Straight
answers.
The questions people actually ask before booking, including the ones about what this isn't.
Is this for me?
No.
Athletes are one of three groups I work with. The others are clinical teams and active aging adults. The assessment process is the same regardless of what you're training for, or whether you're training at all.
No, and that distinction matters.
I'm a NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist, not a physician or a physical therapist. I don't diagnose or treat injuries. Corrective exercise sits alongside clinical care, most often after it, when you've been cleared but still don't move the way you used to.
No referral needed to start a conversation.
If you're currently under the care of a physician, physical therapist or chiropractor, tell me. I'd rather work alongside them than around them.
Raleigh and the greater Triangle.
Consulting and program design for teams and organizations can be handled remotely. Reach out and we'll sort the logistics in the first conversation.
What actually happens.
We talk, then I watch you move.
What's happening, what you've already tried, what your week actually looks like, and who else is involved in your care. Then a movement assessment. You'll leave understanding what we found and why it matters, and no program gets written before that assessment.
Clothes you can move in.
Athletic shorts or leggings and a t-shirt, so the joints we're assessing are visible, plus the shoes you actually train or walk in. Bring any relevant notes or instructions from another provider.
A stretch changes how tissue feels. Corrective exercise changes what a muscle does.
Assisted stretching is part of the work here, but it's paired with muscle re-education, so the range you gain is range you can actually control and keep. Range you can't control tends not to last.
I won't put a number on it before I've seen you move.
It depends on what the assessment finds and how consistently the work happens between sessions. What I will do is re-test. If the re-test doesn't move, the program changes. That's the whole point of assessing in the first place.
No. The goal is to make myself unnecessary.
Everything is taught, not just prescribed, so you can run the program without me. Plenty of people check back in periodically when something changes: a new sport, a new job, a new complaint, rather than staying on a schedule.
Working with your other providers.
Yes, and I prefer it.
Ten years collaborating with fitness, wellness and holistic professionals is the core of this practice. The goal is one coherent plan for you, not three competing ones.
Yes: staff education, program design and workshops.
Clinical practices and athletic organizations bring me in for hands-on workshops, staff development, panel appearances and help building movement into their culture rather than bolting it on. Speaking & workshops
I'll tell you, and point you toward who is.
Knowing the edge of my scope is part of the job. If something belongs with a physician or physical therapist, saying so early is worth more to you than a program that was never going to work.
Still have a question?
Ask it directly. The first conversation is free and there's no program attached to it.