About the Clinic - High Country Physical Therapy
High Country Physical Therapy is an all encompassed practice dedicated to your personal goals. We are proud to introduce ourselves to the Laramie community and looking forward to working with you to provide highly effective and state of the art treatments. We are skilled in many aspects of Physical therapy and clinical specialists as well.
We are Doctoral trained Physical Therapists with experience in multiple settings. Our passion is dedicated towards helping anyone who is looking to make an improvement in his or her physical function.
Physical Therapy is a balance of Science and Art. We are experts in the study of human movement and how our daily lives contribute to pain, dysfunction, weakness, compensation and loss of mobility.
This husband and wife team is dedicated to promoting, guiding, and demonstrating a healthy and active lifestyle. They have vast experiences to treat almost any musculoskeletal disorder, injury, or concern with a high level of efficiency and success.
We always welcome new patients and depending on your insurance plan, you typically do not need a referral to see us.
We are proud to offer a few treatment options that are unique to Laramie, are on the cutting edge of health care and have proven to be very successful in the aide of prevention of surgery, return to lost hobbies and dreams, and all together improvement in general quality of life.
At High Country we are dedicate your appointment time to you. Our appointments generally last 45 min to diagnose your pain and your treatments will be tailored to you. You will always be working with a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant and not an aide or tech. We believe that you deserve the best care and treatment possible and this involves 1-on-1 care.
We are Workers' Compensation, Medicare and Medicaid providers. We are pleased to note that we are preferred Blue Cross/Blue Shield providers.
Staff
Jonathan Claude, PT, DPT, CSCS, was born and raised in Saskatoon, SK, Canada; he moved to Oklahoma in 2000 and played four years of NCAA II baseball. He then attended PT school in Denver and graduated from Regis Univ. with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2007. His specialty areas include; Trigger Point Dry Needling (TDN) / Intramuscular stimulation (IMT), ASTYM, FMS, SFMA, Functional and Therapeutic Taping, and Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).
Jon has a passion for injury prevention and promotion of active living. He incorporates strength and endurance exercise as well as corrective exercises into all treatment plans. It is very important that we have the strength, stability, and coordination to move freely throughout all of life's challenges. He wants to motivate individuals to become more active, strive to live pain free, and train smarter.
Outside of work Jon enjoys mountain biking, golf, hiking, camping, cooking, brewing beer, watching movies, and spending time with my Wife Gretchen and daughter Sloane. He is very excited to make Laramie their home!
Certifications: Trigger Point Dry Needling (TDN), Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Memberships: American Physical Therapy Association, FMS/SFMA
Gretchen Claude, PT, DPT, received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Regis University in 2007. She spent time as a traveling physical therapist with her husband after graduation before working in Casper at a rehab hospital. She is currently a member of the APTA and Section on Women’s Health. She holds a Neuro-IFRAH certification and is CAPP-Pelvic Floor Level 1 Certified. Gretchen is trained in functional and rehabilitative taping, pelvic floor and postural restoration exercises. Gretchen is from Berthoud, CO, received her undergraduate degrees from Regis University with a double major in Neuroscience and Psychology. She met her husband, Jon, during PT school at Regis. Gretchen enjoys running, hiking, spending time with family and friends, yoga and cooking. She loves being a PT to educate patients about their body and how to improve their function and quality of life.
