I am a Physical Therapist in the San Francisco Bay Area treating private clients with a wide range of orthopedic concerns, with a special place in my heart for dancers and performing artists!

I am a Physical Therapist in the San Francisco Bay Area treating private clients with a wide range of orthopedic concerns, with a special place in my heart for dancers and performing artists!
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*You will have the option to download a superbill after every visit if you want to seek reimbursement with your insurance, and you have out of network benefits. You may also use FSA/HSA cards for payment.
An hour appointment where you will receive a comprehensive evaluation and gain an understanding of your injury and how I can help you. We’ll make a plan for how we will work together moving forward in order to reach your goals.
After you have received your evaluation, we will meet for follow up treatments to progress toward your goals. Treatments can include interventions such as joint and soft tissue mobilization, instrumented assisted soft tissue mobilization, taping, PNF, targeted strengthening, stretching and mobility techniques. Typically we will start with once per week with decreasing frequency once appropriate. My goal is to teach you how to help yourself and better understand your body. Compliance with your home exercise program is critical to your success.
A complete screening assessment to identify potential risk factors that may contribute to future injury. You'll leave with exercises to help reduce that risk. Especially important upon returning to the studio after a break or injury!
*Healthy Dancer Assessments make great gifts for your favorite dancer! Gift cards available.
Earning your first pointe shoes is a great goal to work toward! You want to make sure you're ready to do it safely and set yourself up for success. This session is a comprehensive assessment using the most current research on pointe readiness, after which I will help make a recommendation in how to progress safely toward pointe. This is also a good visit to schedule if you anticipate being invited to pointe within the next 6-12 months.
If you’re not injured but feel you’d benefit from a session to work on a particular movement goal, or you’re wanting to simply check-in after a previous injury, this is the visit for you. You do not need to be injured to get help!
Want to bring an educational workshop to your studio? These are tailored to meet your needs and target audience (dancers, teachers, parents, etc.) and last approximately 1.5-2 hours. Popular topics include safe stretching, turnout and hip health, foot strength and pointe/pre-pointe readiness. Let's set up a time to talk!
Dancers and other artistic athletes often have injuries to the foot and ankle, knees, hips, shoulders, neck and low back/ spine. This can be acute trauma type injury, over time from overuse or flaws in technique, hyper or hypomobility.
I also frequently see dancers who want to work on avoiding injury, work on a movement goal, prepare for pointe work, and prepare for intensives and auditions.
People with general orthopedic/ musculoskeletal injuries are welcome in my office, you do not have to be an athlete or artistic athlete! Please reach out with specific concerns.