Physical Therapy
“The wound is the place where the light enters us.”
Specializing in women’s health physical therapy: pregnancy, post-partum, pelvic rehab, chronic pain, and adolescent female athlete injuries
I offer a big-picture, mind-body approach to physical therapy. This approach is ideal for people experiencing complex, unexplainable, or persistent symptoms who want to connect the dots between the physical, psychological, and social aspects of illness, injury and healing.
I’m good at working with bodies that aren’t working right.
These are some elements of the therapy and coaching I provide:
Connection
It all starts with connection. I connect with you by listening, observing and inquiring. I help you connect to your body and your senses so that you can guide me as I guide you. It’s teamwork.
Coordination
Definition: “The harmonious functioning of parts for effective results”
This is the ultimate goal.
Sensory Training
Our senses guide us. We take in and interpret sensory information all day long. That process informs how we plan, react and act on conscious and subconscious levels.
Self Regulation
Regulation is our ability to manage states of activation and deactivation of the nervous system. We learn to regulate our nervous systems in relationship with other people, especially our caregivers in early life. This work is woven into all aspects of the care I provide.
Narrative Work
The story of the body is shaped through our life experiences. It affects our physiology in ways that can help or hinder our ability to function. We’ll tend to your body’s narrative as we work together.
Manual Therapy
There are countless hands-on techniques that facilitate the above processes. I weave these in as needed. Some of the techniques are very gentle and are meant to facilitate awareness; others are more direct and are meant to produce structural change to the tissues of the body.
Prevention
Education is prevention. I provide training in understanding and tending the nervous system in order to prevent the negative effects of dysregulation and chronic stress. Prevention can be individual behavior change as well as organizational or social change.
Insurance billing is complex. There are many restrictions on what is considered “medically necessary” physical therapy. We will discuss what is and isn’t covered at your first appointment, so you can make an informed choice about your treatment.
Find out about fees, insurance billing, and scheduling logistics.
“It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.”