Pam is a licensed physical therapist who graduated from the University of Pittsburgh,magna cum laude, over 30 years ago. She  began her PT career at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and gained experience in acute care and outpatient orthopaedics, neurology, spine.  It was here when she was the Outpatient Senior PT that she collaborated with Dr. Robert Gerwin which lead to her passion for treating the whole person and specifically, patients with myofascial pain. Pam has taken several myofascial trigger point therapy courses, including a course taught by Janet Travell, MD.  Her treatment approach and focus is assessing inefficient movement patterns due to muscle imbalances and spinal and joint dysfunction. She utilizes a variety of advanced manual therapy techniques including myofascial release/trigger point therapy, craniosacral therapy, muscle energy techniques, strain/counterstrain to address the patient's dysfunction and prescribes an individual exercise prescription, ergonomic solutions and strategies to reduce pain.  These techniques, exercises ,and strategies for the patient improves posture,  balance, range of motion, and strength in order to restore and optimize function while decreasing pain. Pam is a dedicated and compassionate professional who works with the client as part of their health care team  to help them achieve their goals.Pam is a married mother of 5 children who enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, kayaking and traveling.