The Gold Standard in Fascia Stretch Therapy.

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Bertrand (B-Train) Berry

With B-Train joining our teaching team it is truly the story of a special relationship coming full circle. As a former NFL defensive end who has been a client of Ann Frederick’s for the past over 17 years. He attributes FST saving the last couple of years of his professional career. He brings an unmatched level of love, laughter and giant hugs into our workshops.

Early on he played college ball for Notre Dame, while receiving a degree in communications. B-train was then drafted by the Colts and went on to play for the Bronco’s; eventually ending up as a free agent playing for 6 years with the Arizona Cardinals. He’s won a Pro Bowl and went to the Super Bowl with his team, before retiring in 2010. Bertrand has stayed involved with football to share his love for the game and to help others improve their skills. While traveling with Under Armor to assist with training camps, he discovered a passion for coaching youth, and helps kids learn the skills they need to get to the next level in football. B-Train is a Level 4 Fascia Stretch Therapy Specialist and offers 1:1 football coaching in Phoenix to help young athletes move up the ranks, as well as professional players to up their game.

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Jim Bose

Jim is extremely passionate about having a positive impact on each individual he meets and works with. He began his journey as an athlete which led him to become a Strength and Conditioning Coach in Professional Baseball. After a career in Professional Baseball, Jim went on to attend Clinical Massage Therapy School and then the Stretch To Win Institute. His experience and knowledge allows him to bridge the gaps from training and recovery to develop successful programs for his athletes and clients; improving their athletic ability and quality of life. He continues to further his education by attending regular courses and seminars from the leading health and fitness professionals around the globe. When not training or working, Jim is out enjoying good food and time with friends and family.

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Troy Cammack

Troy joins our teaching team with true spirit of bring acts of service. With over 25 years as a dedicated Fire Engineer and certified Paramedic, he has provided crucial support in emergency situations. Recognizing the impact of a calming presence, a smile, and kind words, he has found fulfillment in helping others during challenging times.

Currently, Troy is expanding his expertise by diving into the world of Fascia Stretch Therapy and Fascial Counter-strain technique. His journey reflects his commitment to continuous learning and enhancing his skills to contribute positively to the well-being of those he serves.

As a Level 4 Fascia Stretch Specialist and STW teacher, Troy is excited to use his background and skills to help create a learning environment that is both safe and fun for our students.

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Deb Day

Growing up as a dancer, Deb has always loved movement, mobility and flexibility. Deb has a diverse combination of experience spanning several decades which includes being a dancing teacher, personal trainer, yoga teacher, Pilates mat & reformer instructor and massage therapist. This background gives Deb keen insight into how our bodies should move, therefore helping to identify when movements are dysfunctional. Deb then uses FST to help assess, feel, confirm and then treat the client’s tissue and nervous system on a deeper level, creating a unique client experience.

Over 10 years ago, Deb attended Level 1 FST in Arizona with Ann & Chris and found another therapeutic tool she didn’t even know she was looking for! Needless to say, she returned to Arizona for Levels 2 & 3 and has been working full-time as an FST Specialist ever since.

Deb loves to educate her clients to be involved in their journey of healing so they have a sense of ownership over their own body. She empowers her clients with knowledge and understanding so they can move forward with healing their body and living a pain free, strong, flexible and mobile life.

Deb lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and 3 toy poodles. When she is not working, you can find her either gardening, camping, reading a book or riding her hot pink motorbike!

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Jean Honsaker

Jeanne joins our teaching team after 20 years in corporate senior management. Her career change was a leap of faith, completing all 3 levels of FST training in 9 months while opening her own fascia stretch therapy practice. Jeanne is a former dancer and passionate about fitness. She was a Jazzercise franchise instructor for 27 years, active in Crossfit for several years, placing 135th in the world and 102^nd in the U.S. in the 2019 Crossfit Open in her age division, and she became a Crossfit L1 Trainer in 2019. Jeanne has found a deep fulfillment in helping her clients though FST and enjoys sharing the techniques and her experiences as a practitioner with STWI students. When not practicing or teaching, you will more than likely find Jeanne with her husband, 4 kids, and 11 grandchildren.

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Jena Schroeder

Jena brings her unique medical background of being a licensed occupational therapist for the past 13 years to our teaching team. She has worked with clients who have lived with chronic pain and illness, which have impacted their ability to have a fulfilling quality of life. Once she began her training in FST, it completely changed her perspective of what Fascia Stretch can do to help her clients. She has also spent the past 10 years researching and studying quality of life through human behaviors; including stress management, physical movement, sleep habits, nutrition, and spirituality. Jena is a Level 4 Fascia Stretch Specialist and has certifications as a Functional Medicine Health Coach and Myofascial Decompression Provider.

When asked to provide 3 words to describe her values, her utmost priorities are faith, family, and health. When Jena is not working in her practice or teaching for our Institute, you will find her caddying for her 8-year-old son, lifting weights, golfing, or enjoying a nerdy book. A few fun facts about Jena: She hikes rim to rim of the Grand Canyon every year, plays competitive cornhole, grew up on a farm in North Dakota, and has been a resident of Arizona since 2011.

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Kevin Darby

Kevin is the founder of DTS Fitness Education and co-owner of Stretch to Win Canada. He has been involved in structured physical conditioning programs for over 25 years. He was a multi-sport athlete and represented Canada internationally as a member of the Canadian Military Pentathlon Team. He has had a long and successful career as a leader in the fitness industry. He has been a head coach, personal trainer, wellness team leader for a 7500+ member police service and has developed multiple successful education programs. He has worked with general population clients, amateur, Olympic and professional athletes in major sports leagues across North America. He holds a B.Ed. degree, was a member of an award winning research team lead by Dr. Stuart McGill and was the canfitpro World Fitness Expo - Canadian Fitness Presenter of the year in 2014. His core belief is knowledge is not power, it is the ability to apply knowledge that makes it powerful.

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Sarah Horbaczyk

Sarah has been working as a Personal Trainer for over 10 years in a commercial gym setting and has been combining FST with her clients since she took her level 1 in 2012. Transforming her business from strictly PT to mainly FST and Working with a variety of clients from athletes, general population and fitness competitors, she has been able to show people the value of mobility and how well it complements any type of strength and conditioning program. Sarah has always been passionate about health and wellness and how the body moves. Finding FST and combining it with functional fitness and movement sparked a passion with her to show other trainers in the industry how they can help more people reach their goals. Sarah has been a part of the Instructor team since 2018 and has had the privilege of teaching many students how they can implement FST into their practice and design programs with mobility and stability incorporated. Teaching people the how and why to take care of their bodies is something Sarah is very passionate about.

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Robert Glean

Robert is a registered massage therapist, fascial stretch therapist, and movement educator that is not like any other manual therapist. He promotes tissue health with proper assessment, positioning and movement. Essentially, the body needs to learn how to function through arranged movement patterns. People are quickly forgetting what it means to move without pain or to have range of motion without muscle tension. Robert uses his knowledge of combining fascial stretch therapy, neurological tests, muscle tests, vision training, functional movement, and manual therapy to unlock the very threat and pain responses that prevent people from moving better, feeling better, and thinking clearly with more energy. Robert’s experience with integrating this approach of therapies has widely ranged from young children, all athletes (in sports such as soccer, basketball, tennis, CrossFit, golf, baseball) both amateur to Olympic, a variety of neurological challenges within people with CP, MS, Parkinson’s, Concussions, Spinal Cord Injuries, Stroke, Dystonia, Clippers, etc.), to basically anyone that wants to feel like themselves again so that they can add play to their lives and family.

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Alex Marion

Alex has been involved in the health and fitness industry for nearly two decades. Originally a movement coach, fitness professional and martial arts instructor, Alex has since transitioned into a multidisciplinary clinical practice. For the last 8 years he has blended his background in kinesiology, fascial stretch therapy, clinical massage therapy and osteopathic manual therapy to help people from all walks of life regain and enhance their health and wellbeing. Alex holds a Bachelor’s of Applied Science in Kinesiology (University of Guelph), as well as diplomas in Fitness and Lifestyle Management (George Brown College), Massage Therapy (Sutherland-Chan School and Teaching Clinic) and lastly a Master of Practice Diploma in Osteopathic Manual Sciences (Canadian Academy of Osteopathy). Alex’s philosophy is that the human body is a dynamic unit of interrelated structure and function that it has the capacity to regulate and heal itself when afforded the opportunity. His core belief is that the medium of teaching is his opportunity to empower other health and fitness professionals to improve the quality of life of each and every human being they touch.

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Steve Thurston

Steve became a Registered Massage Therapist in 2001 and began treating people by helping them discover their ability to move more effortlessly and freely. To achieve this, he used his movement background of swimming, distance running and Martial Arts to understand how the body moves and what can go wrong. Since then his passion has only become stronger allowing him to dive into personal training in 2010. This has given him the chance to work with a client roster ranging from the youngest to the wisest. Now practicing many different modalities, including Fascial Stretch Therapy, Scar release therapy, Manual Lymphatic Drainage and LifeStretch, Steve has advanced his approach to be able to help his clients regain/build their strength, move more freely and discover the body’s full potential. Steve’s goal is to make everyone feel strong and healthy while decreasing pain and eliminating restrictions holding us back. His personal goal is to be able to keep up with his two kids at home and stay as active as they are. Steve truly believes that you need to Move to Heal!

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Karla McConnell

Karla has more than 20 years of experience in the health and fitness industry. She is a manual therapist combining her skills as a Certified Athletic Therapist, and Registered Massage Therapist. Her experience includes both on-field application and clinical practice. She has worked with all types of athletes including music theater performers, Olympians, and amateur and professional dancers and athletes. Karla’s career highlights include being the on-site therapist for the films Chicago and Music Man, as well as her two seasons as a traveling therapist with Stars On Ice. Karla has held leadership roles with the Provincial and National governing bodies of Athletic Therapy in Canada and values the opportunity to be a part of the Stretch To Win teaching team. She holds a diploma in Sports Injury Management, Massage Therapy, as well as a doctorate of Acupuncture. When Karla is not teaching, you will find her in her clinic, 2B Free Therapies. Karla is grateful for the gift of being able to help people through touch, therapy and movement. She has built her practice on the core belief that everyone should have the chance to live a fulfilling life; free of pain or restrictions.

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Lisa Wong

Compassionate, with a natural creativity, Lisa fits the role of Institute Administrator for our Canadian Division to perfection. Prior to joining STWI in 2013, Lisa worked as Senior Marketing Director for one of the top movie theater chains in Canada, Famous Players, and later Paramount Pictures. With two very active children at home, Lisa is the master of organization and balancing work and home life. As a previous entrepreneur of a wedding planning business Lisa has an innate sense of quality customer service. She is your "go to girl" at STWI Canada.