The therapist who changed the law.
Matt is originally from Santa Maria, California. He took a kinesiology degree at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, then his Doctor of Physical Therapy at Regis University in Denver in 2006. He stayed on at Regis for three years as an assistant instructor of anatomy and musculoskeletal management while working in private practice, and moved to Salt Lake City in 2009.
He first learned trigger point dry needling in 2007. Utah law did not allow physical therapists to use it, so from 2009 to 2014 he worked with the state and with his professional organization to change that. The law passed in 2014, and the Utah Physical Therapy Association named him Physical Therapist of the Year the same year. In 2015 he and his wife, Dr. Jessica Bauerkemper, opened Dynamic Physical Therapy. He treats spines, whiplash, complex and chronic pain, post-operative shoulders, knees and backs, and golfers who want their swing back.
The whole appointment. Start to finish.
Listen First
Your first visit runs about an hour, and it starts with the story, not the table. What you did, when it changed, and what you have stopped doing since.
Find the Cause
Hands-on assessment and objective testing. The place that hurts is often not the place that failed, and telling the difference is what the full appointment is for.
Build It Back
Reduce the pain, prevent the recurrence, prime the tissue, then perform. Matt is in the room for all of it. No aides, no handoff to a technician.
What his patients say.
"Long time relationship with Matt who has adjusted his level of care over the years and introduced new treatments as needed."Peter F. · Google Review
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No referral needed in Utah. Most insurances accepted.
Your first visit runs about an hour: come in, tell him everything, and leave with a plan.
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