Dr. Kelsey Crispeno Garvey, PT, DPT, CSCS (she/her)
Co-Founder of TRAIN Seattle
Hi! I’m Kelsey. I am the co-founder of TRAIN Seattle and The Aftermath Agency PLLC. I help people move with chronic pain and train for long-term health (longevity-based training). My specialties: athletes & sports-specific training, chronic (persistent) pain treatment, and pelvic floor physical therapy. I am here for you if you are working with a chronic injury, health condition, or pain, or if you just want to learn and adopt a way of moving that honors your body and supports your long-term health. To put it more simply: I am passionate about helping you find strength, power, freedom, and health through movement.
As a physical therapist and personal trainer, I’m super curious about how our bodies heal and how they strengthen. My work has been strongly influenced and inspired by the work of Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen. In her book My Grandfather’s Blessings, she talks about strengthening the life in other people. She says: “We strengthen life at any time that we listen generously or encourage someone to find meaning, or wonder about possibility, or dream or hope or escape from self-judgement and inner criticism, or know that they matter.” This is what I’m trying to do for myself, and hope to bring to all of my clients in some way or another.
Certifications & Education
Doctor of Physical Therapy — Washington University in St. Louis
BS Health & Human Sciences — Loyola Marymount University
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) — National Strength & Conditioning Association
Pelvic Health Specialist — Evidence in Motion
CPR/AED — American Heart Association
“Kelsey is such a pleasure to work with! Working with her was my first time trying strength training/weights and she did such a great job making me feel comfortable and safe. She is really good at giving helpful tips and working with me to make sure my form is good and that I feel confident performing the movements. Kelsey is clearly very knowledgeable in both physical therapy and personal training, and incorporates that knowledge into every workout. I’m so impressed by how she brings the perfect level of rigor to workouts, so that I’m definitely working hard, but never feel overexerted or at risk of injury.
She is great at personalizing your regime based on your goals and it’s very satisfying to see how much progress I’ve made since I started training with Kelsey. I feel way stronger and much more confident with strength training! I’d recommend Kelsey for anyone regardless of experience level, she provides such a fun and nonjudgemental training environment and clearly puts a lot of care into giving you workouts that are customized to you and your goals.”
Caroline