CPT Plans New Sports Complex

CENTRAL — Central Physical Therapy announced plans to incorporate an indoor sports performance complex as part of a multi-million dollar expansion to its facility at 13111 Hooper Road.

The new 20,000 square foot indoor sports performance complex will house an artificial turf football practice field, basketball court, batting cages, and sports training equipment.

The complex will complement a competition class, six-lane swimming pool to be housed in CPT’s new aquatics therapy center which will be constructed as an adjoining building.

According to Central Physical Therapy owner, Helen Balzli, “The new sports performance facility will provide unparalleled access to superior performance training for individuals and teams all within one complex.”  Balzli said, “The demand for private coaching and sports instruction is at an all-time high.  This new facility will make it available not just to the City of Central, but to people from surrounding communities.”

Including a sports performance complex in the expansion of CPT has been part of co-owner Tom Coplin’s vision for years.  In fact, he said, “My goal was to build it sooner, but the economy went South in 2008 and put us a little behind.”

Some of the programs to be offered at CPT’s Sports Performance facility include:

• NFL-like training aimed at developing a young athlete’s full potential with nutrition education, daily sessions aimed at improving skills headed up by current and former professional athletes

• Sports medicine that includes concussion screenings, performance-based physical therapy, and rehabilitation for athletic injuries

• Fitness instruction for adults ranging from injury prevention to weight-loss and body toning

• Availability for people in the Central community to use on a recreational basis

• Sports camps for underprivileged youth

Coplin expects to break ground for the $6.5 million expansion of Central Physical Therapy and the new Sports Performance Complex by year’s end.  A feasibility study estimates the project will create as many as 63 jobs and generate approximately $9.9 million in new economic activity for the City of Central.

To learn more, contact Phil Rainier or Tom Coplin at 261-7094.