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Staff Bios
COAST Rehab is Santa Cruz County's largest physical therapist owned facility specializing in sports medicine. No other facility boasts a staff with as much experience and achievement. Our high level of training ensures our patients receive the most rapid and comprehensive rehabilitation available.
 Gerry
Van Dyke
PT, SCS, ATC
COAST Rehab Owner and Director
Additional Experience & Qualifications
Gerry received his Physical Therapy
degree from Chicago Medical
School and his athletic training
degree from the University of
Illinois. He has over 25 years of
experience in sports medicine
including working with Olympic,
professional, and major college athletes. Gerry has
lectured nationally on the subject of sports medicine.
He has served on the sports medicine staffs of UC
Berkeley, University of Illinois, and the US Olympic
Committee. Gerry is the first Physical Therapist on
the Central Coast to become a Board Certified
Clinical Specialist in Sports.
Specialized training: Parkinson’s Disease rehabilitation,
spinal stabilization, knee and shoulder rehabilitation,
and injury prevention.
Trevor Getsla
Structural Bodyworker/Advanced Manual Therapist
Trevor's education includes a Massage Therapy AA degree from De Anza College, Cupertino, specializing in in sports/athletics and injury rehabilitationan, and an internship at Stanford University working with their sports teams and injured athletes. He is a qualified Qi Gong practitioner including study of Chinese medicine, various manual therapies and advanced orthopedic work. He continues with an intensive mentorship in Structural Integration (Rolfing) and osteopathic concepts and techniques. In 2007 he began teaching at Midline School of Integrated Bodywork.
Bob Pursley
Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
Bob Pursley is a Certified Personal Trainer, a decathlete, bodybuilder and self defense instructor. He has been training professionally for over twenty years specifically in the area of self defense. He is currently the lead Defensive Tactics Instructor for a local Law Enforcement Agency.
Bob has competed in the Police Olympics, Western States Police and Fire Games, and has won various medals in various individual sports.
For two years Bob has owned and operated Funtional Interval Strength Training with his wife, Ramona and has developed a system of training that anyone of any age can use. This system utilizes a minimum of equipment which can be easily used by anyone.
This system incorporates cardiovascular and muscle endurance exercises minimizing the time that a person would spend exercising, making the workouts more efficient, which means a person would be more receptive to a continued lifestyle of fitness.
In addition to this he also focuses training in the areas of, core, balance, eye-hand coordination and flexibility.
The system developed at F.I.S.T. is well suited for all age ranges starting at Middle School aged children up to Senior Citizens.
Bob also has specific sports training knowledege based on his competitive sports background.
Jay Negron
MT
Jay first received training in bodywork therapies at the New York Open Center, where he studied Basic Swedish and Shiatsu massage, Yoga, and earned an Associate Polarity Practitioner certification in 2000. In 2003, he became certified as a Teacher of Interdisciplinary Yoga at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and a few years later achieved his certification as Professional Massage Therapist through the Utah College of Massage Therapy family of schools. His additional training in Thai massage has offered him the opportunity to explore the connection between strength, flexibility, and healing from a dynamic perspective. He continues his education in therapeutic massage at the Midline School of Massage. |
Ismansjah I. Soekardi
PT, CPT, CSCS
Ismansjah received his Physical
Therapy degree from Robert
Gordon University in Aberdeen,
Scotland, and his Bachelors
degree from Sonoma State
University. He is an American
Council Exercise (ACE) certified personal fitness
trainer and a certified strength and conditioning
specialist through the National Strength and
Conditioning Association (NSCA). Ismansjah was
a defensive back/linebacker on the Sonoma State
University football team and has coached football
and wrestling on both the high school and junior
high levels, and is currently coaching football at
Cabrillo College. He is a competitive power lifter
and was 2004 World Champion.
Specialized training: Neck and back stabilization.
Debby Henn
MPT, CES
Debby received her Bachelors
and Masters degrees in Physical
Therapy from Fresno State and
has 14 years of experience as
a licensed physical therapist.
She has worked throughout
the United States, in a variety
of settings, as a traveling
physical therapist. She is
certified as a Clinical Exercise Specialist from
the American Council on Exercise. Debby has
taught back safety and injury prevention classes
for the City of Santa Cruz, as well as scuba diving
certification courses in the Monterey Bay.
Specialized training: Evaluation and
treatment of running injuries, along with spinal
rehabilitation and stabilization.
Elaine Lee
MT
Elaine Lee is a Certified Massage Practitioner, having
received her certification from Twin Lakes School of Massage
in 2005. Since then she has received ongoing training in
structural and orthopedic massage at the Midline School of
Massage, Santa Cruz.
Before coming to bodywork Elaine enjoyed a long,
adventuresome career as an outdoor educator (B.S. degree in
Natural Resources, Cornell University, 1994), professional
rock climber and climbing guide. She also competed in long
distance trail running events. It was her experience with
overuse injuries in climbing and running that first
attracted her to massage therapy. Elaine is deeply
interested in the potential that massage has for healing
physical trauma and chronic conditions.
Camille Smith-Ballon
Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
In the last 10 years, Camille has completed 17 various national certifications for group fitness and personal training. She teaches land and aquatic classes for private groups and local gyms in the area, such as Chaminade Resort, as well as popular deep-water running classes for the city and county of Santa Cruz. Nutrition is a fundamental component in her approach to help clients with their weight loss goals. In 2000, she completed the Chef's training course at the Natural Gourmet Cookery in New York City, the only accredited nutritional cooking school currently in the U.S.
Donna Biancardi
Administrator of Patient Services
Donna attended Harper College
in Chicago. She has 30 years
of Administrative experience
running front offices and
working with numerous insurance
companies, including worker's compensation,
auto, and liens. She is in charge of
patient accounts and billing. |
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