When Cyndi Turner was working in her father’s orthopedic practice in Florida, she noticed that even the best spinal surgeries didn’t last for more than 10 years, but those patients who got involved in a good exercise program had much better outcomes. So she earned a B.S. in physical therapy from Loma Linda University in 1983.
Immediately after graduation she got involved in the neuro-rehabilitation area of therapy and was fascinated with the connection of head movement and foot placement in stroke patients, and how important trunk control was to overall function. Then she had a son who was born with an abnormally shaped head, and through watching him develop asymmetrically and because of what she’d already learned about the connection between the head and other parts of the body, she decided she had to learn more about head movement. She then jumped into craniosacral therapy, taking courses from Michigan State University. Cyndi was not only able to help her son, but she learned how important cranial movement was for people suffering from headaches and temporomandibular joint (TMJ, or jaw) pain.
Shortly after that, Cyndi started receiving referrals from the the University of Michigan, the Mayo Clinic, and the Cleveland Clinic, and she became very busy with chronic pain patients.
After receiving a phone call from the University of Michigan asking whether she would be willing to see a patient with pelvic floor issues, Cyndi took a number of classes on pelvic muscle function and movement. That was eight years ago. At Rehabilitation Works in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she has worked since 1986, Cyndi recently developed the Personal Health Program for treatment of men and women with pelvic pain, incontinence, and pelvic floor dysfunction. The Personal Health Program also focuses on prenatal and postnatal care.
Cyndi can be reached at Rehabilitation Works, which has two locations: