about red hammer rehab
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the clinic is renowned in the state of colorado for getting results quickly and effectively. red hammer is all about professionalism, evidence-based treatment, manual therapy focused care, and getting to the root cause of injuries. we treat all ages and types of individuals no matter if you just want to be able to walk with your grandkids or if you are training for the next olympic games.
dr. north, the founder of the clinic, has picked up the nickname "the hammer" as a term of endearment from many of her patients and the office takes this namesake. her partner, dr. morrison is beginning to get the name "michael the mallet" as a wonderful addition to the practice. |
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"it was when the more fashionable doctors in italy, in imitation of the old romans, despising the work of the hand, began to delegate to slaves the manual attentions they deemed necessary for their patients ... that the art of medicine went to ruin."
- andreas vesalius (the father of anatomy) de humani corporis fabrica (1543)
dr. heather k. north pt, dpt
dr. heather north holds a doctorate in physical therapy from the university of colorado. since graduating she has worked for five years at the other lead physical therapist at in motion rehabilitation in boulder, co which specialized in sports-related orthopaedic therapy. while there heather was awarded "best sports medicine doctor" in the mountain/west region of the united states by competitor magazine. heather stepped out on her own and established her own practice - red hammer rehab which has won "best sports medicine rehab facility" and "best sports medicine doctor" four years running.
heather’s focus is on sports medicine and orthopaedic manual and manipulation physical therapy. she is known for being aggressive with injuries and focusing on discovering and fixing the mechanics behind each and every injury. she believes that it is important to continue to learn the newest and most up to date techniques. heather’s philosophy revolves around getting patients recovered quickly and teaching them to sustain a healthy state. injuries can only be eliminated by addressing biomechanical causes and then aggressively treating the damage created from these issues. for 8 years heather has been using dry needling as part of her treatment modalities after training under dr. lin-tau ma at the biomedical acupuncture institute.
when not in the clinic, heather enjoys road/trail running, mountain biking, coaching for revolution running, and spending time in the mountains with her husband ewen. she regularly competes in races all over including the pikes peak marathon. heather was a college level swimmer and has even tested the waters with triathlon in her post-collegiate years as well.
heather teaches her exclusively created "hard core burn" class on monday nights at the louisville recreation center. her class is specially designed to keep you healthy and strong year round. great care is taken to focus on the muscles that endurance athletes need to stay injury free and to maintain speed and strength. in addition, every class is created to protect the back, preserve proper alignment, and maintain body mechanics. athletes of any level rely heavily on their core muscles for strength, speed, and stability. however if these muscles are weak (and they usually are), surrounding joints, connective tissue, and muscles will become more heavily under strain. this class is here to focus on these major muscles. class is open to anyone and registration/info is available here.
heather’s focus is on sports medicine and orthopaedic manual and manipulation physical therapy. she is known for being aggressive with injuries and focusing on discovering and fixing the mechanics behind each and every injury. she believes that it is important to continue to learn the newest and most up to date techniques. heather’s philosophy revolves around getting patients recovered quickly and teaching them to sustain a healthy state. injuries can only be eliminated by addressing biomechanical causes and then aggressively treating the damage created from these issues. for 8 years heather has been using dry needling as part of her treatment modalities after training under dr. lin-tau ma at the biomedical acupuncture institute.
when not in the clinic, heather enjoys road/trail running, mountain biking, coaching for revolution running, and spending time in the mountains with her husband ewen. she regularly competes in races all over including the pikes peak marathon. heather was a college level swimmer and has even tested the waters with triathlon in her post-collegiate years as well.
heather teaches her exclusively created "hard core burn" class on monday nights at the louisville recreation center. her class is specially designed to keep you healthy and strong year round. great care is taken to focus on the muscles that endurance athletes need to stay injury free and to maintain speed and strength. in addition, every class is created to protect the back, preserve proper alignment, and maintain body mechanics. athletes of any level rely heavily on their core muscles for strength, speed, and stability. however if these muscles are weak (and they usually are), surrounding joints, connective tissue, and muscles will become more heavily under strain. this class is here to focus on these major muscles. class is open to anyone and registration/info is available here.
dr. john sauer pt, dpt, ocs
dr. john sauer earned his doctorate from the university of missouri in 2011, following up his degree with a formal residency and orthopedic specialist certification in 2014. while at mizzou, he served on the athletic training staff for both the men’s football and baseball teams. john spent his first 8 years of physical therapy practice in the chicago suburbs, working for a large sports and orthopedic practice where he treated a wide range of endurance and multi-sport athletes. in addition to his clinical practice he also chaired their endurance program and served as lead faculty for their running gait analysis and treatment of the endurance athlete courses, which he had the opportunity to teach at clinics across the midwest.
john is passionate about helping patients not only identify and address the root cause of their painful conditions, but also prioritizes helping athletes identify weak points in their athletic development and understand opportunities to improve their overall health and performance. his background with both endurance and field sport athletes gives him a window into more well-rounded strength and conditioning options. he enjoys the challenge of helping clients to address their painful limitations while also aiming for higher goals as they progress along the illness-fitness continuum.
when not treating patients, you’ll find john running, cycling, lifting, golfing, or out playing soccer. he and his wife nicole have 3 kids, who also enjoy getting outdoors and playing soccer or enjoying colorado’s abundant open spaces and trail systems.
john is passionate about helping patients not only identify and address the root cause of their painful conditions, but also prioritizes helping athletes identify weak points in their athletic development and understand opportunities to improve their overall health and performance. his background with both endurance and field sport athletes gives him a window into more well-rounded strength and conditioning options. he enjoys the challenge of helping clients to address their painful limitations while also aiming for higher goals as they progress along the illness-fitness continuum.
when not treating patients, you’ll find john running, cycling, lifting, golfing, or out playing soccer. he and his wife nicole have 3 kids, who also enjoy getting outdoors and playing soccer or enjoying colorado’s abundant open spaces and trail systems.
anna hamilton - office manager
ginny landes - office manager
Ginny has lived in Boulder County for over 50 years after arriving from Ohio to attend CU Boulder. Armed with a liberal arts degree in Communication, she has had a variety of careers and jobs. While working as an office manager in her last job, she decided to start running at the age of 56 and joined Ewen North’s precursor to Revolution Running, the Bolder Boulder Training Club. Over her running years she found a love of trail running and participated in several races like the Pikes Peak races and Leadville Marathon. In 2019 retirement brought a daily hiking practice and volunteering with City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks as a Trail Ambassador. The funnest activity since 2024 has been “coaching” the Walkers Group with Rev Running Boulder’s morning workouts. So many wonderful conversations! Ginny lives in Lafayette with her sister. One of her sons is in Arizona and the other is in Boulder.
Motto: Not all who wander are lost.
Motto: Not all who wander are lost.
camille fowles - office manager
Camille Fowles loves living in Colorado and all it has to offer. She raised her family with husband Eric in the Louisville area, and still enjoys spending time in the mountains hiking and camping and having adventures with her adult kids. She loves running (training with Revolution Running), traveling to new places, and is always working on reading a stack of books next to her bed!
more about dr. north pt, dpt
education
university of colorado: doctor of physical therapy
webster university: worked towards an mba
colorado college: bachelor of art, major: pre-medicine and studio art
additional education
manipalooza advanced manipulation and treatment conference at the university of colorado anchutz campus
trigger point dry needling certification
advanced training in the treatment of the low back and long term back pain
advanced manual therapy and manipulation training
grinders and glue advanced orthotic fabrication, education, and modification class
national physical therapy conference
ymca leadership training
valuable work experience
hard core burn - creator/instructor for 7 years
created a specific protocol of exercises that help prevent injuries in the athletic population
teaches a once weekly unique class in the louisville area
in motion rehabilitation - doctor of physical therapy for 5 years
worked as other lead physical therapist
treated athletic individuals from olympians to weekend warriors
created an exercise handout protocol for the clinic
headed up gait analysis evaluation in littleton and assisted in boulder
instigated high-tech gait analysis protocol and reporting of results
gave over 30 lectures in the front-range area on injury prevention and education
research assistant for barb headley – trigger point research
revolution running – running coach for 13 years
have trained over 500 runners
oversees multiple practices in the front range and online
uses exercise physiology and physical therapy skills
performes sub-maximal exercise testing
el paso county health department internship with hcv/clinic/database systems for 2 years
headed up database creations/conversions and co-authored two published medical papers
maintained a high volume of research information
created epchd bio-terrorism database
additional experience
clinical affiliations in physical therapy while at university of colorado
platte valley medical center – inpatient/outpatient
coal creek physical Therapy – outpatient orthopaedic
in motion rehabilitation – outpatient orthopaedic specializing in running
aurora public schools – pediatric
university of colorado: doctor of physical therapy
webster university: worked towards an mba
colorado college: bachelor of art, major: pre-medicine and studio art
additional education
manipalooza advanced manipulation and treatment conference at the university of colorado anchutz campus
trigger point dry needling certification
advanced training in the treatment of the low back and long term back pain
advanced manual therapy and manipulation training
grinders and glue advanced orthotic fabrication, education, and modification class
national physical therapy conference
ymca leadership training
valuable work experience
hard core burn - creator/instructor for 7 years
created a specific protocol of exercises that help prevent injuries in the athletic population
teaches a once weekly unique class in the louisville area
in motion rehabilitation - doctor of physical therapy for 5 years
worked as other lead physical therapist
treated athletic individuals from olympians to weekend warriors
created an exercise handout protocol for the clinic
headed up gait analysis evaluation in littleton and assisted in boulder
instigated high-tech gait analysis protocol and reporting of results
gave over 30 lectures in the front-range area on injury prevention and education
research assistant for barb headley – trigger point research
revolution running – running coach for 13 years
have trained over 500 runners
oversees multiple practices in the front range and online
uses exercise physiology and physical therapy skills
performes sub-maximal exercise testing
el paso county health department internship with hcv/clinic/database systems for 2 years
headed up database creations/conversions and co-authored two published medical papers
maintained a high volume of research information
created epchd bio-terrorism database
additional experience
clinical affiliations in physical therapy while at university of colorado
platte valley medical center – inpatient/outpatient
coal creek physical Therapy – outpatient orthopaedic
in motion rehabilitation – outpatient orthopaedic specializing in running
aurora public schools – pediatric
more about dr. john sauer pt, dpt, ocs
education
evidence in motion post-doctoral orthopedic residency program
university of missouri doctor of physical therapy
university of missouri bachelor of health science
continuing education
dry needling through both the institute of clinical excellence and kinetacore
stress fracture school for the endurance clinician
crossfit L1 for healthcare professionals
management of the fitness athlete
the ready state certified practitioner
certification in applied functional science
mobilitywod certified specialist
(b)strong blood flow restriction training provider
pnf-1 through the institute of physical art
pose running technique specialist
valuable work experience
athletico endurance program manager/lead gait analysis faculty
developed on-ramp programming for novice clinicians
oversaw course creation and instruction
taught gait analysis and endurance training courses across the midwest
collaborated with hip, women’s health, and performing art program managers to develop new curriculum and more holistic approach to treatment
served on medical team for chicago marathon and rock ‘n roll marathon series
mizzou athletics training staff - football/baseball
oversaw treatment of higher-level athletes, with many going on to NFL and MLB careers
coordinated care with strength and conditioning staff to integrate higher level treatment plans
utilized a wide range of modalities and manual techniques to keep athletes injury-free and performing at peak levels
clinical education during doctoral school
capital region medical center - in-patient and home health
select physical therapy - outpatient orthopedics and sports rehab
northwest physical therapy - outpatient orthopedics and sports rehab
broadway ergonomics - orthopedic and on-site job demands analysis
evidence in motion post-doctoral orthopedic residency program
university of missouri doctor of physical therapy
university of missouri bachelor of health science
continuing education
dry needling through both the institute of clinical excellence and kinetacore
stress fracture school for the endurance clinician
crossfit L1 for healthcare professionals
management of the fitness athlete
the ready state certified practitioner
certification in applied functional science
mobilitywod certified specialist
(b)strong blood flow restriction training provider
pnf-1 through the institute of physical art
pose running technique specialist
valuable work experience
athletico endurance program manager/lead gait analysis faculty
developed on-ramp programming for novice clinicians
oversaw course creation and instruction
taught gait analysis and endurance training courses across the midwest
collaborated with hip, women’s health, and performing art program managers to develop new curriculum and more holistic approach to treatment
served on medical team for chicago marathon and rock ‘n roll marathon series
mizzou athletics training staff - football/baseball
oversaw treatment of higher-level athletes, with many going on to NFL and MLB careers
coordinated care with strength and conditioning staff to integrate higher level treatment plans
utilized a wide range of modalities and manual techniques to keep athletes injury-free and performing at peak levels
clinical education during doctoral school
capital region medical center - in-patient and home health
select physical therapy - outpatient orthopedics and sports rehab
northwest physical therapy - outpatient orthopedics and sports rehab
broadway ergonomics - orthopedic and on-site job demands analysis