Meet the Launch Sport Performance Team:
Dr. Elizabeth Wheeler
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Contact Information
Office: 240.479.4484
Cell: 612.280.9770
Email: liz@launchsp.com
Dr. Wheeler is a physical therapist who specializes in sports medicine – helping athletes with injury rehabilitation, injury prevention and techniques to enhance their personal performance. Her commitment to helping patients achieve their personal best includes knowledge of disciplines that are expansive and not in the typical range of protocol for physical therapists. She considers advanced knowledge from a diversity of topics (such as nutrition, neuroscience, and postural restoration) as important components in helping athletes gain competence in “how to most effectively and efficiently operate their own finely tuned machine.”
Dr. Wheeler received her DPT from the College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis and vigorously pursues advanced education with the Postural Restoration Institute in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is an engaging speaker and consultant on a variety of topics regarding athletic performance including the Female Athlete Triad, Nutrition, Weight Management, and Postural Restoration in Sports. Learn more about Dr. Wheeler.
Kristen Spencer
Physical Therapist
Contact Information
Office: 240.479.4484
Cell: 478.987.9697
Email: kristen@launchsp.com
Kristen has been practicing physical therapy for 8 years and is certified in Postural Restoration, an innovative concept of treating biomechanical imbalances by achieving and maintaining symmetry of muscle tone, joint position, breathing patterns, and neural input in both static and dynamic activities. She has a passion for sports and biomechanics and has dedicated herself to finding the root cause of pain and injury.
Her professional experience also includes teaching Prenatal Fitness classes, presenting Running Clinics, instructing military personnel in first-aid on the battlefield, acting as an Air Force Fitness Monitor, and briefing injury prevention to incoming Fitness Monitors. Kristen feels strongly that continuing education is crucial for growth and providing her patients the best care possible. Some of her Continuing Education includes: Myofascial Release, Muscle Energy, Maitland joint mobilization of spine and extremities, Running Medicine, and Postural Restoration. Learn more about Kristen Spencer.
Launch Sport Performance Description:
Launch Sport Performance provides access to physical therapy, personal training, nutrition counseling, and a variety of services that will help you become a “finely tuned machine.” We’ll equip you with know-how to understand your body, your machine, your systems. It is our job to teach you how to take care of yourself, how to recognize dysfunction that can result in injury and/or pain, and to instruct you in techniques to manage your body and impact your performance. Putting you – and not your injuries – in the driver’s seat for your life and athletic career. Whether you’re experiencing setbacks from injury or simply looking to improve your performance; our goal is getting you beyond “just getting through the season:” we strive for excellence.
This isn’t your typical physical therapy (PT). We address the whole athletic machine: not just the small components. Launch Sport Performance uses cutting-edge knowledge, from the Postural Restoration Institute, to address postural imbalances that lead to faulty movement patterns and eventually breakdown of your system (injury and/or pain). This unique approach to physical therapy appreciates the differences between each human body and how we are not created in perfect symmetry. We believe in patterns of dominance and kinetic chains that influence posture and performance.
The postural restoration approach to physical therapy understands that our body is made up of a variety of systems that are connected for ultimate performance. Our approach integrates these systems by examining complementary fields: optometry, dentistry, osteopathy, podiatry, and orthodontics. We honor the strong linkage between our brain and body; it must be fully understood, intensely applied, and well-respected in order to achieve excellence. We will work together to build your machine for better efficiency and performance.
Launch Sport Performance does not agree with the statement “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” We believe that you can take something great, and make it even better. You can launch your strength, energy, intensity, potential, and performance when you have a more connected, symmetrical, and balanced system.