I have been working as a healthy lifestyle professional for over 26 years. Before becoming a healthy lifestyle coach, I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in human biology from the University of Maryland, a Doctorate in Chiropractic Medicine from Palmer College of Chiropractic and attained a certification as a personal trainer through the National Strength Professionals Association. I use the education and experience gained from each of these degrees to better help my clients solve complex health and fitness challenges.

My personal and professional experience are tools to help you successfully tackle the toughest health and fitness challenges. I am able to offer life changing health and fitness insight even if you consider yourself beyond help. By carefully listening to your concerns and troubleshooting the problems, I am able to develop an individualized, effective, easy to follow healthy lifestyle solution. My customized solution will help you regain your health by reducing stress, eating healthier foods and improving your strength, balance, stamina and conditioning.  

My unique and integrative approach has culminated in three signature solutions collectively called Fresh Start!^TM  These are Be Bone Strong!, Fit After 50! and Healthy Weight! You can read more about each of these programs on my homepage. 

Breaking the myths and hype surrounding current health and fitness approaches, Fresh Start! provides a complete, balanced and easy to follow healthy lifestyle solution. Each Fresh Start! solution is tailored to meet your needs and challenges. I make each solution FUN with just the right mix of physical activity, healthy eating and stress reduction activities.

Claudia Osmon is a graduate of Bod-E-Work School of Therapeutic Massage in Atascadero, CA. Her massage favors the Eastern influences incorporating acupressure points to facilitate muscle release; Thai massage methods for stretching promoting the flow of qi, our life-force energy; and deep tissue techniques to stimulate muscle relaxation. 

She practices Shiatsu, Polarity, Reflexology, Sports and Swedish (upon request) as well as Touch for Health Kinesiology. Touch for Health is an approach that blends east and west using muscle testing as a biofeedback tool; locating hidden imbalances in the body's energy pathways.  When balance is restored muscles can relax, chronic muscular conditions stop, the immune system is strengthened, mental clarity is enhanced, qi flows freely through the meridians (pathways) and energy is increased.  Muscle testing can also be used to help determine allergies, food and environmental sensitivities, vitamin and mineral needs, emotional imbalances and other situations that affect well being. 

Claudia is also trained in several spa techniques; Hot Stone Massage, Herbal Facials and various skin scrubs.  She believes very strongly in the mind, body, spirit connection in everyday life and within her healing practice. She also believes in physical activity on a daily basis and can be found exercising every morning before work.

Sharon began her acupuncture training after receiving acupuncture treatment herself.  She felt better physically, with less pain, more energy, and a better mental attitude than in many years prior to starting acupuncture. 

At the time that she began the Master's Degree program at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute in 1997, she had been working as a Certified Massage Therapist for six years and as a Registered Nurse for three years.  In many ways, acupuncture felt like the logical next step.  While she felt very fortunate to have had the massage therapy and nursing experiences, she remains in awe of the potential that acupuncture treatment has in creating and supporting healthy change for so many people.

Healthy Heart Article

Read Sharon's article on how Acupuncture promotes a healthy heart.

Back in the 1980's, I was feeling unfulfilled after having worked in the field of map making for several years. I knew that helping people and feeling like I was making a difference in their lives was a top priority.

So I decided to pursue a physical therapy career and after attended the University of Maryland at Baltimore I graduated in 1989. Since that time, I have been working at Virginia Hospital Center (formerly Arlington Hospital) working initially as a staff therapist throughout the hospital treating both in and outpatients but soon learned that working with outpatients was my true love.

Since 1994, my areas of focus have been orthopedics, osteoporosis and balance deficits.  In 2004 I obtained a certification in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy from the McKenzie Institute and in 2005 did a continuing education study in osteoporosis under Sara Meeks, PT. My career change has really paid off. Every day I go home feeling I have helped my patients improve their quality of life  by decreasing pain and increasing activity levels as well as independence and quality of life.

Woody and I were introduced this year by Sara Meeks, PT after he took one of her osteoporosis continuing education certification programs. Sara is a dedicated and recognized expert in the treatment and management of osteoporosis. I had taken the same course back in 2005 after receiving a diagnosis of osteopenia which is the precursor to osteoporosis. Now that bone health had become a personal matter, I felt like it was important to learn all I could for myself and my patients.

After discussing how our respective education and experience would make an excellent care team, Woody invited me to come to Sequoiahealth and experience a training session with him. In turn I had Woody perform an in-service for our physical therapy staff at the hospital. We decided that I would come to Sequoiahealth to offer physical therapy services with a specialty in osteoporosis and Woody and I would teach the Posture Perfect! class at Sequoiahealth and The Virginia Hospital Center.

Even though I am still challenged by and enjoy my work at the hospital, I see this as an opportunity to explore the area of wellness and injury prevention which is one of my other interests. By teaching posture and balance classes and treating a more active clientele, I hope to help people avoid the pain and disability that send them to the doctor in the first place.