The combination of our physical therapy and the above listed manual therapy techniques have shown to have many benefits including but not limited to the following:
- Help athletes prepare for and recover from strenuous workouts
- Alleviate low back pain and improve range of motion
- Increase flexibility
- Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue
- Reduce post-operative adhesions and inflammation
- Reduce muscle spasms and cramping
- Help reduce stiffness and pain from arthritis
- Improve blood flow and circulation
- And much more
Meet our Therapists:
Jivan Singh, CMT
Certified Massage Therapist
Diplomate of Osteopathy
Jivan studied Osteopathy at Oxford Brookes University, giving him extensive knowledge in anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics. With over 500 hours of Osteopathic clinical training, Jivan looks at the human body as an integrative unit and engages to treat the underlying cause of the issue. With over 4 years of experience in Sports Massage, he has developed a detailed sense of touch, and confidence in his bodywork. His family comes from a background in natural healing including energy work from India where Jivan has traveled many times, only to become inspired and spiritually grounded. His special interest is with patients suffering low back issues, neck & shoulder pain, headaches and stress relief. He comes from an athletic background having played Basketball at college level, and a strong passion for tennis & yoga.
Treatment Philosophy:
To approach treatment with unity of the body and identify the underlying issues, and creating an individual treatment session, custom to the patient’s need.
Kimberly Christopher
Certified Pilates Instructor
Kimberly is native of California. She brings with her over 16 years of experience as a Massage Therapist and has been Practicing Pilates for over 12 years. Kimberly has worked extensively with medical practices, medical spas and fitness facilities assisting patients with various physical challenges. Her area of expertise is with those who suffer from chronic neck, shoulder, or back pain, postural deficits, and sports injuries. Kimberly had practiced dance and movement just about her whole life, so Pilates was just a natural addition to her practice. Kimberly’s passion for what she does is best described in her own words: “I love to be a positive part of someone's day. I love to work with people on achieving goals, from a simple goal such as mastering a specific exercise to longer term life-goals such as getting in shape for an event down the road or healing the body through correcting imbalances in the body.” She enjoys being with family and friends, travel, anything outdoors, hiking, being in or around water, scuba diving, snorkeling, and has a passion for fine art, architecture and design.
Treatment Philosophy:
My goal is to help you strengthen your core and obtain proper alignment and balance on your body. This is the key to a strong healthy body. It's like building a home. You need a strong core structure/foundation so that it will last a lifetime.
Kachiri Irizarry, CMT
Certified Massage Therapist
Adjust Services Manager
Kachiri discovered her talent for bodywork at a young age while helping her father who suffered from chronic back pain. She continued offering massages to relatives who were ailed with headaches and foot pain and soon realized that she had a passion for helping people with pain. Kachiri has over 15 years experience as a massage therapist and has been with SportsFit since 2016. She specializes in various techniques, such as cupping, prenatal, deep tissue Swedish, pre/post-surgical massage, lymphatic drainage massage, myofascial release massage, and stretch therapy. She currently holds her bachelor's degree in communication and is dedicated to expanding her knowledge in the healthcare industry through pursuing her MBA in Healthcare Management.
Treatment Philosophy:
To reduce pain is to reduce stress and with reduced stress you achieve a higher state of consciousness.
SportsFit to integrate osteopathy with physical therapy:
In order to manage a variety of musculoskeletal conditions, techniques such as joint mobilization, isometric mobilization, muscle energy, active release, myofascial release techniques and craniosacral therapy are integrated in patient treatment at SportsFit Physical Therapy. The science of Osteopathy has been credited in developing many manual therapy techniques. Concurrently, most of the research supporting the use of manual therapy techniques in clinical practice are published by physical therapists. Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy encompasses the bridge for the plausible gap between the two professions. While osteopaths work under the somatic dysfunction model and physical therapists under the pain and movement model, recent treatment models for musculoskeletal pain emphasiz the “biopsychosocial model.” The biopsychosocial model demands both the professions to work hand-in-hand in order to create the most optimized treatment approach for patients. It has been clinically demonstrated that such inter-professional teamwork will henceforth facilitate better patient recovery and care. At SportsFit we aim to be on the leading edge in offering mutil-disciplinary inter-professional treatment approach in order to enhance the recovery and healing of our patients.
