Dedicated to Your Recovery Journey and Long-Lasting Results
Wellness by Physiatry is a Chicago clinic built on a simple idea: your symptoms are connected, and your care should be too. Dr. Fabiolla Kopp founded the practice to support brain injury survivors, their families and their caregivers, through the mental fogginess, the slow thinking and the changes in movement that follow an injury.
Toward autonomy and care that makes sense to you
Education is key. At Wellness by Physiatry we believe it is important that you understand the changes you are experiencing in your brain and body. We help you move toward true autonomy by giving you the tools, and providing health coaching every step of the way, with the clarity you need to understand your own recovery. We slow down and teach you how your brain, body and daily habits work together.
The umbrella in our logo means that we are all connected, and so are your symptoms.
Dr. Fabiolla Kopp, MD Founder and physiatrist
Education comes first
Good decisions about your recovery start with understanding what is happening to you. So we explain it, in plain language, as many times as it takes. That understanding is what turns a care plan from something done to you into something you can carry forward on your own.
Care that connects the whole picture
Brain injury is what Dr. Kopp specializes in, so we spend time on the things that matter to you, connecting function, safety and community. We pay close attention to how acquired brain conditions affect thinking, movement, swallowing, behavior and overall health status.
Rebuilding strength, restoring function
By combining evidence-based rehabilitation care plans with practical lifestyle medicine guidance, and by referring you to trusted partners when hands-on therapy is the right next step, we provide compassionate, personalized care. It is care that helps people not just get better, but understand how to stay better.
The pillars we build habits on
The pillars refer to basic functions that shape how well you recover.
- Sleep restorative rest, treated as part of your care plan rather than an afterthought.
- Nutrition what you eat, adjusted to your own overall health status and goals.
- Stress keeping stress levels in check with practical, repeatable habits.
- Exercise regular movement, paced to where you are in your recovery.
- Risky substances minimizing the use of substances that work against your recovery, talked through without judgment.
The people behind your care
Founder and physiatrist
Welcome to Wellness by Physiatry. I founded this practice to give brain injury survivors and their families the kind of care I wanted to be able to offer them in the hospital, because our body doesn't work in separate parts, and neither should your health. As a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who specializes in brain injury rehabilitation medicine, I led patient care at TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital and Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital. That's why I left the hospital setting to be your quarterback during your recovery journey.
Clinic coordinator
Veronica keeps the clinic running day to day and has spent more than 20 years working with patients in hospital settings. She is continually learning more about lifestyle medicine, knowledge every patient deserves access to.
Where to go next
Meet the full team
Bios, credentials and the languages spoken at both Chicago locations.
Read more →Our mission and values
Culturally competent, multilingual care, and what we are working toward.
Read more →What we treat
Brain injury rehabilitation, therapeutic coaching, medication management and group sessions.
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