I’m Liz Opoka, Doctor of Physical Therapy (PT, DPT). I have been interested in fitness and healthy living since I was a teenager, swimming in the ocean and riding my bike on the Rockaway boardwalk, while taking yoga and TaiChi classes at 17 and studying books on alternative medicine, herbs and chakra theory. In mid-life, I decided to leave the corporate world and move toward the healing professions. Physical therapy made the most sense, in that I wouldn’t be pushing pharmaceuticals as a primary means of treatment, I’d be singing the praises of exercise and fitness. I went back to school and earned my Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Hunter College (CUNY/City University of New York).

Since then, I have taken courses in manual therapy to better learn how to use my hands for listening and healing. I’ve studied visceral mobilization, craniosacral therapy, functional movement & spinal health. I believe the “issues are in the tissues” and that a pair of skilled hands is vital in releasing stuck energy, pain and restrictions.