Approach

What makes Lori Wynn Physical Therapy Unique?

My purpose is to offer individualized (ALWAYS one-on-one) holistic treatments for acute and chronic conditions including headaches, neck and back pain, foot, knee and hip pain, rotator cuff tendonitis, athletic injuries, fibromyalgia, deconditioning, etc.

Physical Therapy Techniques

In caring for my patients, I will be utilizing both traditional & non-traditional physical therapy techniques; myofascial release; electrical acupuncture; energetic reflexology; research and evidence-based exercise influenced by my decades-long background in Yoga (2017 teacher certification) & Pilates; Thai & therapeutic massage, with an emphasis on lifelong wellness & a sharp focus on physical, emotional & mental fitness.

Holistic Reflexology

Dorit Brauer is the only instructor in the state of Pennsylvania offering a program of this magnitude. Dorit received her Holistic Reflexology education at the Mahut College for Complementary Medicine and Holism in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Combining Eastern Medicine in Holistic Practice

Her strong interest in Eastern Medicine, based in the system of meridians, dates back to 1994 when she studied and subsequently practiced Thai Massage and Tai Chi in a Hill Tribe Mountain Village in Northern Thailand. Intrigued, and searching for more, she went on to study with a Canadian Acupuncturist in this ancient Chinese Art using direct electrical currents, in lieu of needles, and has been practicing electrical acupuncture with her physical therapy clients for the duration of more than a decade achieving positive results in pain resolution, consistently.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Realizing the importance of this system of meridians in helping patients to find and achieve both physical and energetic balance and thus, not only have the chance to find a complete resolution of symptoms once present, but to prevent them in the first place, she took her studies one step further by delving deeper into studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has become increasingly clear to Dr. Wynn that integrating Reflexology into her holistic physical therapy practice has significantly helped to uncover the deeper rooted causes of her physical therapy patients’ pain.

Incorporating Yoga and Pilates

Lori Wynn Physical Therapy is a home-based clinic located on the edge of Frick Park in the East End of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wynn’s practice is a reflection of what Dr. Wynn herself practices daily throughout her life, sharing with her patients not only her hands (manual techniques including reflexology, myofascial release, massage, mobilizations, etc), electrical acupuncture, traditional Physical Therapy exercises, heavily influenced by her decades long practice of both Yoga and Pilates, but additionally her clean and simple nutritional principles for detoxifying the body and minimizing inflammation, as well as meditation techniques to encourage healing.

Chronic Pain

It was upon return from a recent year-long sabbatical in South America with her family in 2014, having gained a new perspective on life, both personally and professionally, that Dr. Wynn decided to leave the traditional outpatient orthopedic physical therapy world. Though she had enjoyed spending her career in this setting, she felt her patients, especially those with chronic pain, would thrive from the treatments she could only offer in one-on-one, hour long sessions, utilizing a holistic treatment approach, rooted in the fusion of eastern and western philosophies.