Get back to what you love.

You've tried resting it. Stretching it. Maybe physical therapy somewhere else. Here, your Doctor of Physical Therapy stays with you the entire appointment. No aides. No handoffs. Just the person who is actually going to fix it.

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No referral needed in Utah · In network with 11+ carriers plus Medicare.

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“My experience with Dynamic PT has been extremely positive. I have been working with Bridget who is knowledgeable, positive & fun to work with.”, Curt G. “Jason was EXCEPTIONAL!! I was leery of PT from past experiences, and I was genuinely surprised and pleased with my experience.”, Ramsey J. “Anika is great and the office is fantastic. Greatly appreciate the way she worked with me to improve my hip. Highly recommend!”, Barbi “Maddie is great! She is helping me on my ACL recovery journey. Is a great listener and radiates good energy. Thank you!”, Alyssa M. “I highly recommend Jason at Dynamic Physical Therapy. He’s motivated me to keep strengthening.”, P M. “Great office staff! B. O'Brien fantastic therapist, knowledgeable and makes you want to accomplish your goals.”, Jerry D. “I highly recommend Dynamic Physical Therapy for their incredible employees and team of physical therapists.”, Chris B. “If you need any PT work this is the place to go. Great vibe and people. Professional as you can get with an easy going atmosphere while you heal up! Highly recommend them.”, Lyn S. “My experience with Dynamic PT has been extremely positive. I have been working with Bridget who is knowledgeable, positive & fun to work with.”, Curt G. “Jason was EXCEPTIONAL!! I was leery of PT from past experiences, and I was genuinely surprised and pleased with my experience.”, Ramsey J.

You already know what most PT feels like.

Ten minutes with the therapist, then an aide counts your reps. That is the industry standard, and it is exactly what this clinic was built to be the opposite of.

The Typical Clinic What you have probably already been through
  • Ten minutes with your therapist

    Then you are handed to an aide for the rest of the hour. The person qualified to find the cause barely saw you.

  • A different face every visit

    They skim your chart. You retell your history. Nothing compounds.

  • Half the visit on a machine

    Hot pack, e-stim, wait. Meanwhile your therapist is with someone else.

  • The same printed sheet everyone gets

    Written for a diagnosis, not for you, and not for the season you are trying to get back to.

  • It comes back

    Because nobody found the cause. It was managed until the next flare.

The Dynamic Way What one-on-one care actually looks like
  • Your Doctor of Physical Therapy, the entire appointment

    No aides. No handoffs. The person with the doctorate is the person treating you, start to finish.

  • The same therapist every session

    They know your case cold, so every visit builds on the last one instead of restarting it.

  • A first visit that is about an hour

    Long enough to take a real history, assess how you actually move, and explain what is going on.

  • A plan built off your evaluation

    Specific to what we found in your body and to the thing you are trying to get back to.

  • A finish line you can actually see

    Reduce the pain, prevent the recurrence, prime the tissue, perform. You leave when you can do the thing again.

Utah Physical Therapy Association Clinic of the Year, 2024. Best of SLC, 2026.

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Listen. Find it. Build it back.

A physical therapist listening to a patient describe their pain Hands-on manual therapy treatment at Dynamic Physical Therapy A patient rebuilding strength during rehab at Dynamic Physical Therapy
Step 01 · Listen First
01

Listen first.

Your first visit runs about an hour and it starts with the story, not the table. What you did, when it changed, and what you have stopped doing since.

02

Find the cause.

Hands-on assessment plus objective testing, because the place that hurts is often not the place that failed. That is what the whole appointment is for.

03

Build it back.

Reduce the pain, prevent the recurrence, prime the tissue, then perform. You leave when you can do the thing again.

Four phases, and the order is the point.

The Proven 4-Phase Recovery Program is how every plan at Dynamic is built. It is the reason discharge here means something.

Phase 01

Pain

First we get the pain down and safe movement back. Nothing else works while you are still in crisis.

Phase 02

Prevent

Then we find what actually caused it. The place that hurts is often not the place that failed, and if that goes uncorrected the pain comes back.

Phase 03

Prime

Now we load the tissue. Range of motion, strength, and the movement patterns your sport or your job actually demands.

Phase 04

Perform

The last phase is the ski season, the round of golf, the shift on your feet. You leave when you can do it, not when the visits run out.

If it's keeping you from moving, we treat it.

Seventeen conditions, from the first twinge to pain you have carried for years. We find the cause and build the plan around it.

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Results you can measure.

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Serving Cottonwood Heights since 2015
No referral needed  ·  Most insurances accepted

Meet the team behind your care.

Dr. Matthew Nelson, PT, DPT, TPS, AFDNS, AIB Cert-VR, at Dynamic Physical Therapy, UT

Dr. Matthew Nelson, PT, DPT

Clinic Owner · Dry Needling Instructor

Spent five years working with the state to legalize trigger point dry needling for Utah physical therapists. It passed in 2014, the same year Utah named him Physical Therapist of the Year.

Dr. Jessica Bauerkemper, PT, DPT, AIB Cert-VR, at Dynamic Physical Therapy, UT

Dr. Jessica Bauerkemper, PT, DPT

Clinic Owner · Spine and Post-Op Care

Salt Lake native, doctorate from the University of Southern California. Certified Pilates instructor and dry needling certified, working in spine care, post-op rehab and whiplash.

Dr. Anika Jansen, PT, DPT, at Dynamic Physical Therapy, UT

Dr. Anika Jansen, PT, DPT

Vestibular, Balance & Concussion

Treats orthopedic conditions plus the vestibular, balance and concussion cases where the problem is not pain in one spot.

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What our patients say.

The questions people ask before they call.

01 / Do I need a referral to start physical therapy?
No. Utah is a direct access state, so you can see a physical therapist without a physician referral first. Some insurance plans still ask for one, and if yours does we will tell you before your first visit and walk you through how to get it.
02 / Will my insurance cover treatment?
We are in network with Aetna (some plans), Blue Cross Blue Shield (all plans except Focal Point, Individual and Family, and Real Value), Cigna, Coventry, DMBA, EMI, PEHP, Tricare, TriWest, Wise/Imagine, Galaxy Health Network and Medicare. We also take auto accident claims, worker’s compensation, and BLISTER+. If your plan is not listed, we offer private pay rates and package options. Call with your card and we will check your specific benefits.
03 / What actually happens at my first visit?
Plan on about an hour with a Doctor of Physical Therapy, and that therapist stays with you the whole time. We email your paperwork ahead, so if you complete it online you can arrive at your appointment time, and if not, come 15 to 20 minutes early. Bring comfortable clothes and shoes you can move in, your insurance card, photo ID, and any paperwork from your doctor. You leave with an explanation of what is actually going on and a plan built around it.
04 / How long are visits, and how many will I need?
The first visit runs about an hour and follow-ups run about 45 minutes, one-on-one with your therapist for all of it. Visit frequency depends on what we find, so your therapist gives you a real plan after the evaluation rather than a number before it. We do not pad a plan to fill a schedule.
05 / How do I know it is actually working?
Because we measure it. Every plan runs on the same four phases, reduce the pain, prevent the recurrence, prime the tissue, then perform, and each phase has a thing you can do at the end of it that you could not do at the start. Where objective testing helps, we use it, including force plate and dynamometry testing on our VALD system. If a plan stops producing change, your therapist changes the plan.
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The Longer You Wait, the Harder It Gets.

Stop managing it. Start fixing it.

Every week you spend guessing is a week the season, the round, or the trail gets further away. One evaluation tells you what is actually wrong and what the plan is. No referral needed. Most insurances accepted.

Stop managing it.
Start fixing it.

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Most major insurances accepted
In network with 11+ carriers plus Medicare
Your Doctor of Physical Therapy, the whole visit
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Two clinics in the Salt Lake Valley.

Cottonwood Heights Clinic
Mon to Fri  ·  7:00am – 7:00pm
Sat  ·  8:00am – 12:00pm
Sugarhouse Clinic, Salt Lake City
Mon, Wed, Thu  ·  7:40am – 6:20pm
Tue  ·  7:40am – 12:40pm  ·  Fri  ·  8:00am – 1:00pm