Here’s what you can expect when we work together

One-on-one, unhurried sessions that allow space for listening, assessment, and meaningful progress.

A holistic lens with an evidence-informed backbone: You are at the helm of your care – I am your harbor pilot providing guidance and techniques to help direct you, where-ever your goals lead us. Sessions include manual therapy, movement re-education, strength and mobility work, somatics work, and pain science when needed.

Yoga-and dance-informed movement expertise (and practical options if you’re not a dancer or yogi)

Clear education and collaboration so you understand what’s happening and why we’re doing what we’re doing

Care that adapts—especially for people with medical complexity, persistent pain, and multi-factor issues that don’t fit into a quick protocol

I help clients who didn’t find relief elsewhere heal through compassionate, customized care so they can return to the life they love.

How I got here

I first came to physical therapy as a 17-year-old ballet student rehearsing for Nutcracker season in my hometown outside Detroit, Michigan. I was fortunate to land in the hands of a dance medicine physical therapist who truly understood my needs and helped me return to a successful season.

The seed was planted

After college, I pursued a dance career, eventually landing in Chicago. A few more injuries—and a few more experiences with physical therapy—made something click: this is what I’m meant to do.

The die was cast

While in physical therapy school at Northwestern University, I landed a highly competitive clinical rotation at a well known dance medicine practice in the Broadway theater district in New York City. I was fully in my element— learning from one of the first dance medicine physical therapists in NYC integrating dance, Pilates, medicine, movement science, and the backstage world I love. My training in contemporary dance and yoga continues today because I believe the best clinicians stay connected to movement as a lived experience—not just a concept.
I’ve spent nearly two decades providing customized physical therapy, yoga instruction, and education to dancers, non-dancers, yogis, and physical therapy students across New York City—in top medical institutions, backstage on Broadway, and everywhere in between. And now that I have been doing so in my private practice, I am able to provide MORE to my clients without the constraints of large institutional bureaucracies or aggressive patient volume scheduling. This enables me to more effectively help clients return to the life they love, on their terms— one that is more resilient, more confident, and more at home in their bodies.

Credentials

Licensed Physical therapist (NY & NJ) with over 18 years clinical and teaching experience

  • Broadway Theatres and performing arts venues
  • NYU Langone’s Orthopedic Hospital – Harkness Center for Dance Injuries
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center, programs in physical therapy

Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist with the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties

Certified Manual Physical Therapist with the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy

Certified Mat Pilates Instructor

Over 30 years combined experience training/teaching in movement arts including:

  • Dance (ballet-Cecchetti Method, contemporary)
  • Yoga (ISHTA, Hatha)
  • Martial Arts (Kung Fu, Aikido, Tai-Chi)
  • Pilates Method

Certified Emergency Medical Responder & CPR

Certified and Registered Yoga Teacher

University of Michigan – Bachelor of Science in Biological Anthropology (1999)

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – Doctorate in Physical Therapy (2006)