Miles Rehab and Performance

Derek is an amazing coach & PT. In less than 6 months of working with him he has helped me overcome two injuries and helped me take my weight lifting to a whole new level. He uses a great mix of scientifically backed tactics and real world common sense to help athletes improve their peak performance. Derek has helped me understand how to be a better lifter and athlete in ways that I can only describe as “life changing”. I can’t recommend his services enough!

If you need to assess or address any injuries or pain stop reading and message Derek. If you want to know why, read on. Derek has been the only physical therapist able to address the chronic upper back issues I’ve been dealing with for over a decade. I’ve seen a number of physios, PTs, and sports medicine professionals who gave me generic approaches that never made any lasting change and took me away from the activities I loved doing. From the beginning, Derek listened to my goals and made sure my recovery program matched what I liked to do, what I wanted to be able to do, and the specific injury I was dealing with. Rather than band exercises and stretching (unsuccessful in the past) he actually had me under a barbell/on machines as my road to recovery. Through a series of progressions, correction exercises, and cues I was able to get back to the movements and workouts I wanted while maintaining strength and fitness along the way. Finally, Derek has been able to help me cater my programming to make space for other activities I enjoy, and never pushed a specific approach on me. He’s super friendly, super knowledgeable, and has helped me get control over my pain.

Derek is a master of his craft and a phenomenal person to boot. He’s honest and will never steer you wrong. If you have a nagging injury that’s impeding your everyday life or impacting your performance in the gym, Derek is the person you want to see.

Dr. Miles has helped me in more ways than I could ever describe to anyone who has not met him or had the pleasure to work with him yet. As a rehab professional myself, I was struggling with a chronic adductor issue that I just could not get rid of and with Dr. Miles guidance, I was able to return to higher stress activity through the region and gain back normalcy in my workout routine again. He also made me realize that sometimes its all about variety and getting away from our "normal" pattern of activity usually ends up being beneficial for us as humans. I have never done so many non-powerlifting movements in my life and I felt far more athletic which was a nice change of pace. Truly appreciate all the effort he puts into his patients and how good his communication skills are with such a broad range of topics, not just health related!

In the words of my spouse, "You went from jacked up to just straight jacked." I highly recommend Dr. Miles for physical training and injury rehab related work. He has excellent problem-solving skills, provides creative solutions, bases programming and treatment on current research, and is genuinely fun to work with. After experiencing an array of fairly frustrating traumatic injuries, I had a challenging time finding a provider that took the time to understand my typical level of activity and what it realistically looked like to return to arduous work as a wildland firefighter. Dr. Miles provided rad programming and simple though head-opening solutions to the holes in my endurance-heavy training. Through the use of his thoughtful programming and coaching, I feel like I have greater and more varied overall fitness and athleticism, I move more efficiently, and have increased self-reliance in lifting heavy stuff on a barbell and putting it back down. Injuries really can be our greatest teachers. It's notable to experience PRs while recovering from injury and to continue to expand my understanding of what wild things are possible.

Derek is the man. If you're in pain and/or unable to do the activities you want to do in your life - I'd highly recommend coming to see Derek.