The NorthBridge Staff
Susan R. King, PT Susan Harris Davis
Owner of NorthBridge PT & Pilates Office Manager & Personal Trainer
Pain Specialist
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Susan R. King, PT
Susan specializes in chronic pain and sub-acute PAIN CONDITIONS in patients of all ages ranging from ORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA to FIBROMYALGIA (widespread pain). She has a strong and successful background treating COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME (RSD).
Susan managed the M.U.S.C. Clinical Research Biofeedback Lab for 5 years and was a member of its Pain Management Team for 11 years. She specialized in HEADACHE treatment for adults, adolescents, and children. Susan has had excellent success rates treating patients with RAYNAUD's, RSD, MUSCLE PAIN, and RADIATING NERVE PAIN CONDITIONS (NEUROPATHIC PAIN).
Susan has a CLINICAL PILATES REFORMER TABLE with TRAPEZE and a PILATES CHAIR for therapeutic exercise and physical conditioning. She underwent extensive certification training for clinical applications of Pilates Rehab Techniques and is the only PT in Charleston with the PRONE-FLEXION DECOMPRESSION TRACTION TABLE specifically for treatment of NERVE ROOT IMPINGEMENT and SPINAL STENOSIS.
Susan's WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAM includes biofeedback training for URINARY INCONTINENCE as well as a comprehensive Evidence-Based OSTEOPOROSIS Program. She offers POST-MASECTOMY rehabilitation that includes exercise with the Pilates Reformer.
Susan is currently exploring new, CONTEMPORARY applications of MYOFASCIAL RELEASE using her patented dynamic cupping device with EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS! (See the CUP AND RELEASE on the product list). Her recent interests include rehab for Yoga, Pilates, and Ballet injuries. She is developing a preteen and adolescent SCOLIOSIS treatment program that includes manual, mechanical and Pilates Reformer based exercise to address corrective spine shifts and self de-rotation maneuvers.
EDUCATION:
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College of Charleston, BS Special Education Degree, 1980
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Medical University of SC, Physical Therapy, 1988
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Biofeedback Certification Institute of America, 1990
MEMBER:
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APTA
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SCAPTA
Susan Harris Davis
Susan is the Office Manager at NorthBridge PT and is a Personal Trainer and Exercise Instructor. She does one on one training and small group classes by appointment. Susan has been involved in the fitness industry for over 25 years. She was the Master Instuctor in the award winning videos series The Firm Volume I and IV. Susan was the choreographer and lead in The Firm's Power Walking With Weights I and II. She was also in two FitPrime Productions and the TLT Production Finding Your Core. Her latest fitness endeavor was training and completing two Charleston Sprint Triathlons in 2009.
"Physical Therapy using Balanced Body Pilates Equipment"