Cara Hamer, PT, DPT

I played a lot of sports growing up, and at a young age found myself in Physical Therapy as a patient. Since then I have had a wide variety of injuries and surgeries, and each time PT was the key to allowing me to resume the activities that I love. This personal health history, plus my love of sports, anatomy, physiology, and physics, made PT as a profession an easy choice.

I received my Bachelor’s in Kinesiology & Health from Iowa State University and my Doctorate from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. I spent the first 5 years of my career as a Travel PT, working all around the country and living in a camper.

My practice as a PT includes special interventions like Dry Needling and Blood Flow Restriction. I place a heavy emphasis on education and empowerment, to allow each patient a better understanding of their condition and how they can successfully improve their condition without requiring extraneous
medications/injections/surgeries, when possible. Treatments with me also involve plenty of joking around, because being injured stinks, so we might as well have a few laughs while getting better.

In my free time I enjoy following my sports teams (Packers, Cyclones, Brewers, Bucks), camping, woodworking, gardening, playing sports, being on water, and traveling.