Elevate Pilates And Physical Therapy

At Elevate, we provide complete Physical Therapy services for your outpatient rehabilitation needs, along the continuum from acute healing to functional retraining to sport specific training. Our Pilates integrated Physical Therapy approach combines traditional manual therapy and therapeutic interventions with Pilates-based exercise. This synergistic method helps to change movement patterns through your body to create a dynamic balance between mobility and stability, strength and flexibility.

We can provide you with Physical Therapy services in our studio, home visits, recreation center-based intervention, and ergonomic evaluations at your work place.Come experience with us Private Pilates sessions, Duet Pilates Sessions, Apparatus classes and Pilates Mat classes. We play with Balanced Body® Allegro® Reformers with Towers, EXO® chairs, and have the new in-gravity challenging CoreAlign®!

We would love to provide Pilates work to your special group and will design a class or workshop tailored to you! Contact Mara with your ideas!Through our relationships with Middle Park Medical Center and the Fraser Valley Metropolitan Recreation District, and our shared missions for the promotion of health, wellness, and injury prevention, Elevate gives back to the community with a variety of community education and trainings throughout the year, as well as donated services.

Mara has worked in a variety of settings as a Physical Therapist, including inpatient acute and transitional care, inpatient rehabilitation, and in both outpatient hospital-based and private practice clinics. The diversity of her clinical experiences provides her with a unique ability to care for patients of all ages with a full spectrum of needs. She can tailor therapies for athletic, neurological, medical and orthopedic injuries, or help you achieve your personal wellness goals by increasing strength and flexibility.

In the future, Mara plans to promote the fusion of Pilates into the world of rehabilitation by engaging in research related to Physical Therapy and exercise physiology. With this effort, she hopes to provide a more evidenced-based explanation for the “magic” of Pilates. Mara is aiming to advance her education with a PhD and plans to continue to develop her role as a Pilates Educator.

Mara is a wife, a mother and a dog lover. She is inspired by the Rocky Mountains surrounding the Fraser Valley and hopes to e l e v a t e you with a unique style of compassionate and individualized care.