Physical therapy and pain consultation for trans and queer people
Services:
One on one physical therapy
Pain and injury consultation
Queering Chronic Pain groups
Locations:
Physical Therapy: In person in Huchiun/East Bay area, California -or-
Virtual, anywhere in California
Consultation: In person in Huchiun/East Bay area, California -or- Virtual, anywhere with internet or phone access
Groups: Virtual, anywhere with internet or phone access
Background image description: blue/green/white watercolor painting, by Shoog McDaniel. Logo image description: a circle with “Queering Chronic Pain” written in the center, the background is a pink/blue/orange watercolor image. Watercolor background by Shoog McDaniel.
“We must dream and enact new and better pleasures, other ways of being in the world, and ultimately new worlds.
Queer is a longing that propels us onward.”
-José Esteban Muñoz
My Approach
I bridge physical therapy, pain science, and politicized body-based practices to create customized care from disability justice and healing justice frameworks.
I help people understand:
The neuroscience of pain - including the relationships between the nervous system, immune system, body parts, and pain
The complex nature of pain including the multiple factors that influence it
Together, we uncover:
How to identify and meet your pain and movement related goals
Pacing strategies
Movement and pain related accommodations and supports
If/how you can gradually improve your tolerance for activities
NO:
Toxic positivity
Fatphobia
Ableism
YES:
Trans/queer PT
Neurodivergent knowledgeable
Lived experience
Image description: watercolor image of a Black elder with short graying hair harvesting carrots while sitting on a gardening bench with tools in pockets on the side of the bench. A water bottle is at their feet and their single point cane is visible leaning up against a tree in the background. It is a sunny day and their raised garden bed also houses cabbage, tomatoes and herbs. Painting by Shoog McDaniel.