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- Yoga Therapy to Ease Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Staff 2018-07-23
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Meet the Team at Fusion Wellness and Physical Therapy
Our Mission:
Fusion Wellness and Physical Therapy is dedicated to restoring the physical, emotional and sexual wellbeing of our patients. Our best practices include individualized evidence based treatment interventions in a one on one caring and compassionate environment to achieve the highest outcomes for each individual. We are dedicated in improving accessibility of care and healthy lifestyles in the communities we serve through our education programs, social media, and grant funding.
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Meet Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
Los Angeles Pelvic Floor Doctor and Founder of Fusion Wellness PT
Heather Jeffcoat (she/her/hers) is the author of Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve and a recognized expert in the field of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. She is also the President of the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy and on the Advisory Board of the International Pelvic Pain Society. With her expanding mission to provide access to the specialized pelvich health services her office offers, she also launched The Origin Fund in 2019, a nonprofit with 501(c)3 status, providing no-cost care to low-income, marginalized populations. She has also been a featured guest on CNN, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Livestrong, the award-winning Sex With Emily podcast and Sirius XM show, Mom.me, ABC Radio and many others.
Before launching the Fusion Wellness PT website she was a regular contributor to ICA Update, L.A. Parent Magazine and the International Childbirth Education Association Journal, where she hosted a long-running quarterly column entitled "Perinatal Wellness", and she was also a guest blogger multiple times for the Women's Health Foundation.
Heather's book on self treatment of female sexual pain is featured as a recommended resource in Dr. Amy Stein, PT and Dr. Iris Orbuch, MD's book Beating Endo. Her passion to providing quality care extends from girls with abdominal and pelvic pain, to pregnant moms, to postpartum athletes to olympians - and everywhere in between.
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Laureen McVicker, PT, CLT
Laureen (she/her/hers) is an accomplished physical therapist with over 35 years of clinical and supervisory experience. Born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii, she received a degree in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University in Chicago and a Bachelors of Science in Health Education from California State University, Long Beach.
She has a strong clinical interest in orthopedics and neurological disorders, including men’s and women’s health and pelvic floor dysfunctions. She has worked closely for over 23 years with the Cancer Center and Colorectal Institute of Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, and is a certified lymphedema therapist. Working there she specialized in pelvic floor disorders and she was a frequent guest speaker at breast and prostate cancer support groups as well as other community education seminars.
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Kasia Gondek, PT, DPT, CSCS
Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Kasia (she/ her/ hers) earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) from Mount Saint Mary’s University, and her Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Santa Cruz. She has established herself as a compassionate, effective, and respected clinician treating pelvic floor and women's health, orthopedic, neurological, and sports-related injuries and conditions.
Kasia utilizes a whole-body, whole-person treatment approach that is unique to each patient and is focused not only on improving pain and difficulty with activities, but also getting them back to doing what they love. She empowers her patients to become an integral part of their recovery and healing process through providing education, self-care, meaningful goal setting, and incorporating activities that they love into their treatment plan.
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Debbie Dy, PT, DPT
Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist
Director of Clinical Education
Debbie (she/her/hers) earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine in Miami FL, and her Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois in Chicago. Upon graduating with her DPT, she was accepted into the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency at the University of Miami where she began working towards becoming a specialist in orthopedic physical therapy. Debbie received her distinction as a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist in June 2022, a distinguished honor that is shared by less than 10% of licensed physical therapists in the United States.
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Sarina Karwande PT, DPT, CAFS
Doctorate of Physical Therapy, Certification in Applied Function Science
Sarina (she/her/hers) earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) from Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona CA. After graduation, she worked in a variety of settings treating all ages and working her way to specializing in pelvic floor dysfunctions. Sarina’s passion for pelvic floor physical therapy began when she was a teenager as a patient herself. After years of experiencing pelvic pain, she became an advocate among her friends, family and now her patients to find the care they need.
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Stephany Tritt, PT, DPT
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After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from UC Santa Cruz, Stephany earned her Master’s degree in Physical Therapy from Mount St. Mary’s University then expanded further with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Western University. For the first twelve years of her career, she treated a multitude of orthopedic and neurological diagnoses with a focus on treating people suffering from persistent pain. Stephany has treated people with a wide variety of complicated persistent pain diagnoses such as: Fibromyalgia, Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), chronic migraines, persistent low back pain and persistent pelvic pain.
Those with persistent pelvic pain ignited a curiosity and the desire to further explore pelvic health. She strives to improve her skills by regularly attending continuing education classes and has received the Certification of Achievement in Pelvic Physical Therapy Program (CAPP-Pelvic) through the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). She has now treated a variety of pelvic related diagnoses in both women and men such as: Urinary and fecal incontinence, Urinary frequency, pregnancy related symptoms, post-natal symptoms, Diastasis Rectus Abdominus (DRA), Constipation, Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP), Vaginismus, and testicular pain.
Stephany finds satisfaction providing care for those who feel they have exhausted all options to treat their condition. She aims to help people find confidence in their own bodies and take control of their symptoms. She uses a variety of interventions to help people get back to a more fulfilling quality of life and back to activities they enjoy.
Some interventions she uses:
- Exercise and functional movement strategies
- Manual techniques like strain/counterstrain and trigger point release, joint mobilizations
- Education on body mechanics, anatomy and physiology, neurophysiology of pain
- Guidance on behavioral changes to mitigate aggravating factors
- Mindfulness/relaxation techniques to calm the nervous system and anxiety.
When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her two sons and husband, exercising in a variety of different ways and traveling anywhere she’s never been before. She also enjoys volunteering her time at Elizabeth House in Pasadena to educate pregnant women who are housing insecure about the implications of pregnancy and delivery on the pelvic floor. ¡También hablo español!
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Trinity works as the lead Rehabilitation Assistant and is primarily at our Sherman Oaks office. She has been with the Fusion and Femina team since November 2021 and has enjoyed learning more about diagnoses and symptoms related to the pelvic floor.
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Iris Xu
Iris (she/her/hers) works as a Rehabilitation Assistant and Office Administrator at the Montrose office. Iris earned her Bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley in 2020 and studied Political Science and Global Public Health. She got her first glimpse into pelvic health in 2018 when she was a patient of pelvic floor physical therapy. Her passion for biomechanics and rehabilitation only grew as she became more involved in research with the UC Berkeley/UC San Francisco Ergonomics Laboratory.
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About Christina Yen, Rehab Aide
Christina joined the team in September 2023 at the front desk and around the office as a Rehab Aide. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she studied International Studies, concentrating on Economics with a focus on Asia, and minoring in Chemistry. She worked at Duke University’s Center for Multicultural Affairs supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion. After moving to LA, she worked at Fuller Seminary and Caltech.
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About Ejiro Agege, Rehabilitation Assistant
Ejiro works as a Rehabilitation Assistant in the Beverly Hills and Sherman Oaks offices and has been a member of the team since September 2023. She graduated from Boston University in 2021 and studied Health Science. Her long term goal is to be a board certified women’s health physical therapist, and open her own private practice in the future. She is passionate about physical therapy and has worked in orthopedic, sports medicine, and inpatient physical therapy clinics.
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Judielle is a Rehabilitation Assistant and Office Administrator at the Sherman Oaks office and joined the team May 2023. She is currently studying Business Administration with an option in Healthcare at Cal State Los Angeles. She is passionate about high quality and accessible healthcare. She hopes to effectively deliver the 3Cs of high quality care: Consistency, Continuity, and Coordination.
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Hannah (she/her) works as a Rehabilitation Assistant at the Montrose and Sherman Oaks offices. She joined the team in May of 2023. Hannah currently studies Public Health at California State University Northridge.
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Mary P. Shriver, CMT
Pre- and Post Surgical, Somatic Stress, Trauma and Massage Therapist
Mary P. Shriver (she/her/hers) is an integral part of the Fusion/Femina team. Her work as a Trauma-Informed, Somatic Stress Therapist (Shake Off Stress) is an invaluable part of the healing journey for many of our patients.
Besides being a Certified Massage Therapist, Mary is a The Resilience Toolkit Certification Trainer, Certified Provider of Tension/Trauma Release Exercises (TRE®), Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator, and holds a B.S. in Psychology from Denison University. She is also trained in the Trauma Resilience Model and Community Resilience Model through the Trauma Resource Institute, Motivational Interviewing for Behavior Change (MINT), Level 1 Resistance Flexibility with Bob Cooley, Pelvic Floor Piston Science from Julie Wiebe, and is a member of the International Pelvic Floor Society.
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Christina Lindeman
Christina Lindeman (she/her/hers) became involved in dance and fitness at an early age, beginning her dance training at the age of three. As her training became more intense, she sought education in nutrition and general fitness to support her regimen, and was first introduced to Pilates at the age of fifteen. She became a Certified Pilates Instructor through the Long Beach Dance Conditioning Advances in Pilates Technique program in 2000. This program focused heavily on the application of proper biomechanics and appropriate modifications to classical Pilates repertoire.
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Mary Beth Kedzior, CMP
Specializing in MFR
Mary Beth has been a Certified Massage Practitioner for over 25 years. After decades of working in the field, she knew she needed more training to find lasting treatments for her clients with chronic pain. Her own struggles with migraines, hip, shoulder and neck pain from gymnastics and childhood injuries had her seeking out a wide variety of doctors and therapists for temporary relief at best. A PT friend introduced her to the John Barnes’ Myofascial Release Approach. After getting treated herself, she started taking his seminars and shadowing trained therapists at his clinic in Sedona.
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