Mimi first became a client of KCP Physical Therapy over 15 years ago when she was having neck pain. She worked with physical therapist Joy Pfuhl who was able to help resolve the issue.

After she had moved past the rehab stage, Mimi decided to try the 1:1 personal fitness training program that KCP had begun offering. “Joy taught me the concepts of strength training and toning,” she says. “I had been a cardio junkie prior to that – I would never lift a weight or do a plank or push up unless you forced me to. Strength training is so important though.”

Mimi committed to improving her health by both improving her activity level as well as her nutrition. She joined Weight Watchers in addition to going to personal training sessions twice a week. “By the time she finished with me, I was a stud!” Mimi says. “I had the best arms, I was strong, and I’d lost 40 pounds.”

She left Charlotte after that to live in San Diego for some many years. When she returned and injured herself lunging for her dad’s runaway wheelchair, she reconnected with Joy and KCP.

“I hurt my lower back and pulled my piriformis muscle with that incident,” she says. “I was in a ton of pain. I couldn’t sit or do anything – it was crazy bad. We did some PT and I got a steroid shot, which dulled the pain but didn’t take it away. Finally Joy suggested that we try some dry needling, and that got me the rest of the way. I made it back to 95% of where I was previously and was so much more functional. She helped me so much.”

“Mimi’s fortitude is inspiring.” says Joy. “She has been through life altering back pain on a few occasions, and I was happy to help her get back to her golf game!  She has learned the value of strength training and rarely misses a workout unless she is traveling.”

Mimi has not strayed from the fitness habits she developed fifteen years ago. She joined KCP’s group fitness program, which offers both Zoom and in-person workouts throughout the week. “I love working out in a group,” she says. “It makes the hour go by so fast.”

“Joy is one of those people who has changed my life,” she says. “And the rest of the staff there is amazing. They hire well there. In a time where medical care has become so impersonal and you feel like you are a cog in a wheel, KCP is the opposite. They listen to understand what’s going on, they understand your pain tolerance, and they come up with the right treatment plan for you. It’s not like a mill where you have a different person every week. It’s like Cheers – everybody knows your name.

“I tell anyone who needs a PT to go see them. You get phenomenal care at the highest level with real humans. It’s a really nice and great place,” she says.  Nice is nice, but it’s also all about the results. I’ve gotten results every single time.”