Archives: Practitioners

Andrea Koskamp graduated from Pacific University with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2008. She sees general orthopedic issues, vestibular disorders and dizziness, headaches and much more. Counterstrain is a very gentle yet powerful manual technique and she feels that counterstrain gives the ability to treat more specifically and holistically.

Dr Syed Hussain(Osteopath) has studied Osteopathy at RMIT. In 2013, after watching a video of Brian Tuckey treating tremors of a patient started to look for Counterstrain training. That was a life changing moment. FCS-training has become part of life long He undertook the first Course in FCS Lymphatics & Venous by Timothy Hodges and since have studied different FCS courses with Brian and Tim. Dr Syed is very passionate about FCS and have been trying to bring FCS to the Australian Osteopaths so they can be part of changing the lives of patients.

Charmaine graduated from Marquette University Physical Therapy program in 1996. Upon graduation, she had a special interest in spine and/or pelvis dysfunctions and disorders, which prompted her to study manual therapy techniques such as muscle energy technique. She took her first counterstrain class with the Jones Institute in 2004 and instantly fell in love with the ease, simplicity and profound results. She worked in a multi-disciplinary spine center for 15 years then opened her own practice in 2012 in order to serve a wider variety of diagnoses in addition to the spine. To date, she has taken every counterstrain class offered by the Jones Institute and has started taking Counterstrain Academy Mastery courses as well. Charmaine has a genuine interest in providing a service that assists the body to heal itself.

Karen graduated from University of Maryland Eastern Shore PT School in 1992, and earned her Manual Therapy Certification (MTC) from University of St. Augustine in 2010. After learning the power of Brian Tuckey’s Fascial Counterstrain (FCS) in 2010, she dedicated all of her efforts to learning and mastering FCS. Karen was honored to work for Brian from 2014-2022, and has been been thrilled to assist Brian with teaching FCS continuing education classes. Karen is proud to be certified in Counterstrain, now adding CSCI to her credentials. Karen has two locations for her private practice: Key Therapeutics, LLC, – in Baltimore and Mount Airy MD.

Angela has been using Counterstrain for more than 15 years.
She is committed to ongoing learning and skill development in the Counterstrain technique.
Angela has a special interest in Women’s Health and is recognised as a titled member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association as a Continence and Women’s Health Physiotherapist.

Founder / Director Adelaide Advanced Physiotherapy, based in Adelaide, Australia. Combining functional patterns of movement, anatomy slings, counterstrain and a true whole body and mind approach to helping humans be better. When not treating I am chasing waves to surf with my family.