Beth Rubenstein, P.T

Her medical science background gives her the traditional, structural knowledge of the human body. Combined with the Feldenkrais Method’s® functional approach to movement and motor learning, she has a comprehensive understanding of development, health and wellness. Beth Rubenstein works with neurological and orthopedic concerns. Some of these issues include balance, coordination, weakness, repetitive stress injuries and pain. She has been involved with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for many years and has lectured about treatment and taught classes for clients with MS and Fibromyalgia. She has worked with a wide spectrum of clients, and her goal is to help each client to learn and give them better tools with which to make life choices. Beth specialized in the Feldenkrais Method. The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education® is a remarkable learning experience that can lead to a change in your actions, a change in how you think, and a huge change in how you feel. he Method is a gentle, respectful way for people to learn, through movement, how to function in a more efficient and less painful way. It is taught by two complementary modalities. ----Awareness Through Movement® lessons are generally in a class setting. Students explore movement sequences according to the verbal directions of the teacher/practitioner. As a student, you discover how you do the movements and notice the quality of changes in your body, your self. You learn to relax and to abandon habitual patterns. ---Functional Integration®, lessons are more individualized learning experiences between the teacher and the student. This modality involves a non-invasive hands-on approach. Through this gentle touching, the student gets information that can help him/her perceive what he is doing that is causing him discomfort or is interfering with what he wants to be doing. Beth's approach to physical therapy treatment through the Feldenkrais Method has unlimited benefits including: -Increased flexibility a