Movement Specialist at
Empower Movement Physical Therapy

From Rehab to Real-Life Strength

You’ve done the hard work in physical therapy—now it’s time to retrain your body and brain for lasting strength, stability, and freedom.

Our Movement Specialist bridges the gap between recovery and everyday life. This service is especially powerful for:

  • Clients with true strength deficits who need extra support to build back up

  • Those whose brains have created faulty patterns after old injuries or trauma

  • Postpartum moms, women in menopause, or anyone managing chronic pain who feels “out of sync” with their body

What Is a Movement Specialist?

A Movement Specialist helps you retrain both your body and nervous system so you can move efficiently and confidently. Working in collaboration with our physical therapists, your Movement Specialist focuses on:

  • Rewiring faulty patterns from old injuries or trauma

  • Teaching foundational movement patterns that support long-term strength

  • Reinforcing core, breath, and pelvic floor coordination

  • Helping you rebuild real-world strength and stability

  • Using movement to improve posture, reduce stress, and boost energy

This is where you lock in the progress you made during PT and learn how to sustain it for life.

What to Expect

Every session is personalized to your body, your history, and your goals. Expect expert guidance, intentional movement, and a safe, supportive space to reconnect and rebuild.

We use a two-phase method to take you from surviving to thriving:

  1. Reconnect to your foundation
    Posture, breathing, core, pelvic floor, and efficient movement patterns.

  2. Rebuild strength + confidence
    Guided sessions that reprogram how your body moves—so you can lift, carry, bend, and flow through life with ease.

Sessions May Include:

  • Nervous system support + body awareness

  • Breathwork and deep core activation

  • Posture and alignment retraining

  • Pelvic floor and glute strengthening

  • Mobility and fascia-based release

  • Functional movement coaching: lifting, bending, carrying, reaching

Who Is This For?

  • Clients transitioning out of physical therapy who need more support

  • Anyone feeling weak, unstable, or “stuck” in old patterns

  • People who want more than a workout, they want movement that heals

  • Moms postpartum rebuilding their core and pelvic floor

  • Women navigating menopause or pelvic floor dysfunction

  • Those who need accountability and expert progression for lasting change

Meet Emily Gurbatt – Movement Specialist

Emily is a certified yoga instructor with deep movement expertise and a passion for helping people reconnect with their bodies. She understands how trauma, injuries, and life changes shape the way we move and how healing happens through awareness, breath, and strength. Emily is helping us pioneer this role as part of our collaborative team at Empower Movement.

Ready to Move Better?

If you’re done “just getting by” and ready to move with confidence, Root + Rise sessions with our Movement Specialist are the perfect next step.

Investment

Add-on 30 min after PT session: $65

Add-on 60 min after PT care: $110

Package of 5 (60 min sessions): $500

PT Discharge + 3 Movement Sessions (60 min each): $300 (in addition to PT costs)