Mark graduated from the College of Charleston (SC) with a BS in Physical Education emphasis in Sport Management. He received his Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Mark’s Counterstrain journey of training and treating patients began in 2014. He has been amazed by the outcomes that Counterstrain has had on patients and himself. Mark has received Counterstrain treatments from Dr. Susan Reynolds PT, DPT (San Diego, CA) and Indu Krishna, PT (Los Angeles, CA). Mark also brings to the clinic five years of experience treating acute care patients in the hospital setting. Prior to returning to graduate school to purse his life-long dream of becoming a Physical Therapist, Mark spent eleven years with the Charleston County Parks (SC) managing the Ocean Access Parks and Ocean Rescue Program. Mark’s dream was inspired by the Physical Therapists who treated him for chronic shoulder pain during his career as a competitive swimmer spanning from elementary school through college. Mark likes to spend time with his wife and daughter and enjoys surfing, swimming and most water activities.