Get Out of Back Pain

We have been working with Dot for over 13 years, both private sessions and weekly yoga & hi intensity classes.
We have both had severe back pain thru the years and the classes
are a lifesaver.
I feel as though she has helped us improve our health!

I find Dot's approach motivating. She did NOT overwhelm me with too much too soon. Her positive outlook AND years of experience expanded MY awareness of the need to get my body muscles and bones in alignment. I look forward to my personalized program. My right tight side and my overall motion (walking, climbing, completing home chores) have benefited from her approach.

After a long break from exercising, I was looking for a class that would help me ease back into physical activity. I was so lucky to come upon Dot's stretching and balancing class. It has been an excellent place for me to get back in touch with my body. I was immediately able to benefit from the balancing activities she introduced (I avoided a fall shortly after my first class because of a move Dot taught and that in itself was worth the price of the class). I did not realize how much more I'd be getting out of this class and from working with Dot. She is able to focus on each member individually. She has an amazing memory and will remind you if an exercise would need to be modified for your individual situation. She explains what part of the body each stretch is benefitting and when I'm home I'm able to identify the stretch that will help a particular ache or pain. My husband just joined this class and has happily received a good amount of leg pain relief from one stretch that Dot taught. Dot genuinely cares about her students and their well-being, and really knows her stuff. She has a great website and regularly sends out very informational emails. I highly recommend Dot and any class that she teaches.

I am very happy with the stretch class that I take once a week with Dot on Zoom. I am almost 87 years old, and she gives me individual attention. Additionally, I discussed with her my ongoing depression, and she and turned me on to 5-HTP, an amino acid, which has worked unbelievably well, and just about immediately. I will always be grateful to Dot for this help.

After tolerating severe pain in my right leg, I scheduled an appointment with my doctor. X-rays showed severe bone-on-bone arthritis of the right hip with the recommendation for hip replacement surgery. Although I was told physical therapy isn't likely to be helpful, a friend of mine recommended I speak to Dot before making any decisions. I'm so glad I did! Within the first 2 weeks of working with Dot, I went from living with ice packs on my hip for hours at a time and taking the maximum amount of ibuprofen every 4 hours to no more ice packs and taking ibuprofen once, maybe twice a day. I went from struggling to get up and down stairs with a cane and a lot of pain, to being able to walk down the stairs normally (albeit carefully). Getting in the car was extremely painful and now I can get in and out with very little pain. Never in my wildest dreams did I think within I could go from the kind of excruciating pain I was in to where I am today only 3 weeks later. Dot really knows her stuff. She provided me with a customized set of exercises that only take minutes a day - and the results are amazing! Thank you, Dot!