You are not a diagnosis. You are not an injury to be solved. You are a whole person, in a body that might feel unfamiliar or untrustworthy right now.

My process starts with a full-body, whole-person assessment—looking at movement, pain, history, and patterns. But we also look at stuck points. Beliefs. Life context. Desire. What you imagine when you picture yourself feeling good again. We name what hurts, and we ask why. We honor what’s been lost, and we build a plan to move toward something more grounded, more sustainable, and more true.

Whether it’s a shoulder that doesn’t feel stable, a squat that’s never felt quite right, or a whole-body ache that no one else seems to understand—we approach it with curiosity and clarity. We use a range of modalities—manual therapy, dry needling, movement, strength work—but always in service of a larger goal: helping you live more fully in your body, and your life.

Restoring Trust in Your Body

I’m Dr. Alivia Stehlik, a licensed physical therapist and board certified clinical specialist, and I’ve spent over a decade tending to bodies—evaluating them, treating them, learning from them. I began my career in the Army and deployed around the world, where pain often showed up as the entry point but never told the full story.

In that world, your body isn’t just a vessel. It’s your currency. Your credibility. Your access to safety, power, and belonging. If it falters, so can everything else.

You don’t have to be in uniform to know what that feels like. Maybe for you, it started with an injury that wouldn’t go away. Or a slow shift in what your body could do—and how you felt about it. Maybe it was a comment, a diagnosis, a reckoning. Maybe you’ve spent years pushing through, but somewhere along the way, you stopped feeling at home in your body.

That's where we begin. 

My Approach

Orthopedic pain and dysfunction
Complex or chronic pain


Areas of Expertise

Manual therapy 
Soft tissue work
Therapeutic dry needling 
Corrective exercise
Mobility, strength, endurance, and skill-based training

Modalities

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Certifications and Training

Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
Fascial Manipulation
Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy
Therapeutic Neuroscience Education\
Barbell Rehab Method
Functional Dry Needling (Level 1 and 2)
LGBTQ+ affirming
Trauma-informed
Body-positive
Strength and movement
Autonomy and resilience


Values 

Fees

Initial Evaluation and Treatment
60 Minute Session: $250


This is work for anyone ready to return to their body
— not as it used to be, but as it is now.
With strength. With gentleness. With truth.
Movement rehabilitation and performance
Nervous system care


Belief-based body blocks (e.g., fear of movement, shame, disconnection)

I’m not here to just “fix” a part of you. I work with people who want to reclaim their relationship with their body—not as a machine to be optimized, but as a living, breathing part of who they are. The body is not separate from the self. It’s how we experience the world, how we hold pain, how we access joy. When it’s disrupted, so are we.

The work we do together is physical, yes. But also emotional, philosophical, existential. Because healing isn’t just about restoring function—it’s about reconnecting to the life that function makes possible.