Meet Denise Alberto PT
Denise is a Bay Area and California native. She earned a B.S. in Psychology from St. Mary's College of Moraga, California and then received her Masters of Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine, Florida in 1996.
Treating general orthopedic dysfunctions led her to develop an interest in the spine and especially the pelvic/SI region. Through continuing education in these specialty areas, she has developed her own unique and effective approach to treating chronic pain syndromes and pelvic region dysfunctions. She is one of the 1st Pelvic PT's in the Bay Area who has a distinct passion for helping couples with unconsummated marriage and sexual pain issues. She is proactive with her pre and post partum clients, encouraging partners participation for home exercises. She helps to facilitate post-traumatic stress recovery through the mind-body connection utilizing her abundance of local resources to include chiropractors, acupuncturists, craniosacral/energy therapists, psychologists as well as massage. Techniques in visceral manipulation are commonly used.
Among other organizations, she is an active member of the Women's Health and Orthopedic Sections of the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy since 1994. Denise is excited to be working with Alex Blefari, DPT who is trained by her, to support the evolving and growing practice in 2022!
Denise resides in Los Gatos with her family. With her supportive family and her passion for helping others, Denise continually increases her knowledge about chronic pain. There are many misconceptions about body/pelvic pain that drive her to develop more effective forms of treatment to support her patients’ emotional and physical needs. During treatment Denise asks patients to describe their “body story” which often identifies Somato Emotional Connections between pain and life experiences. She works closely with Jane Colacicco; CranioSacral Therapist to facilitate this process www.janecola.com. Beth Panero, CMT is a massage therapist that sees her patients concurrently to support the healing process as well.
Meet Alex Blefari, DPT
Alex graduated from University of Southern California’s Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program in 2021. She became a certified yoga and meditation instructor in 2016 which sparked her interest in healing with movement and eventually physical therapy. Alex first became passionate about women’s health when she helped a private yoga client consummate her marriage by simply teaching proper breathwork and stretches for the hips and myofascial lines of the pelvic floor. Since then, Alex has studied under many mentors including Denise Alberto, MPT specializing in women’s health physical therapy; Kate Schopmeyer, DPT and certified pain educator and specialist in chronic pain; Jane Austin, well-renowned midwife, doula and prenatal yoga instructor in San Francisco, CA.
Alex weaves her clinical and research based knowledge with her eastern yogic background to create a comprehensive mind, body and spirit approach to helping her patients reach their goals. She prioritizes educating her patients, empowering them to understand their bodies and how to achieve the healing they desire in a way that is specific to them.
Alex is certified in Barrel Institute’s Visceral Manipulation which helps with a variety of chronic issues such as back pain, sciatica, bladder/bowel issues, digestive issues and pelvic pain. Alex’s patients often comment on her contagious passion she holds for her work, the way she makes them feel comfortable and her true care for her clients to feel better.
