I am a born and raised San Franciscan currently living in San Diego. I have been an athlete my entire life, and the human body and how it moves fascinates me. After graduating from San Diego State University with a BS in Kinesiology, I began working as a personal trainer. My collegiate background was in physical therapy, so to start my career I was working with clients who other trainers in the gym were not comfortable with due to the clients’ injury histories. It was with this clientele that my passion for changing lives was realized. I did not want to just help people with their fitness goals, I wanted to transform how they viewed using their bodies and what they could do. Sharing my own stories of overcoming injuries, and still being able to physically perform how I wanted to, gave my clients trust in my education and approach. Where they thought “I can’t do it”, I showed them “you can with modifications”.
While earning my Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of St. Augustine, I continued to work as a personal trainer. I used my education in my work, incorporating philosophies of physical therapy into my training programs and continuing to transform lives. While in a Therapeutic Exercise lab weekend, my professor posed this question: “in the future, considering the patient as a whole person, do you guys think physical therapy will be considered an integral part of wellness?” My passion for using physical activity and movement to transform lives, combined with my education and experience, created the vision that inspired me to launch Body by Boone as the answer to that question. Here I am a licensed physical therapist with over ten years of experience as a personal trainer. I believe that physical wellness greatly impacts mental well-being. I believe it is my gift and my purpose on this planet to heal and empower people through movement. So what are you waiting for? Let’s get started!!