Your road to foundational strength starts here.
At Friday Physical Theraphy we seek to provide each individual with a customized approach to her or his goals for rehabilitation, activities of daily life, recreational activity, or elite level performance. In order to achieve best results, we listen and work closely with various healthcare providers, coaches and trainers in the community to advocate for your needs.
Services Available
- Trigger Point Dry Needling
- Manual Therapy
- Motor Pattern Training
- Piston Breathing & Core Intergration Training
- Pilates
- Gait Training
- Sport-specific Rehabilitation & Training
- Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation
MEET OUR TEAM
Allyson Bratina (formerly Friday), PT, DPT, OCS Founder/Physical Therapist
Allyson Friday is a board certified physical therapist specializing in outpatient orthopedic rehabilitation. She earned her undergraduate degree at Columbia University with coursework in pre-medical studies and philosophy, and swam 4 years Division I for Columbia. She continued the study of philosophy at Teacher’s College, earning a Master’s in Philosophy and Education. It was during this time that she began her life long study of how we come to know what we know, both of ourselves and our environment, and how we move through this world. She brings this perspective into the treatment room with the assessment of every ailment. Allyson is known for unraveling the complicated story behind what may appear to be isolated shoulder pain, neck pain, or low back pain, when in fact, there is a deeper story. This approach results in healing complex underlying impairments, resulting in optimal function and performance.
Allyson earned her clinical doctorate in physical therapy at Duke University. With over 16 years of experience, Allyson is a Certified Orthopedic Specialist, and has developed expertise in operative and non-operative shoulder and knee rehabilitation, pelvic floor and core integration, neck and back pain and headaches. She enjoys treating all physical ailments, at every age and activity level. Allyson has a keen eye for motor pattern training and identifying movement dysfunction. Her treatment modalities include manual therapy, trigger point dry needling, piston breathing science, pain science, sports-specific exercise, Body Intuitive, and Integrative Manual Therapy.
Allyson is the founder of Friday Physical Therapy. She is a recognized expert in all things shoulder, especially as it relates to swimming. Allyson views injury as an opportunity to take our knowledge of our own body and movement patterns to a deeper level.
Hogan Jones, PT, DPT, CSCS Physical Therapist
Hogan Jones is a physical therapist residing in Arvada, Colorado, who works in Boulder and Superior, Colorado. Hogan’s love for the Boulder valley and Colorado’s mountains began in his youth, traveling from Nebraska for winter snowboarding trips which ultimately inspired him to study at the University of Colorado where he earned a bachelor's degree in the fine art of film making, and a bachelor’s degree in integrative physiology. It was here that Hogan found his wife, Lauren.
Hogan earned his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Methodist University from 2017-2020 in Fayetteville, North Carolina where he was honored to graduate as class president. During his tenure at Methodist, Hogan gained experience across the entire spectrum of physical therapy service including acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient orthopedics, and sports performance with airborne service men and women in the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg.
In addition to being a licensed Physical Therapist in the state of Colorado, Hogan is also recognized as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the NSCA, and a USA Hockey level IV coach. Hogan volunteers his time as an assistant coach for high school aged athletes at the Coyote Hockey Club and for Monarch High School’s Varsity hockey team in Louisville Colorado.
Hogan is also the proud father of two children, and an avid skier, golfer, cyclist, and outdoorsman. He also has a dog named Apollo.
Hogan’s career has been focused on outpatient orthopedics and he gained 3 years of experience working closely with renowned surgeons at Western Orthopaedics in Denver and at Boulder Centre for Orthopedics before transitioning to a private practice with Friday Physical Therapy in May of 2023. Hogan strives to provide high quality, personalized physical therapy service to those recovering from injury, surgery, or other ailments through hands-on treatment, education, and exercise instruction in order to decrease pain, increase patient confidence, and empower patients to overcome physical and mental barriers to movement and healthy activity and exercise.
Caryn Szameitat, PT, MPT Physical Therapist
Caryn Szameitat is a physical therapist with over 20 years of experience treating patients in outpatient orthopedic rehabilitation. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Virginia Tech. This heavy science background translated into a keen ability to study the details of a situation as well as appreciate the regional interdependence within our bodies. She enjoys problem solving with her patients and helping to find the “root” of the problem.
Caryn received her Masters of Physical Therapy at Ohio University. Over the course of her career, evidence-based techniques and research has guided her treatment approach, which includes dry needling, cupping, manual therapy, and kinesiotaping. She also utilizes nervous system mobilization, movement assessment, motor control, and motor pattern retraining to achieve patient goals. She treats an array of orthopedic injuries, from ankle sprains to post op hip and knee, neck pain, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy, and shoulder dysfunction. Her vast experience and continuing education have prepared her to address your challenges with an individualized treatment approach.
When not practicing physical therapy, Caryn enjoys running, hiking and exploring Colorado. She cherishes time spent with dear friends and family. Learning to play guitar is a new passion as well. She and her husband have three daughters and a dog, so she understands intimately how difficult it can be to prioritize wellness. To maintain balance, she believes it is vital that we take the time to take care of ourselves.
Kay Holthaus Office Manager
Kay Holthaus is the administrative wizard for Friday Physical Therapy. She started her career as a retail manager, but soon found that she had a knack for office work. While she isn’t working, she enjoys crafting, spending time with her daughters, and watching sports with her husband. She is honored and excited to be a part of all of the great things Friday Physical Therapy is doing and will continue to do.
Jess Larrabee Receptionist
Jess is excited to be part of the Friday Physical Therapy team. Jess has lived in the mountains for most of her life and she and her husband raised 4 amazing humans in small towns in the mountains of California, Nevada (Tahoe) and Colorado. Jess has had a very eclectic professional career including restaurateur (Mammoth Lakes, CA), school bus driver (Lake Tahoe & Colorado), school librarian (Tahoe), K-12th school founder (Tahoe) and running the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver's summer camp with her husband in Ward, CO. Founding the school and running the camp gave Jess strong office and organizational skills that now serve to help support Kay in the Friday PT office.
Jess has also been a technical rock climber for 45 years and has shared her passion for it with countless adults and children. She also enjoys hiking, stand-up paddleboarding, snowboarding, beadwork, reading, music and cooking for friends. If it's in the mountains, it's a good bet Jess will be there!
Where to Find Us
Friday Physical Therapy is located at 4735 Walnut St. in Boulder. Your navigator of choice will get you to Walnut driving east past 38th St. After you pass under the Foothills overpass, the second large yellow building with red trim on your left is where we are located. Take the second left into the parking lot, as we are located in the north east corner of the building, within the gym called Body Balance.
