Experience patient focused, outcome driven physical therapy in our friendly, relaxed environment located in beautiful Spokane, Wa. Our physical therapists utilize special techniques they’ve learned from additional training that you may not receive at other facilities. These include fascial counterstrain, sports physical therapy, functional rehabilitation exercises and muscle energy techniques just to name a few. We’ve designed our practice to allow for the extra treatment time necessary to really listen and formulate a treatment plan tailored just for you.
We know every person is different. That is why we have many different options to help you get back to what you want to do the most.
Andrea Baker, PT, ATC, AT/L is extremely honored and humbled to be rated as one of the Top 3 Physical Therapists in Spokane, Wa. Her patients are the world to her and she spends countless hours educating herself on how to make her patients better in less time.
Meet our Staff
Andrea is the owner and founder of Dynamic Bracing & Physical Therapy, Inc. She graduated with a B.S. in Physical Therapy and won the Faculty Recognition Award from Eastern Washington University in 1994. She is skilled in Fascial Counterstrain and is also a Certified Athletic Trainer. Her highest priority is making her patients better. She combines advanced treatment techniques with patient education, and is sought out for her ability to handle complex and chronic cases where other treatment methods have failed.
Andrea feels the profession of physical therapy requires lifetime learning and supports the entire physical therapy team in regularly attending continuing education courses.
Andrea is a Spokane native and mother of two. She is an active parent who volunteers at Garfield Elementary and North Central High School. She is passionate about healthy living and spends as much time as possible enjoying nature and the outdoors playing sports, gardening, camping, and hiking in the woods. She enjoys cooking with organic foods and educating people about the benefits of essential oils.
Jesse graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2017 with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy. Prior to graduate school, she graduated North Dakota State University with a degree in both Exercise Science and Psychology. Jesse has been a certified personal trainer since 2007 and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach with the National Strength and Conditioning Association since 2010.
She enjoys working with all types of patients, especially helping athletes of all ages return to optimal performance. She uses a combined approach of manual therapy and exercise to help patients return to the activities they love. When she’s not working, Jesse enjoys biking, gardening, and exploring the outdoors.
“I have been an injured athlete, trying to stretch, exercise, and tape myself out of an injury without success. That’s where manual therapy comes into play. I have been practicing fascial counterstrain for over a year now and notice more benefits with this technique than any other. Some things you can’t do yourself, and that’s when coming in for manual therapy can help you.”
She enjoys working with all types of patients, especially helping athletes of all ages return to optimal performance. She uses a combined approach of manual therapy and exercise to help patients return to the activities they love. When she’s not working, Jesse enjoys biking, gardening, and exploring the outdoors.
“I have been an injured athlete, trying to stretch, exercise, and tape myself out of an injury without success. That’s where manual therapy comes into play. I have been practicing fascial counterstrain for over a year now and notice more benefits with this technique than any other. Some things you can’t do yourself, and that’s when coming in for manual therapy can help you.”
A Spokane native, Meghan graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2013 with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy and, before joining the team at Dynamic Bracing, worked for 6 years in skilled nursing. She started specializing in Fascial Counterstrain after she stopped racing triathlon professionally in 2019. Because of her background in intense athletic training and pursuits, Meghan embraces the opportunity to combine her educational background in skilled therapy with her passion for exercise and sport.
Meghan uses Fascial Counterstrain, along with other manual therapies, to help her clients obtain correct structural alignment, decrease pain, and improve mobility. Once achieved, she uses specific exercises, cues, and techniques to help her clients improve body awareness, gain strength and mobility, and ultimately return to activities of recreation, sport, and competition.
Outside of the clinic, Meghan continues to coach and mentor clients in triathlon, running, and nutrition for endurance sport and everyday healthy lifestyle. Her love for the outdoors, her animals, and her health inspire her to spend time showing and training her dogs and llamas, backpacking, running, cycling, and maintaining a yard and garden on 5 acres just outside of Spokane.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Friends! Meghan is starting up another cycle of introductory exercise classes starting Wednesday, January 5th. Each session will begin at 12:30 pm and last approximately 1 hour. Cost is $10 per session.Please call Darcy to reserve your spot.The advanced class continues on Thursdays, but it is now moved up to 12:30 pm (instead of 12pm.)Please join us! EVERYONE is welcome, and no prior strength training is necessary.
