Maryann Berry
About Maryann Berry
Maryann found Posture Alignment Therapy when she began dealing with a debilitating hip injury that put her in a wheelchair at the age of 27.
After consults with over 30 health care professionals (among them doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and spiritual healers), multiple x-rays, MRIs, and CAT scans, and a slew of injections and pain killers, she had no answer for why her left hip had suddenly given up on her.
After a year of searching for answers, she was finally diagnosed with Femoral Acetabular Impingement with a Labral Tear and told that surgery was the only way to stop the grinding away of cartilage happening in her hip joint. Seeing no other options, she opted for a surgery to reshape the bones of the hip joint to solve the problem.
Within one month, she was back in the wheelchair with the same pain.
The arrow points to Maryann's left hip where cartilage was being worn down. The top line provides reference so you can see how far off her hips were misaligned.
Using the tools and exercises that she learned through Posture Alignment Therapy, she discovered the real reason for her hip pain and got her life back. After four years of doing Posture Alignment Therapy exercises with her own body, Maryann is fully recovered from her hip pain and has returned to an active lifestyle full of surfing, yoga, and running.
Maryann received her degree in Psychology from UCSD in 2003 and was certified in 2004 as a Personal Trainer and Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. For 7 years, she successfully helped clients achieve their health and fitness goals in private and corporate health club settings. She is now also certified as a Posture Alignment Specialist Level I by Egoscue University and is dedicated to helping her clients get out of pain for good.
When I first went to see Maryann I was in a lot of pain. I have scoliosis and have had multiple surgeries, including a lower back laminectomy due to degenerated and ruptured discs.
I’ve tried every treatment under the sun over the last 40 years and have never had lasting relief from my back pain…I’d tried everything from physical therapy to acupuncture to cranial sacral therapy and scores of other things…
After about 3 months into the program, one day I got up in the morning and did not have any pain. It took me a while to come to that realization. I was about to take my daily NSAID when I realized that I did not feel any pain!
Since then, I’ve done really well, except for those times when I allow my back to be over worked, such as when I traveled a lot or moved from one home to another.
I highly recommend Egoscue and Maryann, who has been through terrible pain herself and recovered her physical strength and agility by working through this program.
~Rosleen R.