SUCCESS STORIES
Find out why people LOVE Providence Health and Fitness
My Story
My Long and Winding Road with Back Pain.
In 2016 I was diagnosed with a herniated disk as a result of a fall. The pain was excruciating, and I could barely walk. I lived on 3 Advils every 5 hours for months.
After consulting with several doctors, my only option appeared to be surgery. One of the doctors suggested physical therapy. I went every day until my insurance ran out. The physical therapy place was packed with people with back issues who had also had surgery. After a few months, I realized that the PT was working as I was beginning to feel better and take less meds. That’s when I found Kathy at Providence Health and Fitness.
Pilates saved my back. No magic pill, but a slow process that works. I have been coming twice a week for the last 8 years. She knows the body and works in a semiprivate setting which allows her to monitor and adjust your movements. I feel stronger than ever, all over. Most importantly, NO SURGERY.
If you are suffering from back issues like sciatica, instability, muscle weakness, and general aches and pain, Pilates at Providence Health and Fitness is the place.
Pilar
Kathy and her team are exceptionally knowledgeable. Their programs are tailored to meet my needs. I feel great and My power and balance has never been better. My distance off the Tee has improved so much that two of my playing partners are part of her program in order to keep up.
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Jim E.
Kathy McCready is the Director of Providence Integrated Health and Fitness of New Providence, NJ.
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I have known and been a personal client of Kathy's for many years, more recently in the GYROTONIC® Expansion System and Pilates type exercise programs. The GYROTONIC® system incorporates the proper use of breath with movement, resulting in increased flexibility of spine and abdominal strength.
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Everyone's body ages, and in speaking for myself, my muscles and joints have become tight, less limber and flexible than when I was younger. Also, arthritis increases and range of motion decreases.
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It has been a rewarding experience for me to find a person like Kathy, who truly cares. She is focused on creating a quality of experience for each person by creating a unique program tailored to one's specific needs. Kathy has taught me how to breathe with my movement in order to gain better flexibility, strength, and range of motion. Working with her has been a pleasure.
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I have worked with various "so-called" personal trainers and group trainers. I have always left the classes feeling "put through the motions: and never educated about proper movement and breathing techniques. Exercise was often conducted with inappropriately applied intensity, resulting in over-taxed joints and muscles, and thus unnecessary pain.
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It is incredible that in the 4-5 months since I have been in the GYROTONIC® system, I feel much more invigorated, stronger and in much less muscle pain. I have increased range of motion in my arthritic shoulders. Since I am less fatigued, I have much more stamina and endurance to walk longer distances, and the desire to be more active and exercise more. To say the least, I feel like a new person!
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In addition, Providence Health and Fitness has a highly trained and experienced massage therapist team. The therapists perform deep tissue, trigger point and medical massage to relieve soreness and pain, and to de-stress the body. I have had numerous massages at Providence and found the therapists very caring, personalizing the massage for my body's needs. I recommend it highly.
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I can honestly emphasize that Kathy is a wonderful professional, leading a talented team of therapists and instructors.
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- Alice K.
Dear Kathy,
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I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for working with me so diligently in my efforts to regain my mobility. Over these past years you have really helped to improve my flexibility on the GYROTONIC® machine, as well as working with me on the Pilates reformer and doing stretching. A slow journey, but improving all the time. Several months ago I added as well a series of medical massages with my marvelous certified massage therapist Michele from NJ Massage. She, too, has worked hard to get my muscles, ligaments, tendons and fascia working properly. An uphill battle as they have been reluctant to change... Both of you working together have helped me to achieve a great deal of my mobility goal, with increased flexibility and muscle strength becoming more and more evident as I went about my daily life.
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Most recently you both recommended we try your MPS (microcurrent point stimulation) procedre. A few days after our first session I began to notice a real change in how my legs, ankles and feet felt as I went through my days - so much closer to "how they were" before damages over the past 20-odd years from bad sprains etc began to overtake my ability to go through my day pain free and more ease of movement. I have now had a second treatment and have found even MORE improvement! Again, within a few days I suddenly realized that certain movements were once possible to do without pain. Really, a piracle I had not been expecting.
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My journey is not over, but now especially with the inclusion of MPS treatment as needed, I am confident that I will be able to continue effectively to increase, and then maintain, a mobility and flexibility that has been lacking for over 20 years,
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Many thanks to you and Michele for all your labors on my behalf.
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- Edith