Meet Dr. Nick Hawkins, DPT
I'm a Doctor of Physical Therapy and the founder of Pursuit Physical Therapy in Northern Michigan. For years, I've helped patients finally get out of back pain — not just temporarily, but for good.
After earning my Doctorate in Physical Therapy, I completed a fellowship at the Gray Institute — one of the most respected movement science programs in the world. That training rewired how I think about back pain entirely. I stopped chasing the painful spot and started asking a better question: why is this person hurting, and what does their whole body actually need to heal?
Here's what I learned: the body is deeply connected. Your lower back flares up because of what's happening in your hips, your thoracic spine, your posture, your daily movement patterns. Treat just the symptom and you'll be back in pain within a week — which is exactly why random YouTube stretches and one-off chiro visits never stick. Real relief requires a system that addresses the root cause.
The Back Reset Protocol is exactly what I walk my clinic patients through — distilled into 21 focused days you can do at home, on your schedule, with zero equipment. The same diagnostic thinking. The same sequenced approach. The same results.
"I got tired of watching people pay hundreds of dollars for temporary relief. This protocol gives you exactly what I give my clinic patients — a real system that treats why your back hurts, not just where."— Dr. Nick Hawkins, DPT
Institute Fellowship certified