I enjoyed fitness as a young child, but even then felt it wasn’t made for me. I wasn’t very fast, I couldn’t jump very high, I wasn’t the strongest. On top of being the fat kid in class, it didn’t take long for me to start viewing exercise as punishment, as many of us do when we’re constantly pushed past our limits, and chosen last for teams. I used to only use fitness as a way to shrink my body to fit society’s standards, and I would sigh and complain every time I laced up my shoes to go to the gym.

It wasn’t until I developed chronic back pain that I started seeing fitness in a different light.

After the pain had set place, I discovered flexibility training, and I stopped viewing fitness as a chore, but actually something fun I wanted to do. And not only that, but my back pain lessened with every stretch I did. I felt more capable, and stronger than ever, and that’s how I want everyone to feel in their bodies.

Through fascial stretch therapy, flexibility training and similar modalities, my goal is to help people fall back in love with movement, or at least tolerate it a bit more, so they can do everything they want to do in their lives.