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Physical Therapy

Bella has provided hands-on care to patients for 50 years.

Her practice has evolved beyond the structure of traditional Western medicine, centered on the belief that there is more to physical health than the physical. We are dynamic individuals with feelings, thoughts, and unique histories that shape our souls and spirits. And vitality is our birth right: a person’s ability to live, grow and develop. To have energy, exuberant physical strength, mental vigor. To have the capacity to live a meaningful existence. Who doesn’t want that?

Holistic Physical Therapy

To be vital of spirit, to look up at the sky and be unfailingly in awe, a part of the immense whole, connected to every living thing past present future. To have a vital beating heart, with emotional capacity to feel deeply, love tenderly, cry at the drop of a hat. Mental vitality: discernment, wisdom, curiosity. A vital soul, destined to seek meaning and purpose.

A vital body, flexible, supple, resilient, mother source for the rest of it. Does this require running marathons, doing a perfect triangle pose or dancing like a twenty-something? No. It simply means breathing and bringing awareness to the body whether in motion or rest. This is the goal of holistic physical therapy. Vitality. Who doesn’t want that?

Personalized Self Care Treatment Plans

Come with any specific body issues that challenge you, long-standing or new. Holistic physical therapy begins as the two of us listen to your body, understanding the challenges that have manifested and how they affect your life. This accurate history guides us in assessing active movement, the feel of joint, muscle and nerve tissue, and the contribution of posture and physical alignment. Together, we develop a personalized self care treatment plan supported by ongoing guidance and education.

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Online Physical Therapy

Online physical therapy is available and incredibly effective. We share virtual space and create a healing environment for you to grow loose, long, and strong on your own floor, in the privacy of your own home.

Board-certified since 1972

Bella has been a board-certified physical therapist since 1972 with hundreds of hours of continuing education, including two year-long immersions in orthopedic manual therapy.

Holistic physical therapy works best for patients who:

Aren’t sure how to treat their injury or chronic pain
Feel like they have exhausted many avenues of traditional Western medicine
Believe that their current medications are merely managing, not healing their body
Want a more holistic approach to healing that incorporates emotional, mindful and spiritual support
Are ready for an eye-opening and deeply personalized session on the treatment table or online

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Testimonials

“One session with her has opened many windows into my own body. I am tremendously grateful.”

Bella’s knowledge of the human body is clear and deep. She listened to me, she looked, explained what she saw, showed me diagrams, offered metaphors—all before touching me. She never made assumptions about what was happening in my body, but enlisted my absolute curiosity to look and feel WITH her. And then we both received confirmation through her touch and simple exercises.

Bella is a brilliant educator. I am inspired now to cultivate a relationship with my psoas muscle! I just needed the guidance of some patient and skilled hands. At the close, she recorded a personal rehab prescription video that I will study and practice with for months. One session with her has opened many windows into my own body. I am tremendously grateful.

M.T.

“This work is a revolution for my body/mind! For the first time since my injury, I have hope about the prospect of being able to dance again, and perhaps better than ever. That is thrilling!”

After only 3 sessions with Bella (and plenty of practice at home) I am amazed at my progress. After a significant back injury my rehabilitation has required a slow gentle approach with significant modifications.

Working gently with the roller has given me tremendous relief. It is an extremely effective tool to relieve pain and bring me back into balance. The act of rolling itself has created strength, tone, and agility in my body that I didn’t have when I started. The subtle work with psoas has been a HUGE game changer, giving me a relationship to my core I have never had, although I studied various movement modalities, studied and taught yoga, and been a lifelong dancer.

This work is a revolution for my body/mind! For the first time since my injury, I have hope about the prospect of being able to dance again, and perhaps better than ever. That is thrilling!

T.H.