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I was exhausted and worked full-time as an orthopedic physical therapist in several factory-like clinics. I would see around 30 patients per day and worked on the weekends at a local hospital seeing patients and treating them as a diagnosis with protocol-based treatments. I started exploring different areas of practice to see if I can truly make a difference in someone’s life… I became a manager and realized how sub-par therapists were treating their patients. I was very frustrated, and my great friend, colleague, and Polestar graduate Michele Gust told me that I should learn Pilates for physical therapy through Polestar and that it would change my practice. I started in 2013 and I was blown away. As soon as I started incorporating what I was learning with my home health patients, I started to make a huge difference in their lives and in my career path. I returned to orthopedics, opened my own private cash-based home health company, and later opened a brick-and-mortar clinic in Juno Beach where I now practice. Pilates training through Polestar has given me much more knowledge and self-esteem and enabled my niche practice.

I have joined Polestar Community since 2018 when I started the Comprehensive Course…For me Polestar was I career change after 20yrs of corporate experience in various marketing and human resources fields…As my dream was to become a ballet dancer but constant injuries didn’t allow me to follow that path…all my corporate career life was a trial to find out alternatives so as to feel alive as I felt while I was dancing…when I first experienced a Pilates session in order to overcome a serious injury on psoas – at that moment I realized that Pilates was where I belong!!! Polestar training was the diploma that incorporates scientific insights about movement…the idea of healing through movement, of changing peoples’ live through intelligent movement were meaningful to me…Today, I own Holistic Pilates studio located in Athens, Greece, and I have incorporated the same vision…we should teach our clients how to be mobile…flexible in their everyday life…so as to avoid injuries and spine pathologies…if we change our moving pattern by achieving axial elongation…head-neck-shoulder organization…and all other Polestar Principles…we will feel better…move better and live better!!! Thank you Polestar team for the inspiration!!!

Polestar Pilates is a very thorough and in-depth program. I learned all of the Polestar pilates principles and how to apply them to each exercise. I also learned a proper evaluation and assessment for each new patient and Client that I work with. Polestar taught me the importance of breath work and how to apply the correct exercises to the individual based on their injuries and health and wellness goals.