Meet Stacy

My relationship with movement has been lifelong — and evolving.
I began as a gymnast in my youth, where I first learned how powerful (and complicated) bodies can be. Over the years, I had decades of minimal or sporadic exercise and began feeling the effects of being too sedentary. I began exploring many movement modalities, eventually finding my way to focused strength training in my late 40s. That path opened the door to pole fitness, adult gymnastics, and flexibility training in my 50s — and ultimately reshaped not only how I moved, but how I practiced physical therapy.

As I grew stronger, my approach to care changed. Working through chronic neck pain and headaches, injuries, childbirth-related pelvic health challenges, and my own stubborn beliefs about what bodies “should” or “shouldn’t” be able to do, I came to deeply trust the adaptability and resilience of humans. That trust now sits at the center of my work.

I earned my bachelor’s degree in physical therapy in the 1990s and completed my transitional doctorate in 2018, but my education has never stopped. My continuing education has centered on pain science, strength training in the presence of pain, and pelvic physical therapy — areas that have deeply influenced how I help people move with more confidence and less fear.

My clinical work and coaching are shaped as much by lived experience as by formal training — informed by science, grounded in listening, and refined through years of working one-on-one with people navigating pain and real lives.

My role is not to be the boss of your body. Instead, I work as a guide — helping you understand what’s happening, explore movement safely, and build strength and confidence over time. Part of that process can include being challenged — especially with strength training or movements you may be avoiding due to pain — always introduced thoughtfully and adjusted to what your body and nervous system are ready for.