Elevation Wellness

About

I have a unique background in both Eastern and Western medicine to help heal clients more holistically. The start of my career focused on sports Physical Therapy as an orthopedic Physical Therapist and Athletic Trainer. I continued my career to specialize in chronic disorders, primarily hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Disorder, Dysautonomia, and Autoimmune Disorders. Treating complex clients requires more than localized care to one body part, instead needs recognition that overall health and wellness influences how the body will run and work for us. I became a Reiki practitioner, am training in Visceral Manipulation, and practice overall health and wellness with a Functional Medicine background to address the whole of the client.

My Skills

• Doctor of Physical Therapy
• Certified Athletic Trainer
• Certified Hand Therapist
• Certified Reiki Practitioner Level II
• Certified Functional Dry Needling Level II (Kinetacore)
• Certified Graston Practitioner
• Certified Level I Running Coach with the USATF and RRCA
• Visceral Manipulation VM1 (Barral Institute)
• Certification in Plant Based Nutrition (eCornell)
• Certification in Meditation (U of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
• Certification in Mindfulness (UCCS)
• Certification in Energy Medicine (UCCS)

Articles & Books Written

Leslie N Russek, Patricia Stott, Jane Simmonds, Recognizing and Effectively Managing Hypermobility-Related Conditions, Physical Therapy, Volume 99, Issue 9, September 2019, Pages 1189–1200, https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzz078