About Victoria
Hi, I’m Victoria! As a Movement Coach, I am here to help advance your healing. I work with those who have chronic illnesses, chronic pain, or are looking to improve their health overall. I’m here to aid in your health and healing journey. Movement coaching is not only vital to overall health and well being, it is also vital for those with chronic illness or pain. Movement helps increase strength, mobility and/or stability, and blood flow while reducing muscle wasting or loss, injury risk, and other negative results of a sedentary lifestyle due to illness like pain and fatigue. Movement is a key to life and would love to help show you how it can improve yours.
Exercise has always been an important part of my life. When I got sick in 2012, I had to put all of that on hold. I was ultimately diagnosed with immune dysfunction, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, and Lyme disease which led to chronic fatigue syndrome, dysautonomia, mast cell activation syndrome, and hypermobility. I soon realized I could use movement, specifically tailored to my illness and needs, to actually help me in healing and minimize relapses. I slowly began to incorporate movement back into my lifestyle. Not in the same way as before, but in new ways that wouldn’t tax my nervous and immune systems; that instead would support them. Now, I want to help you do the same!
How I’m different from any other coach or trainer:
I am NOT a weight loss coach, competition coach or a nutritionist. My GOAL is to help you improve upon your overall health and healing, gain back strength and energy, show you the importance of movement no matter what your health looks like, and teach you how to love and utilize your body for healing. I help show clients how engaging in movement that is tailored to their body and situation can benefit them both immediately and in the future. It’s time to find peace with your body and feed it what it needs for healing!
My training style is all about functional training. I often start with mobility and/or stability work with clients before moving onto functional stabilization and strength. I want to make sure you have the stability, range of motion, and strength within movement patterns you use regularly. My goal is to strengthen your body in ways that you use it daily so that you can complete your activities of daily living more easily, with less fatigue and pain. I want you to have the energy, strength, and stamina to also do activities you love!
Something that sets me apart as a coach, besides my work specializing in chronic illness, is that I incorporate a variety of different types of movement. If I feel that a specific Pilates or yoga series would benefit you, I will incorporate that in the routine that I build for you. I draw from other specialities and leaders in the health and fitness world to put together a program that works specifically FOR YOU. No one person knows or can provide everything, so I utilize my knowledge while also being a point person to put together a plan for you.
Qualifications:
I have a degree in Health and Exercise Science with a concentration in Sports Medicine from Colorado State University. I am also a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), a Girls Gone Strong Certified coach, a Certified Brain Health Trainer, and I have been training clients virtually and in-person since 2010. I have specialty certifications in Kettlebells and TRX with experience in teaching yoga and spin classes. I am currently working towards completing my Medical Exercise Specialist Training (2023).
Please review the resources page to learn the science behind the importance of movement in illness. I work with a variety of fitness levels and chronic illnesses (from Lyme disease to dysautonomia to lupus to anxiety and/or depression and more!), but if you’re concerned about whether I will be able to work with you, please don’t hesitate to reach out and we can talk about your unique circumstance. I am always learning and willing to do the research in situations I may know less about.
