Bax Performance Rehab is a sports physical therapy practice in Pleasanton built for athletes and active adults who need more than a quick appointment and a sheet of exercises.
You come here when pain, injury, or surgery has interrupted the way you move, train, compete, work, or live.
You may work with Dr. Rob Bax. You may work with Dr. Connor Lynn. You may meet Romy before you ever step into the gym.
Either way, you get a team that takes your comeback seriously.
Every session is one-on-one with your doctor. Every plan is built around what you want your body to do again.
And every person here plays a role in helping you feel clear, supported, and ready for the next step.
That standard started with Rob’s own injury. But today, it belongs to the whole practice.
He was told he’d never race again.
Rob was a competitive motocross rider when an injury ended his season and, according to his surgeon, his racing career. He was young, he was athletic, and he was looking at a future where the thing he’d built his identity around was gone. Then a physical therapist got hold of him.
Not a tech running him through a protocol. Not a 20-minute appointment that ended with a sheet of exercises and a follow-up in two weeks. A physical therapist who actually looked at him, figured out what was wrong, built a plan, and got him back on the bike.
That experience didn’t just fix Rob’s knee. It showed him what physical therapy was supposed to be, and made him realize how rarely it actually was.
That’s the reason Bax Performance Rehab exists.
Rob didn’t just go to PT school. He built the most complete skill set he could find for exactly the kind of patient he wanted to treat.
He earned his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Azusa Pacific University following an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from Fresno State. He then completed an orthopedic residency, putting in the hours that most new graduates skip, because he wanted to be the person you call when it’s serious.
He holds two board certifications that fewer than 10% of practicing physical therapists in the United States carry:
OCS – Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist
The gold standard certification in musculoskeletal physical therapy. It means Rob has demonstrated advanced clinical knowledge, skills, and experience in orthopedic care at the highest level of the profession.
CSCS – Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
The certification that separates performance-focused PTs from clinical ones. Rob doesn’t just understand how injuries heal. He understands how athletes train, how load works, and how to get someone back to competing, not just functioning.
DPT, OCS, CSCS
Rob is the founder of Bax Performance Rehab and the person who shaped
the care model this team follows today.
He works with athletes and active adults who need more than basic rehab.
ACL tears. Post-surgical recovery. Strength training injuries. Running injuries. Recurring pain. Comebacks that stalled somewhere along the way.
His goal is to find what’s holding you back and build the plan to help you get back with confidence.
Connor’s path to sports physical therapy started long before PT school. He grew up playing sports and understands what it means to push your body, chase a goal, and work through setbacks to get back to doing what you love.
Raised in the East Bay, Connor carried that competitive mindset into his studies at Boise State University, where he earned a degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Science. He later earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
After two years in Denver with his wife and their puppy, Connor returned home to the East Bay to be closer to family and serve the community that shaped him as an athlete and person.
Today, Connor helps active people recover from injury, move with confidence, and get back to the activities that matter most.
Whether you’re working toward your next competition or simply want to stay active without pain, Connor helps you build a plan that gets you there.
Client Success Coordinator
Romy’s journey with Bax Performance Rehab started when she fractured her knee and came here for rehab as a competitive wrestler.
During her own recovery, Romy experienced firsthand the care model this practice was built on: focused attention, clear guidance, and a plan that helped her return to the sport she loved.
With Rob’s support and guidance, she was able to get back to wrestling within just a few months.
That experience sparked her passion for helping others do the same.
Now part of the Bax Performance Rehab team, Romy supports people throughout the rehab process. From welcoming new faces to encouraging returning clients, she helps people feel comfortable, confident, and motivated on their way back to doing what they love.
Romy is currently a student at Las Positas College, where she continues to deepen her understanding of human movement and recovery.
Managing an injury means keeping it stable, reducing pain, and sending you home with exercises.
Bax Performance Rehab is based inside CrossFit Pleasanton.
That’s not an accident.
We didn’t set up in a medical office park because this isn’t a medical office park kind of practice. It’s a performance environment, the kind of place where athletes train, where movement is taken seriously, where the culture understands that getting hurt doesn’t mean stopping.
It means fixing it and getting back.
We work with athletes and active adults across Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, and the broader Tri-Valley. Youth athletes with ACL tears. CrossFit competitors dealing with shoulder injuries. Runners who’ve been told to stop running. Adults in their 40s and 50s who aren’t ready to slow down and shouldn’t have to.
We also see patients who’ve already been through the system. Who did six weeks at a clinic and plateaued. Who got cleared by their surgeon but don’t feel ready. Who’ve been told their pain is something they’ll just have to live with.
Those patients are often the ones who matter most to us. Because this practice was built by someone who knows what it feels like to need a real way back.
Dr. Robert Bax, DPT, OCS, CSCS
Pain, injury, or surgery has already taken enough of your time.
Let’s figure out what’s going on, build the plan, and help you get back to the life your injury interrupted.
