I love using my fitness expertise as a means to give back to the community. I am the founder of Las Bombas, a Phoenix 3-Day Breast Cancer team. We were the biggest team and raised the most amount of money in 2008, 2009 and 2012. Since we started, we’ve raised over $500K for the Susan G Komen Foundation. I also worked with the St. Joseph the Workers’ Hike for the Homeless Committee from 2007-2011.

My tagline is “Making Friends with Fitness”. I love to encourage women to get healthy, give back to the community and make friends while doing it!

I’m also an active with Estrella Toastmasters and will be receiving my Distinguished Toastmaster in 2013.

PIHMA is built on two major themes: quality and professional excellence. PIHMA’s faculty reflect these themes by bringing their expertise to teaching and demonstrating the highest professionalism. PIHMA’s innovative curriculum and the high caliber of students that PIHMA attracts are also representative of these themes.

Myotherapy, a direct outgrowth of the medical discipline of trigger point injection therapy, is a highly effective noninvasive healing technique for muscular related pain. Using her elbows, thumbs and knuckles Betsy applies direct pressure which inactivates trigger points which cause 95% of muscular pain.

Trigger points are highly irritable spots that remain in a muscle after it has been damaged. Once trigger points are eliminated a patient’s muscles are relaxed enough for them to perform repatterning exercises to keep the pain from returning. The repatterning exercises stretch and strengthen at the same time. Trigger points cause the symptoms of pain, inflammation, swelling, tingling, numbness and limited range of motion. They are laid down from birth, accidents, occupation, disease and sports injuries.

Myotherapy can be taught to family members and friends so that patients can receive further treatment at home keeping costs down. Specialized tools are also available for patients to do self-Myotherapy.

As a Fibromyalgia Educator Betsy is uniquely qualified to help clients develop their own unique recovery plans based on their individual symptoms. Once clients understand the nature of the central nervous system dysfunction underlying their Fibromyalgia Syndrome, as well as the need for detoxification of their bodies, proper nutrition to keep the healing process going and the importance of strengthening and stretching imbalanced muscles they are able to heal quickly and feel far less pain.

Mind/body therapies are often employed as well in this specific approach to healing the inappropriate pain signaling of the brain. If co-rmorbid conditions exist the proper medical and integrative specialists are provided to clients to clear those issues which will help clear Fibromyalgia triggers.

Betsy has suffered from Fibromyalgia since childhood and knows firsthand the disabling symptoms of the illness. Twelve years ago she designed a protocol that transformed her life from unliveable to vital. Taking this transferable protocol and modifying it to each client allows her to jump start their healing. This plan is followed up with coaching calls to help clients feel supported and on track with the program.

Armed with a unique recovery plan clients are able to determine and define all their health issues and find the treatments neceassary to find their way back to harmony and balance.

Betsy has received certificates of completion in Fibromyalgia specific courses (including Nutritional Protocols for Disease Management) from the University of San Diego Medical School, the Foundation for Care Management, Omega Institute and The National Fibromyalgia Association. She also is a Certified Hypnotherapist and Reiki Master.

FirstLine Therapy (Reversing Chronic Illness Naturally) is the program Betsy offers as a Therapeutic Lifestyle Educator.  FirstLine Therapy is a program that improves your overall health through fat loss, muscle building, vitamin and mineral supplementation and stress reduction. Excess fatty deposits throughout the body are dangerous and dramatically increase your health risks. Through lifestyle changes in diet, supplementation, and exercise incredible health gains can be realized in just a few weeks.

FirstLine Therapy is not a weight loss program but rather a fat loss program. When losing pounds we want to lose fat not muscle.  Muscle is active tissue that must be increased/maintained for the body to burn fat. Most programs don’t take this important fact into consideration which is why they so often fail for participants.  If you don’t increase the amount of active tissue in your body you will put the fat back on. Lifestyle programs like this one are the first line of therapy for treating chronic illness and reducing the risk of serious health conditions such as: heart disease, diabetes, stroke, cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis, obesity, high cholesterol, high blood presssure, high blood sugar and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Lifestyle choices are also the key to addressing other health concerns and symptoms like fatigue, hormone imbalance, stress-related symptoms and poor memory or lack of mental clarity.

FirstLine Therapy will help you to address the underlying causes of common health problems, take control of your health by providing you with the necessary tools, live your life in a way that improves your health, feel good now, and maintain your health for years to come..

FirstLine Therapy works because it is based on the most current scientific research and concepts proven in recent controlled clinical studies.

Cheryl makes beautiful healing bracelets by custom order with semi precious stones and charms. She intigrates these into her readings. A truly unique session!

Cheryl is a Registered Hatha Yoga Instructor and loves to work one on one with clients and groups.

Cheryl is a Certified Spiritual Counselor specializing in Angel Cards.

Hand Writing Analysis since 1975-she offers classes and analysis.

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