Lauren graduated from Azusa Pacific University in Southern California with her doctorate in physical therapy. Originally from Washington state, she earned her B.S. degree in Exercise Physiology from Seattle Pacific University. Lauren found her calling in physical therapy through early participation in competitive downhill skiing and cross-county running and later as a coach for endurance runners and triathletes.
She is a biomechanist at heart and delights in the feat of human movement, design and performance. Her therapeutic emphasis includes movement analysis, functional movement, motor control, and movement quality as it relates to injury, with treatment combining manual therapy and exercise.
She is a biomechanist at heart and delights in the feat of human movement, design and performance. Her therapeutic emphasis includes movement analysis, functional movement, motor control, and movement quality as it relates to injury, with treatment combining manual therapy and exercise.
Services
You will find that this type of physical therapy is like non other! Lauren strives to create a partnership with each patient that focuses 100% on each individual's needs and goals. Each patient is provided with a very thorough evaluation to assess the primary causes and contributors to their pain or performance impairments.
This 75-min long assessment includes a detailed movement evaluation and dynamic video analysis. The running evaluation provides a comprehensive analysis of the athlete's running biomechanics and breaks down specifics of the gait cycle to help the runner improve their technique.
This thorough evaluation will help identify specific imbalances in the athlete's body that might be affecting their running technique and possibly contributing to performance impairments or pain.The athlete will ultimately be provided with specifics to to improve their technique and a plan for improved performance and decreased pain.
This thorough evaluation will help identify specific imbalances in the athlete's body that might be affecting their running technique and possibly contributing to performance impairments or pain.The athlete will ultimately be provided with specifics to to improve their technique and a plan for improved performance and decreased pain.
Email messages will likely be returned within 24hrs. Lauren is her own receptionist and will respond as quickly as possible. In your message, please indicate what you would like to be seen for, and what times and dates are preferred. Movement Shift Physical Therapy and Performance Optimizing human movement, function and performance.
Movement Shift PT is a Cash-Based PT clinic, otherwise known as fee for service physical therapy. What this means is we are not contracted with insurance companies and do not directly bill insurance. HOWEVER, you may request a superbill that you can submit to insurance for any available out-of-network benefits.
