Are you ready to enjoy moving, thriving, and celebrating your body as a source of joy?
Jenny April Movements is about discovering & co-creating your ideal movement healing program.
Movers and Shakers often suffer from Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, which manifests with confusing symptoms where the pain seems to travel between multiple areas of the body. Traditional medical practitioners tend to throw their hands up in the air, refuse to treat more than one area and/or claim psychological issues are driving the pain.
Here at Jenny April Movements, we love treating complex, mysterious traveling pain symptoms and multiple areas of concern. In reality, “traveling” chronic pain is often due to imbalances of the fascia and autonomic nervous system.
Together, we will uncover these imbalances, and then co-create an individualized breath & movement program to rebalance and heal your system. Most importantly we will find ways for you to enjoy your movement practices again!
Dr. Jenny April, PT, DPT blends her knowledge of classical physical therapy with the holistic traditions of Gyrotonic® and Yoga, to create a fresh perspective on physical rehabilitation.
After facing several sports and dance related injuries herself, Jenny April discovered, fell in love, and began teaching Gyrotonic® and Gyrokinesis® in New York City in 2008.
She is certified on all specialized Gyrotonic® equipment, which she combines with her experience as a Vinyasa & Aerial Yoga instructor. Her physical therapy treatments are also informed by her knowledge of Feldenkrais, the Alexander Technique, the Fascial Meridians, Kinesio Taping and Cranial Sacral Therapy.
Jenny April specializes in the treatment and management of HSD (Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder) and hEDS (Hypermobile Ehlors-Danlos Syndrome), which is under diagnosed especially in female and chronic pain populations. She uses principles of alignment & breath awareness to prevent re-injury, as well as create maximal postural stability, joy, and ease with her clients.
Currently, Jenny April lives in Maryland with her husband & puppy Django; she enjoys hiking, hanging upside down, choreography, tango and all kinds of adventures...
Meet the Bendy Remedy Team
Mazarine Harris, Kinesiologist
Movement has always had a central focus in Maz’s life. She trained as professional dancer during her teenage years, studied Kinesiology in school and continues her education through various movement modalities. She discovered **GYROTONIC®** exercise while navigating the challenges of multiple growth spurts as an elite athlete. After a career-ending foot injury, Maz retired from dance and went back to school. She supplemented her **GYROTONIC®** and **GYROKINESIS®** certifications with a Bachelor’s in Kinesiology & Health Sciences at William & Mary. She draws from her studies and her lived experience with chronic pain and hypermobility, serving as a catalyst for helping others. Maz guides clients to explore new mind-body connections with the goal of helping them break free from the cycle of pain. Her approach is trauma-informed, compassionate, with a sprinkle humor. Maz offers sessions in English and French. When she isn’t teaching, you can find her rock-climbing, reading, in a yoga studio or walking around Capitol Hill with her husband and rescue beagle, Olive. She is currently studying the pelvic floor, and pursuing a DONA International Birth Doula certification.
Dr. Joy Many PT, DPT
Joy is the mother of two daughters, physical therapist, Kripalu yoga teacher, La Leche League Leader, hypopressives guide, and curious earthling.
She has been guiding movement since 2008 and received her Kripalu certification in 2010. Since graduating with my Doctorate in Physical Therapy from SUNY Stony Brook in 2015, Joy has enjoyed working with people as they move into new places of inner strength, balance, and connection. She completed a clinical internship in women's health and pelvic floor work and have taken extensive continuing education in this realm. The concepts of Anatomy Trains myofascial meridians and relevant research deeply informs my PT practice, along with lifelong learning in areas such as neurofascial re-balancing and myofascial release, and neuromuscular re-education for functional movement and body-wide strength training.
Joy’s own movement practice brings her in closer contact with her core and feeling at home in my body, strong and balanced in this eternal present moment. She serves others in this movement realm so they may also find core connection, inner calm, and easeful presence. May this ripple outward into the world.