About Us
Who We Help
We help lifters and barbell/strength athletes who are dealing with pain or injury that is stopping them from training the way they want to be.
We know how important lifting is to you. It’s not just something that you like doing. It’s something you love and look forward to. It’s how you relieve your stress and become your best self. And it’s a huge part of who you are.
You don’t want to have to give up lifting to solve your injury and feel good, and we’re here to help you avoid that.
What We Do
We help these lifters through online rehab and performance coaching.
We take our physical therapy expertise and blend it with our lifting and coaching experience to design programs for our clients that are individualized, truly built for lifters, and effective.
We coach our clients through every step of the process so they always know what is going on, what they need to do to solve their pain and injuries, and get the support that they truly need.
Our Philosophy
We believe that lifters and barbell/strength athletes require a different type of rehab than other people. They need a plan that blends the lifting they love doing with lifting-focused and individualized rehab work, not just “don’t lift anymore” and cookie-cutter rehab plans.
RESULTS
Get clients results.
Efficiency
Do more with less.
Freedom
Personal life before business.
Systems
Processes that scale.
Impact
We improve the world's health.
Fun
We love what we do.
Our Team
Dr. Ryan VanNieuwenhuyze
Founder/Owner
Doctor of Physical Therapy and Coach
Dr. Alex Anderson
Doctor of Physical Therapy and Coach
Our Philosophy
We help our clients achieve "time & financial freedom" by creating predictable lead generation systems & fulfillment systems that leverages simplicity while giving clients the best results possible.
RESULTS
Get clients results.
Efficiency
Do more with less.
Freedom
Personal life before business.
Systems
Processes that scale.
Impact
We improve the world's health.
Fun
We love what we do.
Our Team
Dr. Matt Shiver
CEO
Mallory Jacks
Growth Coach
Jarrod Davis
Growth Coach
Monica Guertin
Secretary
Dr. Matt's Story
Dr. Matt Shiver
PT, DPT, CSCS, USAW-1
Dr. Matt Shiver started his online coaching business in 2015. He was coaching competitive weightlifting & powerlifting athletes to compete in local and national competitions.
While studying Physical Therapy Full-Time at Duke University he was mentored under Travis Mash and was coached by Glenn Pendlay.
As he approached graduation for Physical Therapy School, he realized that working as an in-person Physical Therapist was going to limit his potential impact on the world and was going to keep him working 9-5 in the same city... and he wanted to travel.
Dr. Matt Shiver, PT, DPT, CSCS, USAW-1
By this time, he had been coaching online for 4 years and knew that building an online business was going to allow him have a big impact while giving him the "time and financial freedom" he was looking for.
Yet there was a problem...
He didn't know how to get more leads and grow his business...
Prior to this point, he was getting clients from word of mouth referral, and he had NO online presence
No social media following... No website... No plan besides "just post every day"...
And after "posting everyday" he was left with a giant "0" in new sales for 3 months in a row
He was frustrated and started looking for other options
He stumbled across the concept of "sales funnels" and "paid advertising"...
At first he was extremely nervous as he had heard "it was risky" and "he should focus on organic first"
Even though others were telling him to wait... he gave it a shot... and he sure was glad he did!
Within 90 days, his business doubled
He went from making just $3,000 a month to $6,000 in 90 days working online
He kept fine tuning the strategy letting the "data" make the decisions for him
12 months later, he was bringing in $12,000 PROFIT every month
Quickly he started sharing what he was doing with other coaches to help them with their businesses.
They too were able to see massive results in increasing the number of leads, new clients, and the results that their clients were experiencing also improved.
This led Dr. Matt to developing the "Coach's Growth Accelerator" to provide the skills and tools he has been using over the last 7 years working online to more coaches who want to have a bigger impact.
Dr. Matt has help companies scale beyond the 7-figure mark, have multiple 6-figure launches, and even helped several newer coaches exceed the $10,000/mo mark within 6 weeks of working together.
Dr. Matt lives in Austin, TX now and spends time traveling the world with his girlfriend (who is also an online coach) and their 2 golden retrievers (Lily and Jax).
When he isn't helping coaches build their business, he loves to workout, hike, do yoga & breathwork, and drink coffee while catching up with friends!
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