock Cryo Muscle Treatment
Uses alternating cold and warm cycles to reduce muscle inflammation, improve tissue quality, and accelerate recovery from heavy training. Targets specific muscle groups — quads, hamstrings, glutes, back — to reduce soreness and restore elasticity after intense competition or training.
How it fits your protocol:
Especially powerful in the off-season for addressing accumulated tissue damage and restoring full muscle health.
Vibration Plate (Vibe Plate)
Whole-body vibration activates the lymphatic system, improves circulation, and primes the neuromuscular system before training or treatment. Great as a warm-up before cryo or Dr. Derek's sessions, or as a standalone recovery and activation tool.
How it fits your protocol:
Used as a warm-up before other treatments to enhance their effectiveness — especially before Dr. Derek's soft tissue work.
Every Season Has
Its Own Protocol.
What your body needs in the middle of a competitive season is very different from what it needs in the off-season. We build your protocol around where you are in your athletic calendar — and adjust it as the year progresses.
In-Season Protocol
During the season, the goal is to keep your body performing at its best game after game, practice after practice. Every treatment in your in-season protocol is zero-downtime — you can come in the same day as practice or competition and leave feeling better than when you arrived.
- Whole body cryo 2–3x/week to manage inflammation and soreness
- NormaTec compression after games and heavy practice days
- Red light therapy 3–5x/week for tissue repair and recovery
- Localized cryo for any nagging joints or areas of concern
- Dr. Derek 1–2x/week for adjustments, soft tissue, and mobility work
- Vibe Plate warm-up before treatments or competition
Off-Season Protocol
The off-season is when champions are built. This is the time to address injuries that were managed during the season, build structural integrity, and come back stronger and more resilient than ever. Your off-season protocol is more intensive — and more transformative.
- RenaSculpt 2–3x/week to build muscle and improve neuromuscular activation
- T-Shock muscle treatment to restore tissue quality and reduce chronic inflammation
- Comprehensive Dr. Derek program: shockwave, dry needling, cupping, and rehab
- Red light therapy and cryo for full-body tissue recovery and repair
- NormaTec for circulation and lymphatic support
- Custom protocol built around your sport, position, and off-season training plan
"The best investment I ever made in my athlete was giving them the recovery tools the pros use."
You Believe in
Their Greatness.
So Do We.
You've invested in private coaching, elite camps, and the best equipment. But most parents don't realize that recovery is the missing piece — the thing that determines whether all that hard work actually translates to results on the field, court, ice, or track.
Overuse injuries, chronic soreness, and burnout are the biggest threats to a young athlete's development — regardless of sport or gender. Our program addresses all three, keeping your athlete healthy, energized, and performing at their best through every season.
Everything we offer is non-invasive, drug-free, and designed to support long-term athletic development. We always adjust our protocols to be age-appropriate, and we work with athletes of all ages, sports, and experience levels.
Call to Discuss Your Athlete's NeedsTell Us Your Sport.
We'll Build Your Plan.
No two athletes are the same. Your protocol depends on your sport, your position, your training schedule, your injury history, and your goals. Every plan is completely custom — built for your body, your season, and what you're trying to accomplish. We start every athlete relationship with a free consultation, no pressure and no commitment, just an honest conversation about what your body needs and what we can do to help.
We also maintain a referral network of elite athletic trainers, strength coaches, and sports medicine professionals in the Twin Cities. If you need training, conditioning, or medical care beyond what we offer, we'll connect you with the right people.
Athlete FAQs
Questions about how this works, who it's for, and what to expect. If you don't see your question here, call or text us — we're happy to talk through your specific situation.
Ready to Perform
at Your Best?
Located in Richfield, MN — the geographic center of the Twin Cities metro, within 15 minutes of Minneapolis, Edina, Bloomington, Eden Prairie, and Burnsville. Easy to get to before or after practice, on game day, or any day you need it.
1415 E 66th St, Richfield, MN 55423 · (612) 662-7512 · bodytechsrx.com