With 35 years of experience in rehabilitative manual therapies, Gigi has successfully addressed various types of pain and dysfunction. Drawn to anatomy and physiology, and meaningful human connection, Gigi shifted her career focus in 1990 from software engineering to Manual Therapy and "human engineering'.
MANUAL THERAPIST
GIGI DEGERLUND WILLETT
DMI LMT ACBT NMT AAT
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ABOUT
In her private practice, Gigi values teaching clients the importance of self-care and body awareness in preventing injuries, managing stress and fostering a "self-supportive" lifestyle.
In the classroom, she enjoyed sharing her enthusiasm with students in occupational school settings as they learned and explored the amazing human body. She has instructed one-year curriculum of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology. As a Certified Practitioner and Instructor of Lowen Systems DMI, she has taught and assisted in Lowen Systems continuing education seminars.
EDUCATOR
Gigi is passionate about the combined roles of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the brain on health. In 2011, her curiosity and desire to further help her clients lead her to study the Polyvagal Theory, the Vagus Nerve, trauma-informed manual therapies, and the associated neurobiology and neuroscience expanding her awareness of injury and pain management.
By recognizing the ANS's role in sending safety signals and facilitating interactions both internally and externally, Gigi effectively addresses key components to underlying causes of chronic pain and offers her clients insights on how to achieve this for themselves.
BRAIN-ANS-PAIN CONNECTION
MODALITIES: Manual Visceral and Neural Therapy, Neurofascial, Myofascial, Cranial, Lymphatic, Acupressure and Oriental Therapies, and Trauma-Informed Manual Therapies and Autonomic Nervous System Regulation.
MENTORS: Mark Manton Dipl Ac LMT, Peggy Daugherty NMT LMT, Dr William Fisher DC, Frank Lowen SI LMT, Ernie Quinlisk PT, Gail Wetzler BI-D PT EDO DPT, and various Barral Institute instructors.
MODALITIES AND MENTORS
Gigi utilizes her extensive multi-systems training to guide her in identifying and releasing tensions in the support tissues of your body. She enjoys collaborating with clients and multi-disciplinary healthcare providers alike to deliver optimal outcomes.
Her whole-body approach combines compassion with a dedication to life-long learning. In her office, each person, infants to elderly, will receive their own specialized care and individual treatment. She learns from her clients every day.
"It is important to remember that the human body is a unity, and we should observe the client/patient not as a series of disconnected segments - but as multiple and different elements that work in unison.
A dysfunction of tissue will adversely affect neighboring and distant tissues."
- Bruno Burdoni DO PhD
