Built Back
Stronger
Modification over restriction
I'm a physical therapist and a strength coach, and I work with people who don't want to sit still. Nobody here hands you a sheet of exercises and a month off. We figure out what your body can handle today, add a little at a time, and keep going until you stop saying no to the stuff you want to do.
Dr. Steven Dobson, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS. Fifteen years under a barbell, one back injury that kept me out of the gym longer than anything else ever has, and a few hundred people helped back since.
★★★★★ 50+ five-star reviews on GoogleA full hour. Some questions, a movement exam, a few numbers, then we sit down and I tell you what I think it's going to take.
We modify the lifts and the miles instead of deleting them from your week.
The weight goes up as you do, until your body handles more than it did before this started.
You Got Told To Rest.
It Didn't Fix It.
You dropped the squat. You stopped the trail runs. The pain quieted down, so it looked like progress. Then you tried to go back and it was right there waiting for you.
Nothing got stronger while you waited. That's the part nobody told you. Rest takes the load off the angry spot, but it also takes the load off everything holding you together. You come back weaker than you left.
So you start working around it. You skip the deadlift, you take the shorter loop, you think twice before picking up your kid or loading the truck. Little by little you've started treating yourself as fragile.
That's the part I want back for you.
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Fifteen minutes with the therapist and thirty with a tech and a sheet of bands
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"Stop lifting for six weeks and see how it feels"
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A printout of clamshells that has nothing to do with your actual sport
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Getting handed off to a different provider every visit
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Being discharged the second the pain drops, before you're actually strong
Your Body Is More
Capable Than You've Been Told
Getting out of pain is not the finish line. Most rehab stops when you're out of pain, not when you're actually good. I want you with a body that handles whatever you ask of it, so you stop planning your week around what might flare up.
- ✓ A real assessment. Usually the sore spot isn't the whole story, so we look at the rest of you too.
- ✓ Hands-on work to calm it down. Then we put some weight on it, because that's the part that actually gets you better.
- ✓ Rehab that speaks barbell, trail, and desk job, because that's your life.
- ✓ An exit plan. You leave knowing what a flare-up means and what to do about it without me.
Ever since my back surgery, I struggled to load my squat and deadlift. Steven helped me adjust my form and my load. Now I am stronger than I've ever been.
Find Your Starting Point
Hurt right now, or just tired of getting hurt. There's a lane for both.
Something Hurts
Low back, knee, shoulder, or the thing you've been ignoring for eight months. We figure out what's going on, calm it down, and load it back up until it handles your life again.
You Want To Train
Programming built around your history so you get stronger without the same thing biting you again. Barbell sport or big days outside, the plan fits what you actually do.
You're Not In Bend
The assessment, the coaching, and the program all work over video. Plenty of clients have never set foot in the clinic and still got their training back.
From Sidelined To Strong
Four phases. You always know which one you're in and what has to happen to move to the next.
Calm It Down
Hands-on work and a lighter plan to settle things down while you keep moving. We find what you can still do and we keep doing it.
Rebuild The Base
Now we load the stuff that got weak while you were protecting it. A little more each week. This is the part most people skip, and it's why it keeps coming back.
Load It Heavy
Back under the bar, back on the trail, back to the demands of your real life. We rebuild the lifts you stopped doing, at the weights you used to use.
Bulletproof It
You leave with a program and the judgment to run it. You know what a flare-up means, what to adjust, and how to keep building without me.
Dr. Steven Dobson
PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
Doctor of Physical Therapy from the College of St. Scholastica, board-certified in orthopedics, and a certified strength coach through the NSCA.
I've competed in powerlifting, and I've been the guy scared to lift after a back injury. So I know the difference between a lift you should skip and a lift you should adjust. That's most of the job.
Every session is a full hour, one on one, with me. No tech, no rotating cast.
People Who Got Their
Training Back
I went from being afraid to lift weights again to having confidence and breaking personal bests by 20+ lbs in only a few months.
Within a couple weeks I was able to sleep on that shoulder and lift without pain.
I am 100% pain free now and back to normal activities. One thing I loved most about Steven's approach: he focuses on athletes and people who enjoy being in the gym.
Before You Book
Let's Figure Out
What's Actually Going On
Thirty minutes on the phone or video. You tell me what's happening, I tell you straight whether I can help. Worst case you leave with a clear answer.
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