THE COACH

Clinical Movement & Performance Practitioner 

Denise received her professional qualification as a physiotherapist from the University of Queensland, Australia. She has worked as a physiotherapist in numerous & varied healthcare settings around the world utilizing advanced clinical reasoning and manual therapy skills in the management of musculoskeletal pain and injury.

During her career Denise has pursued extensive professional education. In the process she has acquired a deep interest in the field of human motor learning & more specifically the contemporary scientific thought behind the acquisition of skill. A Kinetic Control Movement Therapist, Denise is a certified Performance Matrix Instructor, a sophisticated system of movement & performance screening & retraining. She is also fully certified as an instructor of the Pilates & Gyrotonic (TM) movement methods. 

Denise has pursued various activities & sports and enjoys those that require a mastery of technical skill such as sculling, downhill & skate skiing, windsurfing, tennis and golf.

Combining her passion for movement & sport, with her education and experience, in 2007 Denise founded ‘Coordination Dynamics Inc’, and subsequently 'The Movement Wayfinder', to provide expertise in skill learning and movement coaching to support athletic performance for individuals as well as university and junior rowing programs along the Charles River. Collaborting with John LIndberg, she is a partner with 'The Rowing Wayfinder', a coaching platform specifically designed for rowers. 

Denise is the Director of Movement Health at Spaulding/MGB Brighton Outpatient Clinic which she continues to manage.