At BOULDER RUN PHYSIO, we’ve created an environment to deliver optimal care for runners of all ages and ability levels. It is our mission to help you enjoy running as part of your life while also building your capacity to train and compete at your desired level. Using a variety of treatment approaches we hope to enable individuals to be healthy, active and achieve their goals.
While we are best known for working with elite athletes, we still enjoy working with a variety of musculoskeletal injuries across a wide spectrum of individuals. You don’t need to be runner to receive care from BOULDER RUN PHYSIO. As a location of Ability Physical Therapy, we also provide general orthopedic physical therapy services!
Running is a simple and eloquent task, yet involves many repetitive high forces and subsequently has a high injury prevalence. To combat this, we provide highly skilled Physical Therapy Assessment and Evaluation in order to develop an individualized treatment and management plan. We work together with coaches, doctors, and other medical professionals to ensure that clients progress as quickly and safely as possible.
Advice is our currency - a thorough assessment of your needs and diagnosis of your injury will help us develop a treatment plan to help you meet your specific goals. Biomechanics, strength, mobility, balance, neuromuscular control, tissue capacity, health history and the best current research will be used to discern the most important factors to address on a case by case basis.
Skilled hands on treatment in the form of joint mobilizations, soft tissue mobilization, myofascial release, instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (iastm), movement with mobilization and muscle energy techniques. Different combinations of techniques are used to address patient specific needs and specific injuries or limitations.
Dry needling is a powerful manual therapy technique used to treat pain, improve range of motion or improve motor function. Dry needling uses acupuncture needles inserted into muscles, but is rooted in modern pain-science. Dry needling works by essentially “re-setting” the central nervous system. Changes are observed at the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord where pain information is first synthesized from the peripheral nerves before being relayed to the brain. Changes in brain activity, particularly the motor cortex which controls specific muscle movement and control, are also seen in fMRI studies post needling.
If you don’t have a current injury but need help developing an exercise program to meet your specific goals, reduce injury risk, or simply get more active - we’d love to help. Typical components will include a combination of strength, stability, motor control, mobility, balance, proprioception, endurance, power, and local tissue capacity.
Skilled video gait analysis of key gait characteristics can be a valuable component of injury management and performance. There is a lot of misinformation and pseudo-science out there when it comes to optimal running biomechanics. Let us help you understand what variables are important for you to address either temporarily or long-term to get the most out of your running.
Boulder Run Physio is following the most up to date guidelines from the CDC as well as local governmental agencies. We will continue to operate under the guidance of the Boulder Country, CDC, CDPHE, DORA and the APTA.
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Kurt Roeser is the physical therapist behind BOULDER RUN PHYSIO, Ability Physical Therapy's Niwot location. As a former collegiate cross country and track and field athlete, Kurt continues to enjoy training with Boulder Harriers coached by Steve Jones and competing in running races locally and across the country including the 2020 Olympic Marathon Team Trials. He is passionate about staying up to date with current research and providing high quality physical therapy care to help individuals get out of pain and improve their function in daily life and athletics. Kurt and his wife Tracy enjoy spending time outdoors exploring Colorado, cooking, lifting and running together.
Hometown: Naples, Florida.
Education: University of Florida, Doctor of Physical Therapy 2012 | University of Florida, Bachelor of Science in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology 2009
Tammy graduated from North Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science with a minor in Psychology. She then received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Belmont University. Tammy grew up in Minnesota, but fell in love with Colorado on a rock climbing road trip and knew it was where she wanted to land after finishing school. Tammy is passionate about partnering with individuals to regain independence and improve their quality of life. She has a special interest in treating the oncology population and plans to pursue advanced education in this area of PT.
Tammy enjoys all things outdoors. Whenever possible she can often be found rock climbing, hiking, cross country skiing, backpacking, or camping. Her and her husband also love spending time training their rescue pup.
Isaiah completed his Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa in 2020. Prior to this he received his Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Winona State University.
Isaiah prefers to take a hands-on approach to therapy combining manual therapy techniques with corrective exercise prescription to decrease pain and improve function. He believes the treatment plan should be both collaborative and individualized to help meet patients’ goals and needs. His primary clinical areas of interest include shoulder, knee and hip injuries, ACL rehabilitation, sports injury rehabilitation, as well as treating CrossFit athletes. Isaiah is passionate about learning and has taken extensive continual education courses in knee and shoulder injury management.
Originally from Minnesota, Isaiah and his wife moved to Colorado after falling in love with the area during his clinical internships. In his spare time, he enjoys staying active with running, weight training, biking and competing in all sports.