My story started many years ago. Working, raising children, taking care of my home and family. It’s not always a surgery or an accident. My lower back was always in such pain. Sometimes with my leg going numb. After years it left me unable to do the things i love and working at a desk twenty something years I’m sure didn’t help. I was referred by Ray Nelson to see a doctor at Orlin and Cohen who reviewed my MRI’s and spoke to me about some options. I decided to go to PT instead of pain management. Ray put me in touch with Kathleen Brooks in the Bellmore office. She was the perfect pairing for me. Teaching me how to use my core muscles and working on stretching my upper legs , balance and more. I am still going to PT and do my exercises She taught me at home. I am stronger, taller, but most of all I now know how to use my body and help correct myself when the pain is starting to come back. I will always be great full to Kathleen Brooks for keeping me in line and pushing me to do more. It’s just life.