MEET STEPHANIE
Best of Burke 2025
Stephanie earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education from Walsh University and then two years later received her Physical Therapy Assistant Degree from Northern Virginia Community College. In her various Physical Therapy jobs she quickly specialized in manual physical therapy or hand on treatment. She took extensive courses in Muscle Energy Technique (MET), and other hands-on modalities. After 13 years of Physical Therapy she expanded into Massage, first receiving her Licensed Massage Therapist Certification and a few years later became a Certified Medical Massage Practitioner.
She has found it very useful combining her manual therapy modalities from PT with her Massage work, and the two compliment each other in her work. Her massage business took off immediately after receiving her Certification and her clients told her “ you’re not a standard massage therapist – you do more for me than my current Physical Therapist, or Chiropractor.” Others have said “You seem to better understand the source of my pain.”
* Stephanie is fully vaccinated and has received a booster.
• Licensed Medical Massage Practitioner
• Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant
• Personal Trainer
A Note From Stephanie
“I started my practice because I love seeing results. I love seeing my patients improve, feel better, achieve progress and sustain their improvements. I do believe in treatments like Physical Therapy, Chiropractic Care, Acupuncture, Personal Training, Yoga and Pilates. I encourage my patients to try multiple ways to improve. I take great pride in my work and if I feel that I am not helping you I will always be honest and tell you. I completely appreciate that my patients time, energy and money are a significant investment and I understand they expect a return on that investment.
In orthopedic care there are injury related cases and chronic cases. Often times chronic cases like lower back pain, it is thought you have two choices : take NSAIDs and live with it, or have surgery. In many chronic cases there is a third choice – medical massage. With medical massage treating the muscles and muscle groups can help your body to re-learn lost range of motion, lost mobility, and some cases turn chronic issues into past issues. Sometimes the relief from chronic situations isn’t complete but it’s substantial enough to provide a better quality of life, and avoid surgery.
This is what I call a New Paradigm in Orthopedic Care. The definition of Paradigm is : “a framework containing the basic assumptions, ways of thinking and methodology that are commonly accepted by members of a scientific community.” This New Paradigm or New Standard I believe grants patients a third choice that falls in between “ just living with it” and surgery.”
