Now serving roughly 1,000 clients per month on average, Rockwood Physical Therapy & Sports Performance Clinic employees were more than ready to move into their new location at 122 E. Montgomery, where they’ve now been for about a month.

For more than a decade, the clinic was housed in 2,400 square feet of downtown space at 505 E. Third at the northeast corner of the intersection of Third Avenue and Sherman Street.

The clinic now occupies 7,000 square feet of space directly across the street from the Camp Chevrolet Cadillac dealership, on the North Side.

Sports performance clinic director Tommy Boyer-Kendrick says the staff is excited to be in its new location.

“We’re now working with a high number of clients ranging from high school athletes to the 72-year-old golfer who wants to continue to play without encountering back pain,” Boyer-Kendrick says. “This has been a great move for us.”

In addition to Boyer-Kendrick, the therapy and sports clinic employs four, full-time strength coaches, three physical therapists, two physical therapy aides, a physical therapy assistant, and a massage therapist, he says.

“I’ve been with the group for 6 1/2 years; our staff has doubled in size and so have the numbers of people we treat,” he says.

Boyer-Kendrick, 47, has been a professional strength and conditioning coach for 20 years. He’s worked for the National Basketball Association’s Orlando Magic and Phoenix Suns franchises and trained now retired players Steve Nash and Shaquille O’Neal.

Boyer-Kendrick has trained athletes in more than 10 countries who have competed in both the winter and summer Olympic games since 1996, and he was a finalist in 2000 for the National Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year.

Additionally, Boyer-Kendrick says he is on the national advisory board for the National Academy of Sports Medicine, is a certified Olympic weightlifting coach, certified U.S. Army master fitness trainer, and certified strength and conditioning specialist.

Despite a resume of training high-end athletes, Boyer-Kendrick says he’s enjoyed his current position just as much, if not more, than jobs he’s had in the past.

“What I love about this clinic is that we’re not built just to serve one population. Sports are never going to be an income source for most people. Here, it’s about teaching an integrated approach to good health and well-being,” Boyer-Kendrick says.

He says the age range of customers is a positive attribute.

“I like the fact that our young athletes get a chance to see people their parents’ ages, or their grandparents’ ages, in here working on either getting healthy or continuing to maintain their health. Gyms often tend to be very segregated that way,” he says.

The clinic doesn’t offer traditional memberships. Training for small groups of customers, usually about a half-dozen, cost $15 to $20 per person for an hour-long workout with a trainer. An individual workout with a trainer costs $60 per hour.

Since moving to Spokane almost seven years ago to be closer to family, Boyer-Kendrick’s longest running client is 17-year-old Catherine Cable, who will be attending Dartmouth College on a full-ride tennis scholarship starting this month.

“She’s had more than a thousand workouts with me since she was 11,” Boyer-Kendrick says. “She’s never been hurt or missed time playing due to injury. She’s so driven and focused.”

Says Cable, “I’m a pretty small person, but Tommy’s training regimen has kept me healthy. I’m well balanced, I’m really indebted forever to him.”

Boyer-Kendrick says, “I know she’s going to be successful at whatever she does because she’s so driven and focused. But what I also hope for her and the other kids we train is that they will take this knowledge and training and use it to enjoy life later. It’s about quality of life. I feel really blessed to be involved in a field where you really get to help people improve their quality of life.”