Our team · Boston · Newport · Los Angeles · Online
A small team, trained to look at the whole body
You work with one therapist from your first assessment through your last session, rather than a rotating roster — because reading how a body changes over weeks is most of the skill.
How we are trained
We are taught to treat a system, not a site
Most rehabilitative training is organized around the part that hurts: a knee protocol, a shoulder protocol, a low-back protocol. Our therapists are trained the other way around. The first question is how your whole structure is loading — feet, hips, spine, shoulders, head — and what the painful area has been compensating for.
Structure and function are connected. Treat the site and you chase the symptom. Correct the system and the site no longer has to compensate.
That whole-body view is also a whole-person one. What you do all day, what you are hoping to get back to, how much you are realistically willing to keep up at home, and what you have already tried without success all change what we prescribe. Two people with the same diagnosis rarely leave with the same program.
Everyone here chose this work for the same reason: they wanted to help people get out of pain and stay out of it. That is slower than handing someone a stretch, and it asks more of both sides. It is also the thing that tends to hold.
Your therapist
Who you would be working with
Whoever you start with is who you finish with. Each of them carries their own caseload, so the person who reads your first assessment is the one who sees you through to the end of your program.
Matt Pidgeon
Clinic Director & Posture Therapist — Boston
TBMM-CES · Egoscue® Certified AET
Leads the clinical work and oversees the therapy team.
Carrie Ann Kaye-Kuter
Assistant Clinic Director & Posture Therapist — Boston
TBMM-CES · NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist
Works with clients through full corrective programs, from first assessment to lasting change.
Kelly Greenwood
Posture Therapist — Boston
TBMM-CES · Sports Medicine & Exercise Science
Focuses on correcting alignment so that relief holds rather than fading between sessions.
Kimberly Pasamonte
Posture Therapist — Los Angeles
TBMM-CES · MS Kinesiology · NSCA-CSCS
Guides clients out of chronic pain and back to balanced, unrestricted movement.
Founder
The method behind the room
Paul Schell
Owner & Posture Therapy Instructor
BS Kinesiology, San Diego State University · In posture therapy since 1998
Paul founded Activ8 Posture in 2008 and teaches the postural alignment method the clinics are built on. He trains and mentors the therapy team rather than carrying a caseload, so he does not take appointments — but the approach you will meet in any of our rooms is the one he wrote.
Reviews
What clients say about our therapists
“Matt is a caring, competent and knowledgeable clinician. He explains things well and the progress resulting from the treatment exercises is clear even though the process is subtle.”
Anna H. on Matt · Boston
“Carrie Ann spends a lot of time analyzing my posture and then comes up with new exercises, which I appreciate.”
Maggie R. on Carrie-Ann · Boston
“Kimberly is caring, kind and knowledgeable. So glad she is helping me on my healing journey.”
Petra S. on Kimberly · Los Angeles
“Kelly has been a huge help to me and my issues. She is professional and understands what I can and can’t do.”
Bill W. on Kelly · Newport
Individual results vary. These are individual experiences and are not a prediction of how anyone else will respond. Read more on Google for Boston and Santa Monica.
Meet the person you would be working with
A free consultation is a conversation, not a sales call. You will leave with a clearer picture of what is driving your symptoms and an honest view of whether posture therapy is the right route for you.