We help adults in Hampton Roads, VA stop spinning their wheels and gain traction to live a life of empowered health and freedom from reliance on medications, injections and surgeries.
Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy PT, DPT, ISSAN
Elizabeth Kennedy helps active adults and athletes in Hampton Roads stay healthy, mobile and pain free without pain meds, injections or time off from the workouts and activities they love.
Here at Traction Pain Relief & Wellness our mission is empowering people in their health & healing journey through education. I want to come alongside you and empower you and help you in your journey to living a life of freedom. Whether that's freedom from injury, freedom from chronic pain or freedom from just not feeling your best every single day my goal is to be your teammate and your biggest cheerleader.
I truly believe that the body has an amazing power to heal. An ability more powerful than maybe you have ever believed. So many times we just become so overwhelmed with our circumstances or the information we receive and/or research that we just don't know where to begin. Traction Pain Relief & Wellness is here to provide guidance and assistance through personalized programming as well as encouragement and empowerment alnog your healing journey.
As a Doctor of Physical Therapy, I am a board certified movement specialist. As someone who is a lifelong learner and passionate about health and wellness, I have spent countless hours studying how to support the body's intrinsic healing processes through nutrition, exercise and natural healthcare solutions.
If you are ready to begin your healing journey I encourage you to take a look around the site. There are many pieces of free information to help get you started. If you are ready for personalized, 1:1 programming and support I look forward to hearing from you and becoming your teammate and cheerleader.
Elizabeth graduated with a B.S. in Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science from Virginia Commonwealth University, and then completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Lynchburg College.
Mara Dupuis COTA/L, PES, FNMS
Mara Dupuis provides education, guidance, and support with exercise and nutrition to adults and teens both virtually and in-person.
In accordance with the mission of Traction Wellness, I am committed to education and empowerment in order to help you meet your goals through individualized programming, education, and support. At times this may look like typical personal training sessions, general gym and equipment education, nutrition coaching for body recomposition, education on labs/lab markers for optimizing health and working with your PCP, deep diving into adrenal health and gut health from a functional nutrition perspective, or assisting with the transition from physical therapy back into a regular workout program following surgery or injury.
My belief is that we have a vast capacity for health and longevity by addressing physical health, mental health, and our environment and it is well within all of our capacities to do that with a little bit of support! I have found through experience that a holistic and personalized approach to building strength and endurance while continuing to focus on general health and well-being is integral to long-term success and progression across a lifetime.
As a Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) I am educated in advanced strength and conditioning, exercise physiology, injury resistance, training program design, coaching, sports nutrition, and the psychology of sports performance. Since becoming certified in 2020, I have continued to build on that education by obtaining my Functional Nutrition and Metabolism Specialty (FNMS) certification which has enhanced my ability to provided individualized nutrition programming while troubleshooting common roadblocks to health and wellness related to inflammation, stress, insulin resistance, and lifestyle factors. My education and licensure as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA), is not professionally utilized at Traction Wellness but many years in the field of rehabilitative therapy has provided a strong foundation for health and wellness as well as an advanced understanding of musculoskeletal systems and how they are impacted by injury.
If you are interested in more information about personal training and/or functional nutrition services that we offer please don’t hesitate to reach out, we would love to talk with you!
Mara graduated from Utica College in 2010 with a degree in Sociology/Anthropology and Psychology. She continued on to St. Catherine’s University where she graduated as a COTA in 2015.
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