Christian Jorns
I treat climbers, lifters, and runners at EVO Rock + Fitness in Portland, Maine. I work on the injury that sidelined you, then build your strength until your body can handle the training you want to go back to.
Revenant Athletics is built on “viriditas.”
The body’s own drive to heal.
Viriditas is a 12th century concept that translates to “greening power.” It is not a single milestone but is the ultimate state of unkillable, evergreen vitality regained through my approach to physical therapy.
The three phases of the Revenant framework
Phase I: Deconstruction
Settle the Pain.
In Phase I, we help your body ease its way out of survival mode. I’ll use targeted manual therapy, dry needling, spinal manipulation, deep tissue mobilization, and whatever else you need to quiet the alarm system and restore baseline mobility.
Phase II: Integration
Move better.
As your nervous system calms and baseline mobility returns, we get you back into movement. I break foundational mechanics down to their core components and help get you back into action as soon as we can.
Phase III: Transmutation
Rugged, enduring capacity.
We’ll use strength training, mechanical load, sports-specific skills, and whatever else you need to help your tissues adapt, thicken, and harden against future injury. You leave this phase no longer a patient, but an athlete with complete independence over your physical health.
Board-Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS)
Only a small percentage of PTs take the extra step to become certified specialists. Earned by passing a national specialty exam in orthopedic physical therapy.
Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of New England
Now an adjunct professor at UNE, teaching physical therapy students.
Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Researcher in the Neurocognitive Kinesiology Lab, studying how exercise affects the brain.
Years in high-volume private practice in Portland
Thousands of patients, and a close look at where standard care falls short for people who train.
A decade of strength programming
Programs for everyone from weekend warriors to competitive athletes. Your rehab gets programmed the same way their training does.