About Us

Kinetic Physical Therapy is a physical therapist owned practice founded by Fawn Coussens, PT, MSPT in 2009. Our mission is to provide excellent quality, individualized physical therapy while empowering patients to reach the full vitality in their bodies. We are committed to caring for all people and helping them to improve their health, wellness, functional mobility and joy of movement.

Our Clinicians

Fawn Coussens, PT, MSPT (she/her)

Fawn received her Masters degree in Physical Therapy from Regis University in 2001 and Bachelor’s degree in Dance and Movement Physiology from the University of Washington in 1995. With a passion for teaching and physical  education, she loves working with people’s movement and body awareness as well as muscle balance and activity specific training. She has subspecialties working with pre- & post-partum women and multi-sport athletes, particularly runners and cyclists.

Fawn has a holistic, patient-centered approach to patient care.  She believes that our bodies are not defined by their injuries or restrictions and should be honored for their capacity.  When working with patients, she incorporates assessment of restrictions and impairments involving the muscular, joint, craniosacral, neural and organ/visceral systems. In addition to being specialized in integrated movement training, Fawn specializes in pelvic floor rehabilitation, is a certified ASTYM™ practitioner.  She is trained in many physical therapy  models and  techniques including:

• The Integrated Systems Model for Disability & Pain (ISM) with Diane Lee, PT & Linda-Joy Lee, PT
• The Institute of Physical Art (IPA)
• The North American Institute for Manual Therapy (NAIOMT)
• Neuro Orthopaedic Institute (NOI) for nervous system mobilization
• Kathe Wallace, PT, BCB-PMD
• Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute
• The Jones Institute for Strain & Counterstrain
• Great Lakes Seminars

Fawn is committed to education for herself, her patients and her colleagues. She has taught an ongoing series of courses for exercise professionals and assisted with continuing education courses for Physical Therapists instructing in the material of Carrie Hall, PT, MHS and Dr. Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA. She continues to teach in the community at local fitness facilities covering topics such as running/cycling fitness and injury prevention, optimal stretching techniques and pelvic floor muscle support for pregnant and postpartum women.

Fawn enjoys balance in her life through snowboarding, stand-up paddle boarding, multi-sport training and listening to play-by-play baseball while cooking with her friends and family.

Era Terry, PT, DPT (she/her)

Era began her education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science. While pursuing her educational interests, Era both performed as a professional ballet dancer and instructor with Chattanooga Ballet. In 2014, she moved to New York City to attend Columbia University where she earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree and continued to combine her interests in both physical therapy and dance.

While studying at Columbia, Era had the opportunity to work with dancers from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Joffrey Ballet and has continued to treat dancers of all ages and backgrounds in the West Seattle community since moving here in 2017. Era is a member of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) and the American Physical Therapy Association’s Performing Arts Special Interest Group . Locally, she is a board member of Seattle Dance and Performing Arts Medicine (SeaPAM) and the clinic coordinator for their free monthly clinics. She is a member of SeaPAM’s Community Education and Outreach committee and has a particular interest in injury prevention and education for performing artists to keep them dancing and performing at their highest level. She has maintained her connection to the dance community through teaching and choreographing in the West Seattle area.

In addition to treating dancers, Era enjoys seeing patients with all kinds of orthopedic conditions- from ankle sprains and low back pain to joint replacements and post-operative conditions. Whether it is a recent or chronic injury, Era loves to investigate faulty movement patterns, muscle imbalances, and postural impairments to get to the root of a patient’s pain and dysfunction.

Era’s goal as a physical therapist is to help all of her patients return to the activities they love through the use of individualized, comprehensive physical therapy plans that prioritize safe and functional movement patterns while utilizing manual therapy and exercise prescription to achieve patient goals.

In her free time, Era enjoys relaxing at Alki, hiking, reading, and exploring Seattle with her husband and pup.
 

Kinetic Physical Therapy is proud to be a part of the Puget Sound Physical Therapy Alliance which is a group of privately owned practices around the Puget Sound that focus on high quality, 1:1 patient care.