Our Team

Kate Blankshain PT, DPT, CF-L1

After changing careers from a writer/editor to a physical therapist in 2016, Kate worked for 1 year in a high-volume corporate clinic. Burned out from seeing 60-70 visits per week with little room for growth, Kate nearly went back to her first career full-time. Instead, she decided to go out on her own, opening Outlier Physical Therapy inside a CrossFit gym in 2017. Today, Outlier PT has a team of four physical therapists (including Sarah and Kate!) and two brick & mortar locations in Chicago, IL and the north suburbs.

Sarah Hughes PT, DPT, OCS, CF-L2

10 years into her career as a physical therapist, Sarah decided she was ready to work for herself. In 2016, Sarah opened Arrow Physical Therapy, a cash practice with CrossFit and hip impingement specialties, in Seattle. Today, Arrow Physical Therapy has grown to a team of three. While running Arrow, Sarah has also coached CrossFit and taught for Herman & Wallace and the Institute of Clinical Excellence. She now manages Arrow from Chicago, where she works with Kate at Outlier Physical Therapy.