KIME Performance Physical Therapy

09/09/2026

THERE IS A WAY WE DO THINGS HERE.

The KIME Way.

It is not written on a wall. It is lived in the work.

It shows up in how we evaluate with depth.
How we coach with intention.
How we communicate clearly.
How we lead with integrity.
And how we develop our people with purpose.

Performance is the standard. Integrity is how we uphold it. Community is who we build it for.

The KIME Way is not a set of rules. It is a standard our team understands, lives out, and passes forward.

This is the culture we are building.

Are you ready to be part of the team?
Click the link in bio and apply.

09/09/2026

Today is World PT Day.

And around here, physical therapy can look like a lot of different things.

It’s helping someone take the first step back after an injury.

It’s testing strength, power, movement, and readiness — and using that information to make better decisions.

It’s coaching an athlete through the final stages of returning to competition.

It’s educating patients, mentoring clinicians, learning from one another, and continuing to raise the standard of care.

And most importantly, it’s understanding the person standing in front of you — what they want to get back to, what matters to them, and what it will take to get there.

Today we celebrate the physical therapists across KIME who bring that work to life every day.

Happy World PT Day. 💙

09/09/2026

There's a caseload range where everything seems to work at once.

In this model, managing somewhere between 60 and 80 active patients at a time allows for a fully dense schedule, sustainable time balance, and the mental bandwidth to do excellent work with each person. Push volume up toward 90 or 100, and quality control starts to slip, not because of effort, but because there's a real ceiling on how well the brain can operate at that load.

The other end matters too.

Managing only around 40 patients may not generate enough feedback and repetition to build clinical skill efficiently, especially for less experienced clinicians. Too little volume slows the learning curve as much as too much volume threatens quality.

That middle band is what gets called the triple win: the community gets quality care, the business model holds up, and the clinician actually has room to grow and sustain the work long term.

🎙️ Episode 66 of KIMEcast, Fail Fast. Learn Faster., unpacks how feedback loops shape decisions like this one.

Available now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.

09/09/2026

TACTICAL READINESS | SHOULDER CAPACITY 💪

Tactical readiness is about more than being strong. It’s understanding where strength exists, where asymmetries show up, and whether the body is prepared for the demands of the job.

Shoulder external rotation testing gives us an objective look at how each shoulder produces force and how the left and right sides compare.

For tactical athletes, that matters.

Firefighters and law-enforcement professionals are constantly asked to push, pull, carry, climb, control equipment, work overhead, and manage load — often with little to no opportunity to prepare first. KIME’s tactical testing is designed to uncover the limiting factors that may not be obvious before those demands expose them.

Establish the baseline. Find the gaps. Train for the job.

Tactical Performance Testing Registration Link in Bio.

09/08/2026

🎉 Celebrating 1 Year at KIME 🎉

Today we're celebrating Osheray "Ray" Streeter, DPT, on his first anniversary with KIME!

Ray joined us a year ago and has quickly become an incredible part of our El Dorado Hills clinic and the community around it. His patients trust him, his teammates count on him, and he's making a real difference in helping people get back to the activities, sports, and lives they love.

Ray brings tremendous energy to his growth as a clinician and genuinely cares about understanding the person in front of him. The result is exactly what we hope for at KIME people getting better, growing stronger, and leaving with confidence in what they can do.

We're grateful for the impact Ray has made in his first year and excited for everything ahead.

If you haven't met Ray yet, come see him at KIME Performance in El Dorado Hills!

Congratulations on an awesome first year, Ray! 👏

09/08/2026

Observation tells part of the story.

A coach can see effort, attitude, and output. What is harder to see is force deficit, asymmetry, fatigue response, and movement quality under load. Those details influence training decisions in ways that matter more as competition intensity increases.

Objective testing does not replace coaching judgment. It gives that judgment better information to work with.

09/08/2026

Of all the variables the NFL has tracked over years of data and technology, one stands out above the rest: limited internal rotation or extension of the hip is the strongest predictor of a game-loss injury. Not speed, not strength, not even prior injury history. Hip restriction alone.

That's a significant finding for how screens and programming get prioritized. If hip mobility carries that much predictive weight, it deserves to be treated as a primary marker, not a secondary check further down the list. The thoracic spine matters too, and for different reasons. Modern posture, screens, driving, most of daily life keeps people rounded forward, which stiffens rotation and extension in the T-spine over time. Athletes at higher levels often show this pattern from years of repetitive, one-directional movement.

Together, hip mobility and thoracic mobility set the foundation for how well force transfers through the body. When those two areas move well, the rest of the kinetic chain has a real chance to function as intended.

🎙️ Episode 59 of KIMEcast, Return to Sport vs. “Healed” | The Truth About Injury Recovery, breaks down what actually predicts injury risk and readiness.

Available now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.

09/07/2026

09/07/2026

Most people will eventually face one of four things: cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease, cancer, or a neurodegenerative disorder like Alzheimer's. That's a sobering list, but it comes with a useful counterpoint: the same three areas of focus offer meaningful defense against all four.

Reducing visceral fat, building strength and muscle mass, and improving cardiovascular fitness aren't separate wellness goals competing for attention. They're overlapping protection against the leading causes of decline. This matters more with age. Starting around 50, muscle mass declines roughly 10% per decade, a rate that accelerates without strength training and slows considerably with it. The same pattern shows up in bone density and even brain performance over time, some of it genetic, but a meaningful portion shaped by daily choices.

For clinicians, this reframes the conversation with patients. It's less about managing isolated risk factors and more about recognizing that a small number of consistent habits carry outsized influence over long-term health.

🎙️ Episode 62 of KIMEcast, The 3 Pillars of Longevity What Actually Helps You Live Longer, breaks down what actually helps people live longer.

Available now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.

09/06/2026

Years on the job don't automatically make someone better at the job. Experience only compounds into wisdom when it's paired with honest feedback, meaning someone is actually asking, did that work?

A clinician with a decade of reps but no real feedback loop can end up less effective than someone newer who is rigorously checking outcomes against expectations. Time alone doesn't sharpen judgment. Accurate information about results does.

In practice, that feedback has to be concrete. Three months into a plan of care, can the patient now do the thing they were afraid to do before treatment started? Are they moving better by a measurable standard? Are they stronger by one? Those checkpoints are what turn repetition into actual skill development, rather than just more repetition.

For clinicians and coaches, this is worth sitting with. Experience is only as valuable as the feedback attached to it.

🎙️ Episode 66 of KIMEcast, Fail Fast. Learn Faster, explores how feedback loops shape clinical growth.

Available now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.