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Staff

A consistent source of comfort and empowerment
in our Hendersonville community for more than 28 years.

Adam Silverberg

Owner / Practice Manager
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Adam Silverberg is the owner and manager of our practice.  His Licensed Massage and Bodywork practice and teaching career spans 28 years and includes Anatomy and Physiology, Kinesiology, Neuromuscular Therapy, Connective Tissue and Structural Integration, Myofascial work,  Swedish Massage, and therapeutic communication. He is a certified instructor of Visionary Craniosacral Work through the Milne Institute. His practice includes prenatal, pediatric, and geriatric clients. Adam views bodywork as the meeting place for clinical science, art, and magic. He also believes therapy should be fun and include laughter whenever possible. Adam is a husband, a dad, a wildlife rehabilitator, and a loyal Deadhead.​
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Linda Gutowski

​Physical Therapist - DPT, CLT
​Linda is a Physical Therapist with a deeply caring soul and a laughing heart. She practices postural restoration (Postural Restoration Institute), pelvic floor therapy (Herman and Wallace), and is a Certified Lymphedema Therapist (Norton School). Linda utilizes her foundation as a massage therapist to inform her manual therapies and craniosacral work. She is a perpetual student always seeking new threads to weave into the fabric of her work with people. Linda has an inspiring way of teaching as she works. She is a cat lover, a zen gardener, an artist, and a natural comedian.
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TJ Constantino

Physical Therapist
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​TJ Constantino is a Physical Therapist with a unique depth about her work and her presence. TJ combines myofascial and craniosacral therapies with her vast knowledge of anatomy, medicine, and biomechanics. She provides a safe space for patients to clear their minds and be present in their bodies. TJ is certified as a craniosacral teaching assistant with Upledger Institute. Many patients enjoy the sweet presence of her canine therapy partners. TJ is a wife, an animal mom, a native mountain girl, and has a very contagious laugh.

​Rita Kotsias

Physical Therapist
Rita Kotsias is a Physical Therapist with a warm heart, a welcoming smile, and a judgement-free treatment room. She helps patients with gait and balance training, relieves chronic pain patterns, and teaches patients how to work on new physical tasks at home. Rita’s calm demeanor and keen observation skills are gateways to her ability to truly understand the challenges each patient faces. Rita is a mom, a wife, an intellectual, and she reminds us that we get by with a little help from our friends.
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Nathan Fox

Physical Therapist - DPT
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Nathan Fox is a great person and also an excellent Physical Therapist. As a massage therapist, he cultivated an understanding of the body, the ways we move, the ways we adjust our posture, and the ways we heal. He brings these perspectives into his physical therapy treatments with a relatable easygoing approach. He is kind, friendly, and genuinely interested in helping the world, one person at a time. Nathan can easily shift between teaching amazing information and making us laugh hysterically...sort of a Stephen Hawking meets stand-up comedy. His Harry Potter glasses are a subtle nod to his wizarding skills.





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Amy Galloway

Physical Therapist - DPT
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Amy is a cheerful beacon in the storm of life. She reminds us to laugh and to be grateful for having time to enjoy our days together. Throughout her outpatient Physical Therapist career, Amy's higher calling has been to connect with each person individually and be creative with their therapy. The wisdom of the body guides her work, and people consistently rave about how much better they feel after working with her. Amy spends her spare time casting fairy spells and finding fun adventures with her family. 

Jessica Risher
Physical Therapist
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 Jessica is a deeply present and grounded person. She welcomes everyone with a warm smile, bright eyes, and her heart in giving mode. Throughout her career in skilled nursing, she learned how to help people navigate their greatest challenges. Jessica is attuned to the aspects of therapy beyond the physical, and encourages patients in balancing their emotional and intellectual experiences as well. Jessica loves being a dog mom, living close to nature, and even bathing in the creek to keep true to her pioneer roots.

Gerald Fitzgibbon

Physical Therapist 
Gerald Fitzgibbon is a Physical Therapist with an ancient wisdom about his personality and his approach. His career has included certification in massage therapy and yoga teaching, bodybuilding, and military training.  He helps patients peel away layers of issues piled on by life, and work on foundational strengths as the means to long term freedom. He makes it easy for people to let down their guard and feel much better through true connection and understanding. Gerald is a dad to humans and dogs, a hiking and nature enthusiast, a waterfall swimmer, and has eyes that smile.
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Susan Rampy

Physical Therapist - ​DPT, PhD
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Susan Rampy is a ball of sunshine bouncing through the world, making people feel better everywhere she goes. She is a combination of Albert Einstein and Glinda the Good Witch from the  Wizard of Oz. Susan earned her PhD in Neuroscience (a combination of brain surgery and rocket science) and has evolved her style of manual physical therapy over her 35 year career. Fortunately for us, she stepped away from her own physical therapy company in Texas to enjoy a more easygoing pace in Hendersonville. She connects with her patients and extends true caring and encouragement to everyone. She can be found otherwise exploring the nature and wildlife around her home with her loving family. We couldn't stop Susan from retiring in March 2026, but we refuse to remove her from our website.

​Beth Strickler

Physical Therapist Assistant - PTAA
Beth Strickler is a Physical Therapist Assistant with a true passion for myofascial and craniosacral work. Her experiences keep reinforcing how people benefit most from highly skilled manual therapy. Beth has a knack for combining fun and sacred space; she allows for the deeper quiet that emerges in treatments while maintaining a personal rapport with each patient. Her laughter is a common sound ringing in our halls. Beth is mom, musician, artist, cat whisperer, connoisseur of dance, and blue ribbon Jedi cake master. 
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​Kim Healy

Physical Therapist Assistant
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Kim Healy is a Physical Therapist Assistant with an open heart and a clear connection with the whole world. Her career with pediatric therapies provides a foundation for her advanced trainings in myofascial work and other manual therapy modalities. Kim is gifted at postural reading and helping bodies make adjustments to relieve painful patterns. She has great understanding of the body and how to work with it. But more importantly, she makes people feel better just by being with them. She focuses her treatments to help empower patients in their self reliance. Kim is a mom, a wife, a music lover, and might be part mermaid.
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Julie Eberhardt

Physical Therapist Assistant - ​Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist
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Julie Eberhardt is a centered, grounded, and powerful Physical Therapist Assistant and Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist. She weaves her style of bodywork from 30 years of exploration and study of body systems, physiology, and emotions. Julie possesses a profound ability to sense the source of a problem and see clearly how to address it. She helps each person understand their body, reflect on their own journey, and look forward in life. Julie reminds us that even when we feel the weight of the world is upon us, helping each other makes it all easier. She also makes amazing balloon animals.

Dawn Harvin
Physical Therapist Assistant
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Dawn emanates a vibe of being in the flow, and helps each person tune in to the rhythm of their body. Through her background in skilled nursing, Dawn has cultivated deep compassion, genuine listening, and excellent technical skills. She approaches everyone with respect and kindness, and reminds us all that the world is a beautiful place. Dawn is a descendant of Mother Nature, lives in Fern Gully, and is known to have random butterflies following her around.
 

Maura Fortin
Physical Therapist Assistant
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​Maura is a combination of grounded stability, easy movement, and light-hearted laughing. Her career spans over 30 years of caring for people in many venues. She applies experiential knowledge from her years in skilled nursing to help people achieve and maintain independence in their lives. She utilizes her extensive training in Tai Chi to guide patients toward strength, balance, and flexibility. Her calming presence makes every day better. Maura is a loving dog mom, an avid hiker, a famous karaoke vocalist, and a retired semi-professional basketball player. 
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Michael Fawcett

Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist
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Michael is a peaceful soul who brings calm and presence to any moment. Most people start to feel better as soon as they schedule their appointment with him. His massage and bodywork style provides deliberate, skillful, lasting relief that is so needed in the world. He combines Neuromuscular, Connective Tissue, and Myofascial therapies to ease postural tension patterns and pain. He helps each person learn how to maintain their results and stay feeling better. Michael's quiet composure is balanced with his love of laughing, making music, and being with friends. He tries to keep his super hero powers secret but we all know.

Kristin Dunn Hucks

AAP​
Kristin Dunn Hucks is our office administrator and scheduling guru. She is the person on the phone who makes you wonder why everyone can’t be this nice. Even friendlier and more welcoming in person, she will help you feel right at home. She’ll make your paperwork seem easy, and assist you with organizing your therapy treatments into your busy life. Kristin has a deep sense of people’s needs, and an even deeper ability to make space for them to happen. Kristin worked in physical therapy billing and then cultivated a career developing a medical research company. She is a certified DoTerra wellness advocate and our resident essential oils wizard and potions teacher. Kristin is a mom, a comedy enthusiast, a multimedia artist, and a carpenter. 
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Margaret Lendrum

CSP
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​Margaret Lendrum is everyone's best friend. As an administrator, she is organized, focused, and attentive to each person's needs. She can be found smiling and laughing with everyone, and helps us all keep our cool even when the office gets a bit stressful. Maggie is an aspiring dog trainer, an avid joke teller, a world class Cuban chef, the recipient of the 2026 Good Apple Award, and the local ambassador of all things New Jersey.

Julie Baker

DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
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Julie Baker serves as our chief medical advisor, health and safety protocols officer, and spontaneous dance moves instructor. She is a fountain of information, knowledge, and heartfelt advice. Julie is quick on the draw with medical diagnostics and uses her medical superpowers for good. She is laugh-out-loud funny, and reminds people to take the world less seriously. She is a professor at Western Carolina University, an aspiring chef, an eternal student, a lover of fun physical activities, and the best wife and mom ever.
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    • Pediatrics
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