About Vital Six

Our mission to you.

We built Vital Six on professionalism, honesty, and transparency — because you deserve care that puts you first. No unnecessary visits. No charging for exercises you can do at home. No settling for mediocre results. You deserve to be pain-free, and that is our singular mission.

Our promise to you
We never push unnecessary visits — you come in as long as it helps, not a day more
We won't charge you for homework — exercises you can do at home stay free
We treat the root cause — not just the symptom in front of us
One-on-one, every visit — real doctor time, no handoffs to aides
What Vital Six Stands For

Primary care for how you move.

Vital Six was formed out of frustration with the U.S. healthcare system — a system that too often treats symptoms, rushes visits, and loses sight of the person on the table.

We think of ourselves as primary care for your musculoskeletal health: the first place you turn when something hurts or stops working the way it should. Instead of masking pain with medications, surgery, or injections, we find the root movement cause and address it directly.

Most changes in how you move go unnoticed — until pain shows up. Our job is to catch those changes early, restore your function, and keep you moving through life pain-free, strong, and fully alive.

The name, explained

There are five vital signs. We believe there's a sixth.

Heart rate. Blood pressure. Respiratory rate. Body temperature. Pain. For generations these have been medicine's dashboard — the gauges that tell us how the body is doing.

But there's one more that predicts your health, independence, and longevity as powerfully as any of them: movement. That's the sixth vital sign. That's what we exist to protect.

The Vital Six

Your body's dashboard

Think of your vital signs like the gauges on a car's dashboard — each one tells you something essential about what's happening under the hood. Here are the five everyone knows, plus the one we built our practice around.

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Heart Rate
Your pulse — the number of times your heart beats per minute. A window into cardiovascular health and recovery.
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Blood Pressure
The force of blood pushing against your vessel walls. Too high or too low, and the whole system feels it.
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Respiratory Rate
How many breaths you take at rest — 12 to 20 per minute for most adults. A quiet signal of how hard your body is working.
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Body Temperature
Averaging around 98.6°F, with a healthy range of roughly 97.8°F to 99.1°F. One of the oldest measures of health there is.
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Pain
Your nervous system's alarm bell — a signal that something may be wrong and deserves attention, not just silencing.
06 — THE VITAL SIX
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Movement
Grip strength, walking speed, and the ability to get up off the floor are among the strongest predictors of long-term health and longevity. Movement is the vital sign medicine forgot — and the one we're here to protect.
Our Specialty
Meet the Doctor

The person behind your care

Dr. Jason Gearhart
Dr. Jason Gearhart
PT · DPT · CSCS — Founder

Jason founded Vital Six to practice physical therapy the way he always believed it should be done: unhurried, one-on-one, and built entirely around what's best for the patient — not the physician, the therapist, or the insurer.

Education & Training
Doctorate in Physical Therapy (2014) — University of Missouri–Columbia, where he supported graduate students with outpatient orthopedic testing and diagnosis
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Orthopedic PT — Washington University in St. Louis, the #1-ranked PT program in the country
Advanced Manual Therapy — American Academy of Manipulative Therapy (AAMT)
B.S. in Exercise Physiology & Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS, NSCA)
Clinical Focus
Shoulder, Hip & Low Back Pain Spinal Disorders Sports, Tennis & Running Injuries Manual Therapy Complex, Unresolved Cases

"Care should focus on what's best for the patient — not the physician, the therapist, or the insurer."

Outside the clinic: Jason lives in Kansas City and spends his time exercising, playing tennis, reading, and enjoying life with his wife Sarah and their dog Remy.

The Team

The people who make it happen

Great care is a team effort. Here are the people who keep Vital Six running and make sure every visit feels personal.

Julia
Julia Andriotis
PTA · Running Rehab Specialist
Julia specializes in helping runners of all levels return to the road stronger — combining gait analysis, load management, and targeted rehab to get you moving pain-free.
Cierra
Cierra Harris
Client Coordinator
Cierra is the first friendly face you'll meet at Vital Six, keeping scheduling and the client experience running smoothly from your first call to your last session.
What We Stand For

The values behind every visit

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Honesty First
We tell you the truth about your condition and your options — even when it means fewer visits or pointing you elsewhere.
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Root Cause, Not Symptoms
We look at how your whole body moves to find why you hurt — then fix it, so it doesn't keep coming back.
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Real One-on-One Time
Every session is with your doctor — never handed off to aides or split across three patients at once.
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You, Not the System
No insurer dictating your care. Decisions are made around what's best for you and nothing else.

Ready to stop chasing pain and start moving freely?