Meet Andrew | Betting on People

Some people build their lives by climbing ladders.

Andrew has built his by following what he trusted and by believing in something bigger. 

A trusted physical therapist.
A trusted sister-in-law.
A trusted model of practice. 

Trusting that something more effective is possible. 

And more than once, building has required taking a leap before the outcome was guaranteed.

Today, Andrew helps lead growth and client care at Physio Room, one of the area's most recognized performance-based physical therapy practices.

But his path to Highlands Ranch wasn't carefully engineered.

It was built one relationship at a time.
One step forward into the unknown.

And looking back, nearly every major turning point in his life traces back to relationships built through trust.

Long before helping others move better, Andrew was the client.

His first experience with physical therapy came in eighth grade after a sports injury left him with a fractured hip.

At the time, it was simply another stop on the road to getting back to normal.

But a few years later, he had even more exposure to it.

While recovering from his own knee injury and then watching his father work through rehabilitation after rotator cuff surgery, Andrew had the chance to spend time around physical therapists and see the profession up close.

Something clicked.
What started as injury recovery quickly became a direction.

By the time he graduated high school, he had decided he wanted to pursue physical therapy professionally.

And unlike many students who figure things out later, Andrew was all in from the start.

He applied only to programs that would allow him to complete the entire path from undergraduate studies through a doctorate in physical therapy.

Eleven years later, he's still doing the work he chose as a teenager.

Not because it’s easy.
Because he believes in it. 

He’s seen results that change the trajectory of people's lives–offering inspiration for him to keep trusting and moving forward in this pursuit.

After graduate school, Andrew's career was exactly what many professionals hope for.

He worked his way into leadership roles.

Managed clinics.
Oversaw teams.
Helped open new markets.
Built a strong reputation.

On paper, everything was moving in the right direction.

But he walked away from this trajectory. 

"It was very much a gut decision as opposed to using your brain to decide the pros and cons—like what makes the best sense." 

He believed in something deeper. He believed that care could improve–even if it meant carving out a different path. 

Around this time his sister-in-law, Nora, and her husband moved to Colorado, she introduced Andrew to a young company called Physio Room.

Back then, Physio Room wasn't the established practice many Highlands Ranch residents know today.

It was barely getting started. The company was only about eighteen months old. Andrew would become just the fourth employee. And perhaps most importantly: The opportunity was commission-based.

No guaranteed salary.
No corporate ladder.
No certainty.

Just a belief that something better was possible.

Family members questioned the move.
Friends thought it sounded risky.
Andrew understood why.

But he and his wife Erin kept coming back to a simple question: What if it works?

So in the middle of uncertainty, during the COVID era, they packed up and moved to Colorado.

Today, six years later, Physio Room has grown from a small startup into a thriving practice serving active adults throughout South Denver and Colorado Springs.

The gamble paid off.

But Andrew doesn't tell the story as personal success.

He tells it as a relationship story–a story where holistic health care is possible, and it happens one relationship at a time. 

Without Nora, the introduction for this path never starts.
Without trust, the move never happens.

And without taking a chance on believing in something better for people, neither does the life he has now.

The model was.

One of the reasons Andrew left traditional healthcare (although Physio Room does accept some insurance) wasn't because he stopped believing in physical therapy.

It was because he believed in it too much.

He watched clinics become increasingly focused on volume.

More patients.
More appointments.
More reactive care rather than holistic prevention.
Less time.
Less opportunity to understand the person sitting across from you.
Less opportunity to address the habits, routines, and lifestyle factors that often created the problem in the first place.

The longer Andrew worked in healthcare, the more convinced he became that most people don't just want pain relief.

They want their life back.
They want quality of life. 

They want to hike without thinking about their knee.
Train for a race without worrying about their back.
Pick up a grandchild without hesitation.
Travel, golf, garden, run, ski, play pickleball, or simply keep up with their family.

And often, those outcomes require more than treating symptoms.

They require looking at the whole picture.

Sleep.
Stress.
Strength.
Movement.
Recovery.
Daily habits.

The things that don't always fit neatly into a traditional healthcare appointment.

That's one reason Physio Room's approach resonated with him so strongly. The focus isn't simply helping someone recover from an injury.

“Our mission at Physio Room is to challenge the status quo of healthcare and elevate the human experience so people stay active and thrive for decades.”

Not just sick care.
Health care.

Not always waiting until something breaks.

Building a body and lifestyle that allows people to keep doing the things they love for as long as possible.

For Andrew, that's what prevention really means.
Not avoiding injury or aging.
But living with vitality.

If becoming a physical therapist taught Andrew how to help people move better, becoming a father taught him how to slow down.

Andrew and Erin now have two young children, Aiden and Avery.

Like many parents, they're navigating diapers, naps, schedules, and all the beautiful chaos that comes with raising a family.

But fatherhood also forced Andrew to rethink something.

For most of his life, his default answer was yes.

Yes to another project.
Yes to another responsibility.
Yes to more work.

Then the kids arrived.
And suddenly every yes carried a cost.

A moment missed with his family.
A walk skipped.
A memory traded for another meeting.

So Andrew started approaching time differently.

"You don't find time for those things. You just schedule those things first and you plan the work around the most important people." 

Instead of trying to find time for family later, he schedules family first.

The important things go on the calendar before the work.
Then the work gets built around them.

It's a philosophy that shows up everywhere now in his life.

Walks to the park with a stroller.
Family adventures.
Experiences with Erin.
Time outdoors.

The lifestyle that attracted him to Colorado in the first place.
Because if there is one thing Andrew seems to understand, it's this:

The years don't slow down.

You have to decide what matters and prioritize before they pass by.

Ask Andrew what he likes most about Colorado, and he'll probably start with the lifestyle. 

The trails.
The weather.
The opportunities to be active year-round.

But what he really talks about is the people.
The families building lives here.
The parents prioritizing health.
The neighbors out walking trails.

The culture that encourages people to get outside, move their bodies, and spend time together.

For someone who has built a career around helping people stay active, Highlands Ranch feels like a natural fit.

Not because everyone is perfect.
But because so many people are trying.

Trying to be healthier.
Trying to be present.
Trying to build a meaningful life.

And in many ways, Andrew is doing the same thing.

One relationship at a time.
One family decision at a time.
One person at a time.

Which, when you think about it, is exactly how he got here in the first place.

And that is a Highlands Ranch Father–Andrew Fix–doctor of physical therapy and host of The Code Podcast, doing life right here in the Ranch and helping others along the way. 

— Grace Hody
Editor, The Ranch Scoop