About Nula Training Systems®
Physical Therapy Business Coaching and Professional Development.
Nula Training Systems® provides Physical Therapy Business Coaching and Professional Development to help you and your team thrive.
Dr. Michael Nula & Nula Training Systems’® Mission is to impact the Physical Therapy Universe positively and energetically. Dr. Nula is a systems thinker. Systems and processes are the foundation of his training methods. Dr. Nula is helping Physical Therapy to get even better. He seeks to connect and improve the lives of individuals, and inspire active, healthier, pain-free living.
Principles
Inspire greatness, compassion, and positivity in one another through all the things we do.
We live in a world where we must play well together. Share and apply systems to elevate team and company connection and collaborate to help more effectively and efficiently increase health, team alignment, and productivity.
The only way to measure outcomes is to see it through behavior. Impact the team and communities to be even better, live actively and pain-free.
Values
Inspire greatness, compassion, and positivity in one another through all the things we do.
We live in a world where we must play well together. Share and apply systems to elevate team and company connection and collaborate to help more effectively and efficiently increase health, team alignment, and productivity.
The only way to measure outcomes is to see it through behavior. Impact the team and communities to be even better, live actively and pain-free.
Why Systems and Applied Learning?
As Doctors of Physical Therapy we are highly trained at helping patients improve their condition and health. We do this effectively by applying evidence-based practice in a systematic format. We apply systems consistently to get consistent outcomes. We apply systems during a thorough evaluation and history-taking with a patient, during comprehensive examination, thoughtful assessment, and we prescribe a systematic, skilled care plan. Everything we do as Physical Therapists, we do in systems.
Systems give us confidence. Systems give us prediction. Systems give us consistency. Systems provide a common language and flow. Systems help to get results.
Dr. Michael Nula, MS, DPT
Founder and Executive Director – Nula Training Systems®
Michael is the Founder and Executive Director of Nula Training Systems®, a PT Business Coaching & Professional Development firm. As the Founder of Elite Physical Therapy for 20 years, Michael grew the company to 15 locations serving 60,000 patients before integrating the firm into Ivy Rehab Network, a world class national physical therapy network partner. During his leadership, the company received local and national recognition including Advance for Rehabilitation Medicine Magazine’s “Practice of the Year” Award.
On the way to Michael earning his Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Rhode Island and later his doctorate from Temple University, he spent time as an educator. As a young man, Michael began his career teaching biology at Saint Raphael Academy and summer mathematics at Portsmouth Abbey. Michael also coached girls’ basketball at Saint Raphael Academy. Today, Michael is an adjunct professor at Johnson & Wales University where he is also an active contributor to developing a Physical Therapy doctorate program.
Michael also provides individualized recovery and performance-based care for elite and professional athletes, including an ongoing offseason partnership with a professional NBA player since 2025.
Michael resides in East Greenwich, RI with his wife, Lisa, and has three daughters. He enjoys the beaches, paddleboarding, traveling, and philanthropy. Michael is also a wild NBA enthusiast, and one day hopes to hang with Michael Jordan.
Michael Nula in numbers
1000+
Physical Therapists helped
24
awards
60,000+