Inner Summit Wellness
Bridging the gap between finishing physical therapy and feeling fully confident to return to the outdoor activities that you love!
PT Helped You Heal. Now Let’s Get You Back to the Trail with Confidence.
1:1 virtual outdoor readiness coaching, movement assessments, and programming for hikers, backpackers, and runners who are ready to move beyond physical therapy and return to the outdoors with confidence.
Welcome to Inner Summit Wellness!
Years of hiking & backpacking experience
Dr. Jim Laclede, PT, DPT
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Outdoor Readiness Coach
Book your free 30-minute consultation here!
1:1 cash-based virtual outdoor readiness coaching designed to guide you to be strong, stable, and confident on the trails and mountains once again.
20+
Are you someone who is experiencing:
Knee pain while going downhill on hikes or trail runs?
Shoulder pain while reaching overhead or to the side during climbing or backpacking?
Lower Back pain while hiking or backpacking more than 3 miles?
Worry over losing your balance, falling, or rolling your ankle on rocky or uneven trails?
50-minute, 1:1 Weekly Virtual Coaching Sessions:
Personalized guidance, movement assessments, exercise progressions, and graded responses tailored to your goals, all from the comfort of your home.
Individualized Programming:
Each plan is tailored to your current abilities, goals, symptoms, and the specific demands of your outdoor activity. As you progress, your program evolves with you, gradually building the mobility, strength, stability, endurance, and confidence you need to return to the trail, wall, or mountains.
Training for Your Adventure Ahead:
Through the Everfit app, you’ll have convenient access to your personalized workouts, exercise demonstrations, progress tracking, coaching resources, and ongoing program updates, all in one place.
Meet Coach Jim
Dr. Jim Laclede, PT, DPT
Outdoor Readiness Coaching
I'm a Doctor of Physical Therapy who believes life is meant to be lived outside.
I've loved hiking, camping, and backpacking since I was young, ever since I was exposed to camping and hiking through Boy Scouts. I've explored more than 30 national parks, led hiking trips, and completed a 7-day backpacking adventure through the Colorado backcountry. Over the years, the outdoors has become much more than recreation for me. It's where I find peace, perspective, challenge, gratitude, and a sense of connection to something bigger than myself.
As a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), I've also seen how frustrating it can be when an injury keeps someone from the activities that make them feel most like themselves. I've experienced that uncertainty personally: the question of whether your body is really ready to trust again.
That's why I created Inner Summit Wellness.
I want to help people move beyond simply "getting better" and toward getting back to the life they love. Whether that's hiking a favorite trail, carrying a backpack through the mountains, running a local trail, spending a quiet weekend camping, or simply feeling confident exploring outside again, my goal is to help you build the strength, stability, capacity, and confidence to get back to the outdoor adventures that you love.
I don't believe your injury, your age, or your current limitations should define what you're capable of becoming.
I'm here to help you get back to who you are outside.
Book your free 30-minute consultation here!
Client Testimonials
Jim is awesome! I did the free 30-minute consult call and left feeling encouraged and prepared with stretches and workouts to try for my knee pain. He was attentive, easy to work with, and very knowledgeable. If you're looking for a health professional who listens, and thoroughly investigates the issues you bring up, this is your guy.
Noel Miller
★★★★★
I would highly recommend Jim (or Inner Summit Wellness) to anyone looking to break out of the injury/rehab cycle and take more ownership of their recovery process.
Jim helped me learn to listen to my body and does a great job progressing or regressing exercises according to my body's feedback. He also helped me understand the purpose of exercises and empowered me to take an active role in my recovery. As an added bonus, Jim's flexible scheduling is a big help for a new father working full time.
★★★★★
Gray
Texas
Texas
Jim taught me about the importance of getting stronger for my bone density health, as well as helped me in my stability and jumping workouts to make me more confident in my hiking.
I would highly recommend him to my friends and family that want to get back into hiking with confidence and clarity.
★★★★★
Lourdes
Illinois
Trust Your Body on the Trails and in the Mountains once again!
With personalized 1:1 Coaching, you will transform in more than just your confidence.
1:1 Programming
Virtual personalized programming made just for you and your goals.
Graded Response
Understand how to get back to the trails with confidence.
Real tools to manage your stress, sleep, and time so you can find your peace.
Mindfulness
Accountability
Ongoing virtual support to get back to the outdoor activities you love.
Reclaim your Identity
Get back to feeling like you again, with confidence in the trails and mountains.