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.

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. Ryan's Story

Dr. Matt Shiver
PT, DPT, CSCS, USAW-1

Dr. Ryan VanNieuwenhuyze has been a lifter and athlete nearly his whole life. His journey into physical therapy began as an injured athlete in high school.

After dealing with multiple shoulder dislocations, Dr. Ryan had to undergo surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and labrum in his right shoulder, and after surgery he was sent to physical therapy.

At this clinic, Dr. Ryan experienced what so many other lifters have experienced when they go to traditional PT clinics…

He was basically the only lifter in the clinic, he was given a cookie-cutter rehab plan that didn’t progress over time, and he was given no real guidance on how to actually get back to the lifting and level of performance that he actually wanted to get back to.

After going through this experience, Dr. Ryan realized that there had to be a better way for lifters to get the rehab help they actually deserved, and set out to become a physical therapist that specialized in helping injured lifters solve their pain and get back to the training they love.

After getting his Doctorate of Physical Therapy, he founded Barbell Physical Therapy and Performance.

Since then, Barbell Physical Therapy and Performance has helped hundreds of lifters solve their pain, become confident in their bodies again, and get back to the lifting they love.