BIO.
Nina is a board-certified athletic trainer specializing in nutrition and wellness management. She received her masters from Boston University and holds an undergraduate degree in athletic training from James Madison University. She is a NASM certified personal trainer, as well as Graston Technique and RockTape Functional Movement Techniques Provider. She is also certified by the Titleist® Performance Institute (TPI). Her areas of expertise include: injury prevention and rehabilitation, reconditioning and return to sport coaching, behavior modification, nutrition for active lifestyles, and alignment-based hatha.
As a clinician, Nina emphasizes active lifestyles rooted in personal fulfillment. Through realistic and attainable goals, she promotes customized exercise programming. She has experience treating a wide variety of patients, including Division I college athletes, industrial and mechanical engineers, as well as those new to fitness. She is committed to empowering patients, helping them to change their perspective on recovery and wellness, through a whole-life approach.
In addition to working one-on-one in the clinic setting, Nina is on the sidelines with the Golden State Warriors Dance Team providing emergency and rehabilitative services to the performers. She is also a member of the California Athletic Trainers Association Government Affairs Board, advocating for increased presence of ATCs in youth sport settings.
TESTIMONIALS.
“Nina was instrumental in guiding our son’s rehab and strength training after ankle surgery. She has excellent knowledge of the demand on high performance athletes and is accommodating to the ever-changing needs of a student. She is professional, on-time, and an excellent communicator. Importantly, our son was able to compete at a very high level again without further injury. WE are very thankful for Nina and her dedication to her craft.”
“I’ve been a competitive triathlete for the past 5 years and had remained relatively injury-free until I was diagnosed with a femoral neck stress fracture in February of 2020. I had hoped to make a quick return to running once I was healed, but turns out a couple of months on crutches definitely takes a bit more effort to come back from. I started working with Nina after a few months of struggling by myself through a return to run program that ultimately left me injured and with some big compensation issues present.
Nina was an invaluable resource in helping me build functional strength, starting with the basics, and progressing as my body adapted. She looked at the whole athlete, and just just the injured area to help me become a strong and durable athlete again. As we encountered a few setbacks together in my road back to running, Nina was inquisitive, extremely detailed oriented, and really dove into the mechanics of how my body moved to help address the root causes rather than masking the symptoms.
Nina and I worked together for about 6 months and she helped me build from a 30 minute walk, into now running comfortably over an hour with speed workouts. I feel stronger, more durable, and confident in the way my body moves than I ever have before!”