About Forge
Hello There
The Story
I've been on the other side of the table.
One misdiagnosis. Then another. Then another. Chondromalacia. Patellofemoral pain syndrome. Femoral nerve entrapment. One chiropractor. Four physical therapists. An orthopedist. Nobody could explain why I was in pain.. not correctly anyways.
So I started digging. I found the work of Shirley Sahrmann and her research on movement impairment syndromes, and for the first time, my pain made sense. Not as a diagnosis but as a movement problem with a mechanical cause.
That changed everything about how I work.
The Approach
Pain is rarely caused by one tight muscle or one "bad" structure. Your body is a system, and systems fail for reasons.
Every client at Forge Therapy starts with a Kinetic Profile Analysis: a full gait assessment, joint mechanics screening, and a series of movement tests designed to build a real theory about why your pain exists. Not a guess.
A framework.
From there, sessions combine targeted manual therapy, including soft tissue work, IASTM, and dynamic cupping, with corrective exercise and custom rehab programming. The work doesn't stop when the session ends. You leave with an action plan.
I don't diagnose. I don't prescribe. What I do is give your body the attention it deserves and actually explain what I find.
Who I Work With
Most of my clients have already tried something else. They've been told to rest, stretch, or just "manage" their pain. They've been handed generic programs that didn't account for how they actually move.
I work with general population clients dealing with chronic pain, and I have a deep love for the sport of bodybuilding, working with athletes who push their bodies hard and need a practitioner who understands what that actually demands.
If you want someone to tell you what's wrong without actually solving it, I'm not your guy. If you want someone to figure out the root cause and build a plan around it, let's get to work.