I'm a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a USRowing Level 3 Coach. I built Rowing on the Square to fill a gap I kept seeing: the space between rehab and performance, where most rowers fall through.
Book a Free 15-Minute CallI got into rowing in 1996 by accident. I was a freshman at the University at Buffalo, and a high school friend's roommate wanted to attend the rowing info meeting at the Student Union on North Campus. I tagged along to see my friend. They passed around a clipboard for emails and phone numbers; I filled mine in to be polite. The next day they called me to set up a ride to the boathouse. I was hooked from then on.
Coaching happened the same way. Senior year, at a race in Rochester, a man stood on a bridge wearing a sandwich-board sign recruiting rowers to coach. A teammate pointed him out and told me I'd be good at it. He turned out to be the founder of Fairport Crew. I started coaching there after I graduated from PT school. That was sixteen years ago — with a break in the middle to have four kids.
By 2018 I was a head coach for a rowing team, and I kept watching the same thing happen. Rowers would tell me about their aches and pains, but as the coach I didn't have the time or the structure to address those needs one-on-one. I had the clinical training as a Doctor of Physical Therapy, but the coach role wasn't where it could be used. The clinic idea sat in a drawer for two years.
Then COVID hit. I was furloughed from my hospital job, and decided that if I was ever going to build this, now was the time. Rowers are my favorite people. Rowing on the Square is what happens when one person holds both halves — the injury and the boat, the biomechanics and the rigging, all in the same set of eyes. Same evaluation, same training plan, same person from the moment something hurts to the moment you're under your old 2K, or past it.
Licensed in New York State. Orthopedic specialty focus. Out-of-network, concierge model — meaning more time per session, no insurance-driven productivity quotas, and superbills available for HSA/FSA and reimbursement.
The certification that opens up technical coaching at every level — from learn-to-row through high-performance competition. It's the qualification that lets me actually adjust your rigging, your catch position, and your stroke profile in a way most PTs can't.
Trained to assess and classify athletes with disabilities for adaptive rowing competition. This part of my work means I see rowing biomechanics across an enormous range of bodies and ability levels — and that range makes me better at the standard work, too.
Over my career as a Doctor of Physical Therapy I've worked with more than 10,000 patients. In the last four years alone I've worked directly with more than 1,000 rowers through PT, coaching, classes, and online programs. I'm a recurring presenter for the USRowing Level 3 Cohort Biomechanics Module and have served as a guest PT at the USRowing National Team Training Center in Princeton.
A small slice of where I've taught, presented, classified, and raced — plus some of the events I help run behind the scenes. The depth shows up in the small list as much as the headline ones.
Conversations on rowing health, performance, and the long game — from rehab-to-row stories to technique deep dives. Hosted by Adrien.
Even if your physical therapist is a former rower, they typically don't have the coaching knowledge to recommend the rigging changes and position adjustments you'll need to return to the sport fully after injury. A rowing coach without a PT background won't fully understand the biomechanical changes from your injury — or how they affect your ability to complete the stroke as load and tissue demands increase.
Every relationship starts with a free 15-minute strategy call. No paperwork, no commitment. You tell me what's going on; I tell you whether Rowing on the Square is the right fit — and if it's not, I'll tell you what is.
Your first session is a full hour with me — range of motion, strength, rowing technique (if applicable), and time to actually understand your goals. No rushed quotas. No handoff to a tech. By the end of the session you have a written plan.
I use a three-phase framework: Reset (get out of pain), Restore (rebuild the base), Reload (build to performance). You'll always know which phase you're in and what we're working toward. Sessions happen in person at our Rochester clinic, virtually for New York residents, or a mix.
Between sessions you get a custom program in our app. After we wrap, I check in. The relationship doesn't end at the end of a package — it just changes shape.
Book a free 15-minute strategy call. Tell me what's going on — I'll tell you whether I'm the right person to help, and if I'm not, where to look instead.
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