Meet our Rehabilitation & Administrative Teams
REHABILITATION AND EASTERN MEDICINE
YOUR goals on YOUR terms.
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Cassie Hardester, Ed.D., LAT, ATC
PRISM Physiolign™ Rehabilitation Specialist, Intensive Program Manager and Care Coordinator: Muscle Activation Techniques, Myofascial and Osteopathic Care, Neuromuscular Reeducation, Injury Prevention and Recovery, Biomechanics and Exercise, Ergonomics, Concussion Recovery. Virtual Services: Injury Prevention, Physiolign™ Rehabilitation and Training, and Health Coaching.
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Georgina Gabbidon, PT, DPT
PRISM Physiolign™ Rehabilitation Specialist: Physical Therapist
Myofascial and Osteopathic Care, Pelvic Floor and advanced hip and pelvis care, Pregnancy Care, and Dance Medicine; Visceral Mobilization, Neuromuscular Reeducation, Injury Prevention and Recovery, Biomechanics and Exercise, Dancer Performance Coaching, Ergonomics, Physiolign™ Reformer Lessons.
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Ashley Shepherd, MS, LAT, ATC, MAT, CYT
PRISM Physiolign™ Rehabilitation Specialist: Myofascial and Visceral Mobilization, Osteopathic Care, Neuromuscular Reeducation, Injury Prevention and Recovery, Biomechanics and Exercise, Ergonomics, Concussion and Neuroinflammation, Integrative Autonomic Nervous System Rehabilitation, Vagal Nerve Stim and Training, Muscle Activation Techniques, Master Yoga Instructor and Ayurvedic Health Coach.
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What to Expect
At PRISM, we take a full-body approach. Your journey will begin with an assessment of how your biomechanics, alignment, fascia and compensation patterns influence your pain, injury or neurologic symptoms. Often, treating neck or shoulder instability may begin with aligning the pelvis and hips and training spinal rotation to give upper body a better base of support.
Each Rehab Specialist is receives at least 200 hours of on-the-job training our signature PRISM Physiolign™ Program. This means that in addition to their own areas of specialization, each of our PTs and ATCs have overlapping skill sets in manual medicine, neuromuscular reeducation, and biomechanics retraining and corrective exercise.
The program is based in osteopathic principles, exercise science, applied neurophysics, orthopaedics, dance kinesiology, pilates, and many established physical therapy and myofascial techniques.
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Expertise & Progress
In addition to the many additional skills our providers bring with them and the continuing education courses we do each month in techniques such as lymphatic drainage, TMJD therapies, cranial osteopathy, and more, we continue to work together to advance our own innovative techniques.
Patients are taught home programs to empower them to manage their conditions or improve their athletic performance. Coaching focuses on efficiency of movement and breathing, eccentric tone and muscle endurance to resist compression and shear forces, and recognizing biomechanic cues to minimize stress and strain to joints and connective tissues.
Progress from manual techniques and neuromuscular re-education to stability training, Physiolign™ Reformer Lessons and Coaching in our gym.
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Dance & Performance, Chest Wall/Respiratory, Autonomic/POTS, Fatigue
Dance Medicine, Female Athletes, Performance, and more are managed by our Physical Therapist and expert team. With training from the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, we offer best in class care.
Autonomic/POTS offerings combine integrative therapies, rehabilitation, and physical medicine with PEMF, infrared, and hard to find services such as vagal nerve hydrodissection.
Our Innovative Chest Wall and Respiratory Program treats fatigue, slipping ribs, shortness of breath, and improves health when preparing for or recovering from surgery. Decrease work of breathing, improve posture and fatigue, get more restful sleep, and decrease pain and poor frustration tolerance. Look out for our publication coming soon!
Alissa Zingman MD MPH, CEO & Medical Director
Adam Kelly MS, Chief Operating Officer
Amy Frey Miller MD, Personalized Medicine Director
Linda Willmott, Billing Manager
Cassie Hardester ATC EdD, Care Coordinator & Intensive Program Manager
Ashley Shepherd ATC, Autonomic and Integrative Rehab Program Manager
Karen Hunter, Senior Scheduler
Tracy Walker, Lead Medical Assistant
Sharron Stewart, Medical Scheduler
Nimra Shezahdi, Lead Virtual Medical Assistant & Scheduler
Maliha Gulzar, Virtual Medical Assistant & Scheduler
Ahmar Sulaiman Moin, New Patient Scheduler & Virtual Patient Navigator
MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
New Patients: info@prismsj.com
Education: programs@prismsj.com
Existing Patients: support@prismsj.com