I get asked a lot what kind of PT I do, but my philosophy is pretty non-traditional compared to the standard model in the field and therefore tough to explain. But the elevator pitch? I help active people stay active. Tell me what you want to do, and we’ll make a plan to keep you doing it for the long term. From CrossFit to Hyrox to ultra-running to Olympic lifting, from Pilates to pickleball to golf, from high school to retirement and the “occupational athletes” who use their bodies for work in between - I’d love to help you keep up better, longer, AND with less pain! You shouldn’t have to give up the hobbies that make your life rich.

I’ve had low back pain too, for as long as I can remember…and I keep it in check by lifting heavy weights. Not rest, pills, injections, or surgery. Heavy weights. YOU can manage your pain with strength too! For those who have never trained for strength before: that’s ok too. Although the gym can be intimidating, research says it’s never too late to start and make good progress. Lifting weights isn’t the end, it’s the means…and if you fall in love with the process in the meantime, you won’t be the first. I specialize in helping people become confident in strength training, especially women, and keeping people in their fitness routines while respecting and rehabbing any orthopedic issues. 

When I began training for PT, this simply wasn’t the case. We would see people for 4-6 weeks and send them on their way…in less pain, yes, but with no change in their lifestyle to help them stay pain-free. Or worse, they were back to daily required activities but with little (or no) support to ensure that they can continue to do the things that make life worth living. We’d see them back over and over again for the same issues, until they became convinced that PT didn’t work for them. I was so disappointed, and disenfranchised with my chosen career before it had even begun. I dreamt I could make a long-term difference by collaboration with each patient as an individual. A classmate introduced me to a better model at a course during our final year of school, and that weekend in Chicago I met a group of PTs who would both fundamentally change physical therapy and set me on a path toward this amazing, fulfilling career of fitness-forward therapy. My program docked my grade for missing clinical days to attend that course, but ten years later I’m so proud to say that I have spent my entire career in this non-traditional setting, helping people overcome pain and regain true health through exercise!

When I’m not at CrossFit Grandview or lifting weights at UA Fitness, you can find me outside in some capacity all year long, usually with my husband and German Shepherds. I love coffee, books, animals, food and wine, traveling, and sharing all those things in every combination with friends and family.