About the Class
The posture you find yourself holding today is a reflection of life lived - from the repetitive day to day movements you make year after year, to things that happen to you in life, like injuries, surgery or pregnancy. Your personal body structure and composition matters too, making posture uniquely individual.
In this interactive workshop with Alicia Ferriere, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Kendra Fitzgerald, BioMechanics Method Corrective Exercise Specialist, you’ll learn what posture looks like in your body, what has contributed to your body’s posture and how it is affecting your movement.
You’ll learn mobility strategies and strength techniques to help you unravel posture patterns that no longer serve you, and apply all that you learn to a 20-minute corrective-exercise based movement practice designed to help you release tension and help you move with more efficiency.
At the end of this workshop, you’ll be on your way to shifting your own posture for the better!
Your Instructor(s)
Kendra Fitzgerald & Alicia Ferriere
About Dr. Alicia Ferriere, PT, DPT, FAFS, PRC
Alicia Ferriere (she/her) completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Delaware and received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Columbia University. Alicia is certified by the Postural Restoration Institute, which seeks to understand the primary factors of postural adaptations, patterns, and kinematic movement dysfunction. She is also recognized as a Fellow of Applied Functional Science through the Gray Institute. Growing up with a background in dance led her to seek a career in movement and physical medicine. She seeks to treat the body and person as a whole and prioritizes building relationships to develop a unique plan of care for each patient. She seeks to educate patients on how to stay physically healthy so they can achieve their personal goals.
About Kendra Fitzgerald, TBMM-CES, PCES, ACE-CPT, CYT
Kendra (she/her) is a Corrective Exercise Specialist, Pregnancy & Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist, Strength Coach, Yoga Teacher, and Pregnancy & Postpartum Running Coach. A graduate and continued student of Dr. Sarah Duvall's Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist Program, The BioMechanics Method Corrective Exercise Specialist program, Yoga Works and certified by ACE, Kendra has completed extensive complimentary education in anatomy, physiology, kinesiology as well as injury prevention and rehabilitation, and sports coaching. Her years of experience with and curiosity about the human body have informed Kendra’s method of training, which focuses on alignment, proper form, and corrective exercise to help her clients live pain-free and return to exercise after physical therapy.