N'West Iowa Business

SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2018 THE N'WEST IOWA REVIEW/SHELDON, IA E10
ANDREW HOOGEVEEN ORANGE CITY
Physical therapist, owner and president of Industrial Impact Inc. in Orange City
BY KATE HARLOW
KHARLOW@NWESTIOWA.COM
ORANGE CITY—Most
of the time physical
therapists help people
recover after they have had an
injury or an accident, and they
often do it in the setting of a
medical office or hospital.
That is not the case for
Andrew Hoogeveen of Orange
City.
He does things a bit differently.
Hoogeveen is a physical
ther apist, and he doesn’t have
an office where patients come
to see him after they’ve been
injured. He goes to them, and
— most importantly — works
with them to avoid incurring
injuries in the first place.
About a year ago, he decided
to start Industrial Impact Inc.
and subcontract through
Active Release Techniques Corporate
Solutions with industrial
business sites in the area. He is
on site at seven businesses various
times throughout the week
to work with employees to help
AT A GLANCE:
Age: 33
Education: Bachelor in health promotion from South Dakota
State University in Brookings in 2008; doctorate of physical
therapy from the University of South Dakota in 2011.
Experience: Physical therapist at Spencer Hospital, 2011-
17; started
Family: Wife, Anna; children, Jackson, 20 months; Sadie, 2
weeks.
Interests: Camping, enjoying outdoors, watching sports.
prevent work-related injuries
before they happen.
“I provide preventive soft tissue
treatment to help prevent
work related injuries. I help
avoid a soreness or aches from
turning into an actual injury
or recordable incident,” Hoogeveen
said. “It’s more of a proactive
approach than reactive.”
It’s a relatively new and
unique idea for area.
“It really is very unique. I
don’t have an office. I get to
treat individuals at their place
of work,” Hoogeveen said. “It’s
more convenient for both the
business and the employee.
They can step off the line or out
of the office for 15 minutes and
have quick access to me and
treatment. Then they are right
back to work, hopefully feeling
better.”
And so far, the response to his
unique business has been positive.
“I have steadily picked up
new facility contracts and my
results have shown an average
of a 50 to 80 percent reduction
in workers’ comp claims,” Hoogeveen
said. “It’s been really
rewarding to work with these
people and to help them feel
better not only for work, but for
their personal lives outside of
work as well.”
Before beginning his own
business, Hoogeveen worked at
Spencer Hospital for five years,
which he notes was a good
learning experience for him.
“I did a wide variety of things
from inpatient care, to outpatient
to home care. It was
a good foundation for me to
build from,” Hoogeveen said.
Hoogeveen was inspired to
pursue physical therapy by seeing
it up close.
He played high school sports
PHOTO BY KATE HARLOW
and went on to play football in
college. Hoogeveen has had his
fair share of athletic injuries.
“Through my years of athletic
injuries and going through
my own rehab, I was able to
see and experience physical
therapy first hand,” Hoogeveen
said. “I realized that this is what
I wanted to do — to help people
feel better.”
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