Deborah Cassell is a licensed physical therapist assistant who is passionate about human movement and how the body operates. Her lifelong pursuit of outdoor recreation in the mountains and on the water has led her to a career helping other outdoor enthusiasts perform at their best.
Washington born and raised, Deborah has spent several decades exploring her natural surroundings, training for ultramarathons, skiing mountains, climbing granite monoliths, and kayaking the Salish Sea. These passions originally led to a career in geology. Education and learning have always been driving forces for Deborah, so further exploration learning about sports performance and recovery put her on the path to a second career in physical therapy.
Deborah’s background in recreation combined with her education, provide her an excellent foundation for addressing the needs of others and their life-fulfilling pursuits.
Her clinical interests include the lumbar spine’s connection to the body’s movement patterns, core and pelvic floor stabilization and the effects on sports performance and running, and ensuring readiness for return to sports to prevent re-injury.
EDUCATION
Physical Therapist Assistant, Whatcom Community College, 2018
BS in Geology, Western Washington University, 2008
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Dr. Pandora Drossos is a licensed physical therapist who has considerable experience treating most orthopedic conditions, including post-operative care. Her treatment approach is holistic in nature, drawing from experience treating patients in their homes, her own healing journey, and her journey into motherhood. Over the course of her career, she has practiced primarily in the outpatient orthopedic and home health settings, with an emphasis in sports-focused rehabilitation. She especially enjoys treating the shoulder, hip, knee, and spine, and looking at the body as a complete functional unit.
Pandora trains patients with specifically targeted exercises for each person’s condition, utilizing hands-on manual therapy to assist with pain management, joint motion, and ideal muscle function. As a deeply compassionate and highly skilled practitioner, she works with her patients to identify and address their physical therapy needs, with the end-goal of independent self-management of any recurrence of symptoms.
Pandora is a native of New York and Florida, who received her Clinical Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2006, from Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. She has called Bellingham home since 2010. Pandora believes healing is not limited to the physical body, but involves the whole person, as well as the settings in which a person functions. The care she provides focuses on sharing knowledge and skills to help you heal, and reduce the likelihood of further issues in the future.
When away from the office, she can be found spending time with her family and our community, ideally doing anything outdoors, from camping and trail running, to gardening and kayaking, and is always looking for new fun activities to explore.
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Clinical Science, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 2005
Masters of Physical Therapy, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 2006
Doctorate of Physical Therapy, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 2006
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Kristine Plata is a licensed physical therapist assistant who is experienced with a variety of orthopedic conditions, and is specialized in treating total joint replacements and knee injuries, having had success working through complicated conditions with manual therapy and therapeutic exercise. Her personal experience recovering from her own sports injuries as a competitive volleyball player and coach, has fueled her love of working with people who want to better their health and recover quickly.
Kristine understands the frustration and pain that is involved with injuries and surgical recoveries, and uses her first hand experience to help others overcome their conditions and return to the activities they love. She enjoys working with patients that perhaps other conventional methods didn’t work for them, and looks for the small mechanical dysfunctions that may be hindering someone’s movement pattern, so they can move forward with their progress.
When Kristine isn’t helping others recover or tackling home remodel projects, you can find her on the sand or indoor volleyball courts, adventuring off the grid with her husband and dog Duke, hiking, climbing, or out on Lake Whatcom wake surfing.
Kristine’s clinical interests and skills also include vestibular and concussion rehabilitation, further expanding her manual therapy techniques, and helping higher level athletes overcome overuse and sport specific injuries.
EDUCATION
Physical Therapist Assistant, Whatcom Community College, 2018
BS in Kinesiology, Western Washington University, 2016
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Dr. Jacqui Berg is a licensed physical therapist and founder of Momenta PT, who specializes in orthopedic and sports rehabilitation. Following a career as a professional snowboarder, physical therapy was a natural choice for her to pursue further education in sports performance, rehabilitation, health and wellness. She has special interests in spinal mobility for neck and back pain, manual therapy for ideal joint mechanics, dynamic motor control for optimal movement patterns, athletes, and deciphering her clients’ unique biomechanics to achieve and maintain pain free function.
Jacqui is a Washington native and global traveler, familiar with the outdoor athletic community’s unique injuries, approach to recovery, and lifestyles. She utilizes a range of techniques, which include exercise prescription, manual therapy, joint mobilizations, neuromuscular re-education, taping techniques, muscle relaxation strategies, and mindset and performance training, to create an individualized plan of care for each of her patients.
Jacqui’s background as an action sport athlete, having recovered from multiple injuries and surgeries herself, and her holistic approach to physical therapy allow her to empathize with patients, join their healing journey, and ultimately improve their outcomes.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Physical Therapy , with honors, University of Washington, 2016
Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist, Ola Grimsby Institute, 2019
BS in Kinesiology, Western Washington University, 2012
Dr. Jacqui Berg is a licensed physical therapist and founder of Momenta PT, who specializes in or...
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