Meet Kristen

Kristen joined the SOTA team after recently relocating to Raleigh with her family from

Highlands Ranch, Colorado. During her 16 year career in Denver, she owned a private practice

and also worked at the world-renowned Steadman Hawkins Clinic. She has extensive

experience in sports medicine conditions, ranging from adolescent to collegiate/professional

athletes and weekend warriors. She is a board certified orthopedic clinical specialist and

certified in dry needling, which has become an integral part of her practice for both recovery and

wellness.

Kristen grew up in Denver but isn’t entirely new to North Carolina. She and her husband met at

Wake Forest University where they both played Division I soccer for the Demon Deacons. She

was sidelined in high school by a knee injury and decided to pursue a career in physical therapy

after her own rehab journey back to the field. She has a special interest in ACL prevention and

rehabilitation in female athletes, including studying movement mechanics, nutrition, training

volume, and mental health.

Kristen is committed to getting to know each of her patients on a personal level in order to

understand their unique concerns and goals. She believes that the greatest thing healthcare

providers can do for their patients is to listen and allow adequete time to address their concerns,

a rare gift that this clinical practice model allows.

In her free time, Kristen embraces her esteemed role of Soccer Mom, which includes cheering

on her three kids from the sideline, at hopefully different game times when the stars align. She

enjoys exercising (non-contact only, because who has time to rehab another ACL), walking her

dog in the evenings with her husband because it’s their only time to talk, and watching or

reading the latest rom-com series way too late into the night.