My Story

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My journey into motherhood has taught me more than I ever expected about how amazing the female body is and how little we are educated about our bodies.

When I first began helping women 14 years ago as a Physical Therapist I would see every day the incredible ways our bodies work and heal. What I didn’t realize was there was so much more for me to learn. Things that I should have been taught as a teenager, but didn’t learn until I had to do my own healing.

My career as a PT began directly in women’s health. I helped teens to women in their eighties stop peeing their pants, eliminate pelvic pain (including painful sex and pain associated with endometriosis), build strength after birth & heal diastasis recti, and SO much more. I absorbed, I honed, I experimented with what I learned to find techniques and strategies that worked more efficiently for my patients. And even though I focused on the physical aspect of women’s health, I could see how lifestyle and diet were a component of how my patients responded. I continue to bring this same desire to learn and grow to my patients today, using my skills as a highly trained pelvic health specialist to treat you as a whole person.

We all bring different backgrounds to our health, but there are similarities and common threads through our menstrual cycle, fertility, pregnancy, birth and postpartum that we can use to guide your healing.

I believe you are the expert of your body, and I am here to help you tease out and address the issues that are causing your pelvic health problems.

Academics - Teachings

  • Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of New England

  • Board Certified Women’s Health Physical Therapist

  • Advanced training from:

    • The International Women’s Health Institute - Optimal Fertility Program

    • Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute - Pelvic Floor 1, 2a, 2b, Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy & Postpartum, Pregnancy & Postpartum

    • John Barne’s Myofascial Release Course Work - MFR 1, MFR Unwinding & Fascial Pelvis

    • The Burrell Institute - Kinesiotape for Pregnancy & Postpartum

    • Fusion Pilates Education - Pre & Postpartum Pilates Specialist Course

    • Sarah Duvall’s Core Exercise Solutions

    • Spinning Babies

  • Bachelor of Science in Family Studies from the University of New Hampshire

  • BLS American Heart Association