The Science Behind Every SHIFT Lesson

MY STORY

Clinic, gym floor, and research — in one place

I started SHIFT in 2013 as a blog. I wanted one place to put the tools, ideas, and latest science that could help coaches, medical providers, and parents change athletes’ lives — starting with the sport I know best, gymnastics.

I’m a former collegiate gymnast myself, and I’ve spent the years since coaching optional-level gymnastics in Boston. On the clinical side, I hold my Doctorate in Physical Therapy and I’m Board Certified in Sports Physical Therapy. I treat patients at Champion Physical Therapy and Performance, with a specialty focus on gymnasts — I see 20 to 30 of them every month. I’m also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, and I research gymnastics sports medicine: workloads, Achilles tears, culture change, and strength and conditioning.

That combination — clinic, gym floor, and research — is what SHIFT is built on. I’ve consulted with programs from the club level to the elite level, worked with thousands of gymnasts over the last decade, and I speak on this work nationally and internationally so more of it reaches the people doing it every day.

SHIFT has grown from that first blog into a podcast, an online education community called The Hero Lab, continuing education courses for medical providers, and a full library of free and paid resources. I still run all of it as SHIFT’s CEO — and outside of work you’ll usually find me at the lake with family, in the gym myself, or being a closet nerd for the movies and games I grew up on.