Archives: Practitioners

Andrew Adams PTA, LMT, PES, CSC1 completed his PTA from Penn State in 2017. He spent the next 5 years treating in sports med physical therapy and attaining certifications in IASTM, myofascial cupping, kinesio taping, knees over toes movement through ATG, and adding his performance enhancement specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He took his first Fascial Counterstrain course in February of 2022 and has not looked back. Blown away by the power of Fascial Counterstrain he has now switched to using it as his primary treatment modality. He is proud to work at Horizons Therapy in Waynesboro, VA as well as treat in his own business in Lynchburg, VA. He resides with his wife and son in Lynchburg, Virginia and is also a member of the United States Army Reserve.

Charli Hamilton graduated from DiscoveryPoint School of Massage with advanced training in medical massage and sports therapy. She has a passion for working with patients suffering from chronic pain and athletes looking to optimize their sports performance.

Charli works to resolve both physical and mental tension through a combination of Fascial Counterstrain, breath work, and gentle, slow myofascial release techniques.

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Amie Rybacki PT, MPT, CSC I is the founder of Rybacki Physical Therapy in Somerset, WI. She has 25+ years experience as a physical therapist. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology and Chemistry and continued on to receive her Masters Degree in Physical Therapy from Marquette University in 1998. She fell in love with Counterstrain in 2004 and could not continue as a traditional PT. She has been trained in many manual based system specific fascial therapies but has been dedicated to Fascial Counterstrain due to the profound and lasting changes she has seen in her clients.

Initially I started as a counterstrain patient following a car accident when I was younger. After experiencing first hand the power to improve the quality of someone’s life through this technique, I enrolled at the University of South Australia and completed my Bachelor of Physiotherapy.

Since then, I have focused on specialising in counterstrain to treat clients holistically through assessing global, regional and local movement patterns using biotensegrity principles.

I am exceptionally passionate about improving the quality of life for my clients through resolving root causes rather than overlying symptoms.

When I’m not practicing you can find me hiking, scuba diving, playing golf, cooking, or spending time with my Greyhound.

Zachary is a cultivated technician of the body. Nearly 20 years of experience in the field of manual therapy began as a PT tech after finishing massage therapy school. Along the way Zachary has studied and mastered many popular techniques. An interest in Classical and Traditional Chinese Medicine began his curiosity for deeply understanding the body and health. During this journey, he’s developed a practice in healing techniques that hold up to the test of time and scrutiny of efficacy. After being introduced to Counter Strain he found that the techniques abide similar principles he found in the practice of Taiji Chuan. Now Zachary continues a clinical practice in Arizona.

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I am trained as an MD in family practice, with a PhD in medical anthropology. My medical work has included attending births for the first ten years of my time, doing obstetric care, pediatric care, well child checks, adolescent care, adult medicine and geriatrics. I additionally trained in functional medicine (and hold a certificate from the American Board of Holistic and Integrative Medicine), started programs in nutrition, and planted herbal gardens.

Through my never ending curiosity and interest in finding simple and elegant ways to approach health, I came to study fascial counterstrain and found it compelling enough to start a new chapter of care!

My coursework in fascial counterstrain includes : arterial dysfunctions, venous and lymphatic dysfunction, myochains and ligamentous dysfunction, periosteal dysfunctions and endplates, cartilage, nervous systems 1 and 2, central sensitization 1 and 2, and the viscera. I am also a student in the counterstrain academy and have taken 3 courses through the academy.

I love languages and speak English, Spanish, German and Nepali fluently. I have also studied Chinese and French.

I started my current practice, Body Unbound, for the exclusive application of fascial counterstrain, in January of 2023.
I take many medical insurances – please see my website bodyunbound.care