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Rachel received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2016 from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She has worked in the orthopedics and sports setting since 2017. She is a certified strength and conditioning specialist as well as a certified orthopedic clinical specialist. Rachel has found a passion in working with athletes and helping them overcome adversity and achieve their full potential through exercise, education, and empowerment.
Rachel Carson
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She has worked with athletes of all ages, skill levels, and sports, but especially enjoys working with female athletes. She also specializes in ACL rehab and rehab for overhead athletes. She has spent time coaching youth basketball as well as providing strength and conditioning and athletic development training for youth sports programs.
Rachel is originally from White Oak, Texas where she grew up playing multiple sports and her passion for sports, health, and the human body began. She attended Baylor University where she received a degree in Exercise Physiology. During her time at Baylor, Rachel worked as a student manager for the women’s basketball program in which she was a part of the 2012 National Championship team. She went on to physical therapy school and moved to Oregon shortly after graduating. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys hiking, backpacking, snowboarding, working out, and traveling.
Rachel Credentials:
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Orthopedic Clinical Specialist
CrossFit Level 1 Certified
Connor Brown
Connor grew up in Sun Valley, ID. He received his undergraduate degree at Fort Lewis college in Southern Colorado, with pre-med and business degrees. Then Connor completed graduate school at university of Puget Sound in Washington with an internship focused on supporting the professional soccer players in San Diego.
Connor has been working in orthopedics and sports medicine through his entire career.
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He combined physical therapy services and strengthen and conditioning programs for ski, running, triathlete teams, and team sports (soccer, baseball, basketball, football). He has a 5 year history of coaching athletes in triathlon, and ultramarathon running. His specialty is focused on sports rehab but his unique services include baseball throwing analysis, running gait analysis, cross country ski analysis, bike fitting, concussion management, and climbing (pully/tendon) injuries. In recent years he has been treating more collegiate and professional baseball, hockey, and football players, as well as olympic athletes.
Connor’s athletic background sets him up for understanding what my patients are going through and what they would like to achieve. He grew up cross country ski racing. Additionally, he has raced triathlons for 10 years with a great finish Ironman World Championships in 2022. He raced mountain bikes and played soccer in college, and he has finished several ultramarathons. He loves to play hockey and soccer, ski, run, climb, and paddle.
He currently is providing strength and conditioning programs for several teams and he coaches the MBSEF alpine team. He lives in Bend with my two lovely dogs, Goose and June. He loves to spend time outside adventuring.
Ellie grew up in Sun Valley, Idaho and completed her bachelor degree at Indiana University. She was a D1 swimmer at Indiana University (1997-2001).
She went to PT school achieving a master and a doctorate from Nova Southeastern University (2008). Ellie has extensive higher education in several types of manual therapy: OMM (osteopathic manual manipulation), NAIOMT (North American Institute of Manual Therapy), and IPA (Institute of Physical Art). She has worked with a wide range of athletes from middle school to pro-athlete/Olympians.
Ellie Meyrowtiz
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Ellie has lived in Bend since 2015 and has a son Crosby and husband Jeff who is a pediatrician at Central Oregon Pediatric Associates (COPA). Ellie and the owners of Capacity go way back to Portland, Oregon days in 2012.
Ellie is a master clinician who specializes in treating runners, endurance athletes, female athletes, and olympic athletes. She excels at blending manual therapy with strength and conditioning. Ellie is certified to treat pelvic health clients and is a run coach. Capacity is lucky to have her on the team.
Ellie Credentials:
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Orthopedic Certified Specialist
Lindsey Hagen
Lindsey grew up in Santa Cruz, California and played Division 1 collegiate soccer prior to attending UC San Francisco and San Francisco State University graduate school. She graduated with her Masters in 2008 and Doctorate in 2009. Lindsey has been practicing in Bend for over 6 year. She specializes in orthopedic and sports rehabilitation. She has done more advanced training on evaluation and treatment of the running athlete. She has developed Fit-to-Run programs and is an RRCA certified coach. Lindsey has coach and trained runners of all skill levels.
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She has done training with the Institute of Physical Art manual therapy, and is also Kinesiotape and Graston certified.
When not working she enjoys running marathons and ultra-marathons, snowboarding and spending time with her amazing kids!
Lindsey Credentials:
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Certified Run Coach
CrossFit Level 1 Certified
A licensed physical therapist since 2009, Nick is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist and certified sports clinical specialist. He is a faculty member of the Institute of Physical Art. Nick completed his undergraduate training at The University of Colorado in Boulder and physical therapy school at the University of California San Francisco. After PT school, Nick completed a sports physical therapy residency in Vail, CO at the Howard Head Sports Medicine Center.
Nick Hagen
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Following residency training, he completed a traveling sports fellowship learning sports medicine with the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). In 2016, Nick completed a certification through IPA physical therapy to be a certified functional manual therapist. Nick is a board director of the Oregon National Strength and Conditioning Association. He has spoken at local and national level conferences. Nick is a journal editor for the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Medicine and The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. He has been published in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, Australian Journal of Strength and Conditioning, and through the APTA. He has provide care for NBA, NFL, MLB, and US Ski Team Athletes.
Through Nick’s experiences he started to recognize a gap in health and wellness. The model was dictated by insurance providers not for what is best for the client. Nick started Capacity to create a multi-tiered service to help people. His goal was build a company which can help clients get out of pain, help clients improve their athletic performance, as well as educate others on how to care for clients. Capacity’s goal is to help as many people as possible.
Nick Credentials:
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Sports Certified Specialist
Certified Functional Manual Therapy
CrossFit Level 1 Certified
Emilie Palmer
Emilie Palmer has joined Capacity Performance Therapy as the Clinical Care Coordinator and Office Manager, bringing a wealth of experience to the position. Emilie has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Oregon and received her teaching certification and Masters Degree in Education at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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She has worked as a classroom teacher and a Social Emotional Learning specialist with Bend Lapine School District, which leveraged her valuable time management, organization, and effective communication skills. Emilie understands the importance of meeting client needs promptly, prioritizing tasks, and juggling multiple responsibilities, making her an invaluable asset to the team.
In her free time, Emilie enjoys running, camping, and traveling with her husband, 3 children, and her cute pup Penny. Capacity is so lucky to have Emilie help our clients reach their untapped potential.