Clinic Director

20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE & COUNTING…

Dr. Fontaine is a sports chiropractic physician serving patients in Northern Virginia. His practice focus is on sports medicine and functional rehabilitation. With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Fontaine is licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine, and his approach to patient care integrates joint & fascial manipulation, sports injury recovery techniques, Active Release Techniques® (A.R.T) and corrective exercise.

Dr. Fontaine and his team are actively looking for like minded healthcare providers who are passionate about working with an active population.  If you believe patients have a right to be treated in their best interest, not based on what an insurance carrier or third party payer bureaucrat deems “medically necessary”.  If you are passionate about ensuring your patients receive the highest quality of care possible.  If you believe our current healthcare system is broken, but there is a better way to take care of patients, then reach out to us… So do we.  That is what we are all about and we would love to meet you.

“As a lifelong athlete, healthcare providers have always played a vital role essential to my performance training and physical development.  Becoming a sports physician seems like a natural career track for me.  Like many of my patients, dealing with sports injuries and bone, muscle, and joint pain has been, and continues to be, an ongoing part of my life.  I’ll never stop playing.  And I want you to be able to keep playing too.  Over the years, I have endured many of the sports injuries that I treat in my patients and I use that insight and experience to help active people to heal quickly from injury and effectively take back their life.”

 

Dr. Fontaine trained at one of the country’s leading spine care facilities (Texas Back Institute), holds certification with the American College of Sports Medicine, and is a Full Body Certified ART provider.  A professional, results-focused physician, using state of the art procedures in manual therapy, soft tissue management, joint manipulation, corrective exercise, and sports medicine to aid patient recovery from injury and back to health.  He has worked professional with two Major League Baseball teams as well as the Alexandria Aces Baseball Team, part of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Summer League.

A former collegiate baseball player, and generally speaking, an athlete, Dr. Fontaine understands the needs of athletes and active individuals. He has been an active member of DC Tri Club and is active with Trident Athletics (formerly Trident CrossFit) as well as Capital MMA.  Dr. Fontaine has completed over 30 Triathlons including, IRONMAN 70.3 Timberman, St. Anthony’s Triathlon, and Daytona Frogman.  He is also active in his community supporting Fairfax County Fire & Rescue as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)/Firefighter.

As an author/creator of the Potomac Physical Medicine blog, Dr. Fontaine has been a guest author for several online publication platforms, podcasts, and is a speaker providing athletes with knowledge and insights into preventing injury, resolving pain, and optimizing athletic performance.  Triathlete Magazine, the Journal of the American Chiropractic Association and various other publications including StrengthCoach.com. have published his work.  Dr. Fontaine is currently in the final stages of his newly titled book, Only One Body, due out Summer 2021.  Through a collaborative effort with experts in medicine, human performance and longevity, in this book Dr. Fontaine brings you the human owner’s manual you never received at birth, but wish you had.  Readers will learn about the structure and function of the human body, proper care, operation, and maintenance of the amazing bodies we are born with.  Only One Body covers the foundations for performance: proper fuel, training, and recovery.  The book covers mindset, forging mental toughness and the mind and body connection.  The final section covers longevity and health-span.    Dr. Fontaine spent several years working professionally with two Major League Baseball Clubs, as well as serving as the sports chiropractor for Alexandria Aces Baseball Team, part of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Summer League.

At Potomac Physical Medicine we believe patients have the right to be treated in their best interest, not based on what an insurance carrier deems “medically necessary.”  My team and I actively collaborate with a network of like-minded health care specialists who are among the most highly trained and skilled in the region.  If you need a referral, we have you covered.  We are passionate about what we do and how we do it.  Our patient centric focus ensures that our patients receive the highest quality of care possible.  And we know our current health care system is broken, but that there is a better way to take care of patients.  You were born to be resilient.

So please reach out to us…We are here to help.

Sports Experience:

TRIDENT CROSSFIT
ALEXANDRIA, VA AUG. 2012 – PRESENT
In-House Sports Medicine Consultant- ART Provider
Presenter- Prehab4Performance Clinic Workshop Series

PACERS RUNNING
OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA, VA MAY – JULY 2014
Injury Prevention Sports Clinics
Arlington, VA Oct 2012 – Sports Injury Clinic, Preventing Top Sports Injuries in Runners

DC TRI CLUB
WASHINGTON DC METRO AREA
Participating Provider Partner- ART Physician
Presenter for Half Ironman Training Program-Common Injuries in Triathlon

THE NATION’S TRIATHLON
WASHINGTON DC. SEPT 2013
ART Ironman Provider Team

TORONTO BLUE JAYS BASEBALL
DUNEDIN, FL 2009-2011
ART Provider/Physician
Presenter for Athletic Training Winter Meetings- Implementing ART for Common Overuse Injuries in Baseball

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
CLEARWATER, FL 2009-2011
ART Provider/Physician
Presenter for Athletic Training Winter Meetings – ART Management of Soft Tissue Injuries in Major League Baseball

ECKERD COLLEGE ATHLETIC
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 2009-2011
Chiropractic Physician – Active Release Techniques Provider

IM 51.50 ST. ANTHONY’S TRIATHLON
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 2010
Coordinator for ART IRONMAN Provider Medical Care Team

IRONMAN 70.3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
CLEARWATER, FL, 2010 | 2006-2009
Medical Care Team and Medic in IM Medical Tent
Kayak Water Rescue Team

FOSSIL PARK BASEBALL
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 2010-2011
Presenter Soft Tissue Injuries in Youth Sports- All Star Baseball Coaches Clinic

ST. PETE MASTERS SWIMMING
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 2010-2011
Swim Team Member and ART Provider for Master’s Meets

FIESTA IN SIESTA
SIESTA KEY, FL 2010
Sports Chiropractic and ART Provider for the Inaugural Women’s NCAA Division I Doubles Beach Volleyball Tournament

ENDURANCE SPORTS FLORIDA TRIATHLON SERIES
ST. PETE, FL 2009-2011
Director ART Triathlete Treatment Team for:
Escape Fort Desoto Triathlon
Top Gun Triathlon
Suncoast Triathlon

INAUGURAL DAYTONA FROGMAN TRIATHLON
DAYTONA BEACH, FL 2010
Member ART Provider Triathlete Treatment Team, sponsor Naval Special Warfare Foundation

ST. ANTHONY’S TRIATHLON
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 2005 – 2010
Physician Member for Athlete Medical Tent
Kayak Water Rescue Team

IRONMAN FLORIDA
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL 2006-2007
Physician on ART IRONMAN Provider Medical Care Team

CAPITAL MMA
ALEXANDRIA, VA 2017-PRESENT
In-house sports medicine physician consultant
Physician to Members of MMA Fight Team

TEAM RUBICON
2019-PRESENT
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