Rebecca has completed her post professional doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine with a focus on Pilates for Chronic Low Back Pain. In 1989, she graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy. She has completed several courses in soft tissue and joint manipulation specializing in spinal and extremity manual therapy. Her personal interest in Pilates as a fitness regimen and its healing qualities inspired her to become a Certified Pilates Master Instructor and integrate prescriptive Pilates into her Physical Therapy sessions as well as provide the Classical Pilates Method to her fitness clientele. She has completed her Certified Wellness Coaching Certificate, Integrative Dry Needling to offer a more comprehensive approach to her clients. Over the past decade, Rebecca has been exploring the role of “Lifestyle Medicine” that has led her to the field of “Functional Medicine,” and the Institute of Functional Medicine. This certification program goes hand in hand with physical therapy as they both seek to find root causes of disease and dysfunction from an upstream approach, not simply treating the downstream symptoms (see more below on Functional Medicine). She struggled with diffuse chronic pain for years, that befuddled all practitioners, until she uncovered her answers with Functional Medicine.