Potentia Therapeutics

SHERRICE BROUSSARD ROSE is the Owner and Clinic director of POTENTIA THERAPEUTICS, a physical therapist directed practice based on orthopaedic, spine and sports assessment, treatment and wellness. Sherrice is a graduate of Emory University, where she earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, and Louisiana State Univeristy, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology. She practices evidence based physical therapy, emphasizing movement assessment, manual therapy, wellness, optimal performance, and injury prevention. She has sports training specialities in dance medicine, golf, pilates, and others.

A Louisiana native, Sherrice worked for University of Texas Medical School-Houston Texas prior to graduate work, researching genetic data pertaining to orthopaedics, contributing to published articles in Clinical Genetics, Journal of Medical Genetics and Genomics. She is certified in Dance Rehabilitation Training through Westside Dance Physical Therapy in New York City and has adopted this skills within the dance community of Tampa Bay. In 2012, Sherrice joined the Patel Conservatory as a Mat Pilates instructor and is currently an Adjunct Faculty Member within the Dance department at the PATEL CONSERVATORY where she conducts the BODY AWARENESS Lecture Series and teaches Pilates classes. She enhances the conditioning and performance of dancers through therapeutic movement instruction and body awareness/injury prevention workshops. She is involved in the academic communities of NOVA and in the Dance department at University of South Florida where she assists in Dance Medicine education through injury prevention seminars and research.

Sherrice attained her Certified Golf Fitness Instructor designation through the Titleist Performance Institute in 2012 & utilizes the latest research in golf fitness, health and swing biomechanics to assess a golfer’s physical and movement limitations, golf swing and correct any specific deficits that may affect his/her golf game.

Sherrice is Active Release Technique (ART) certified, an evidence based soft tissue treatment for sports injuries. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), APTA Orthopaedic Section, APTA Performing Arts Special Interest Group, serves as Co-President of the EMORY UNIVERSITY Alumni Chapter of Tampa Bay and is involved with The First Tee of Tampa Bay as a Champions Member. She serves on the Health Care Committee of USF's Performing Arts Medical Association.

Meredith Defranco is our newest team member. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in Exercise Physiology in 2006. In 2009, she earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Duke University. After one year in orthopedic private practice in Jupiter, Florida, she returned to Gainesville to work at UF Health Shands, joining the interdisciplinary team at the UF Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration.

During her tenure with a team of world class physicians and allied health professionals, she developed a strong passion for caring for people with Parkinson's disease. She has participated in the National Parkinson's Foundation Allied Team Training, Movement Disorder Society meetings, the World Parkinson Congress, and sat on the deep brain stimulation board to assist with the process of screening potential surgical candidates. She has developed an extensive knowledge base in managing patients with movement disorders and neuro degenerative diseases including: Parkinson's disease, atypical parkinsonisms, Huntington's disease, ataxia, dystonia, multiple sclerosis, and ALS.

Meredith is also a proponent of student education, outreach, and wellness. She is an APTA credentialed clinical instructor, mentoring students over the past nine years. She has been invited to speak in the UF DPT program to educate students about the management of Parkinson's disease on a yearly basis. Meredith believes in the promotion of wellness for her patients, prescribing exercise like medicine, and advocating for therapy services throughout the spectrum of chronic conditions. She has spoken to support groups throughout Florida, advocating for physical therapy and wellness services for people with movement disorders. She is excited to share her skill set with the Tampa area and excited to join a team that will provide services for people with Parkinson's disease. Outside of physical therapy practice Meredith is an avid runner, completing the Boston Marathon eight times. She believes strength training is a valuable component of physical maintenance and injury prevention.

Anne Happiette-Vaurie was born and raised in Paris, France. She first discovered physical therapy as a patient, being diagnosed with a severe scoliosis at the age of 12. Fond of the sciences, body mechanics, and human relationships, she studied physical therapy at the ESMKP Paris and earned her diploma in 2000. After completing her education, she specialized in pelvic floor therapy at Sismed in Paris in 2009 and in postural gymnastics in 2001. Strongly motivated to better understand and treat her patients, Anne continued her education and earned a diploma in Osteopathy from IPEO in Paris in 2009. Soon after, she earned a certification in pediatric osteopathy from IFSO in 2010 and a certification in gynecology/obstetric osteopathy from IFSO in 2012.

During those 9 years, Anne successfully ran two private outpatient practices as an associate and an owner. She proudly served the community handling a variety of conditions including orthopedic problems, sports injuries, respiratory problems, digestive disorders, pelvic floor rehab, post-partum, reflux, torticolis, colis, posture, scoliosis, and injury prevention. When her husband was relocated to New York in 2009, she studied to earn a US physical therapist license in NYS while working as a member of a physical therapy office specializing in woman's healthcare, pelvic floor, and manual therapies. She relocated to St. Petersburg, FL in 2013.

Anne is a Herman and Wallace trained PT for woman's health and colorectal, coccyx, pudendal, and male pelvic floor dysfunctions. She is also a certified yoga instructor for children and started screening dancers for injury prevention. Anne practices evidence-based physical therapy and provides a unique treatment plan for each patient using a variety of manual therapies, such as myo-fasical release, cranio-sacral therapy, visceral manipulation, muscle energy techniques, and postural education. She strongly believes that education and empathy are the keys for patients to achieve their goals.

Anne spends her time caring for her three children, volunteering, teaching yoga, and offering one-on-one physical therapy sessions. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, bicycling, swimming, paddling, playing music, and her weekly yoga and ballet sessions. Anne is bilingual, trained in both the United States and France, and has a love for both. She is happy to offer the best of both cultures and help patients to have a healthier life.

What is Neurologic Physical Therapy?
Neurologic PT specializes in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with movement difficulties due to a disease or injury of the nervous system. Your therapist will work to restore your mobility to enable you to return to your daily activities and hobbies. Therapy will focus on brain health to contribute to your overall wellness in life.
What are some of the conditions treated by Neurologic Physical Therapy?

Ataxia

Dystonia

Multiple Sclerosis

Huntington's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease

Parkinson's Disease

Atypical Parkini

Dementia

Fall Risk

Neuropathy

Essential Tremor

Gait instability

Balance deficits

Post stroke care

Neurologic Physical Therapy

Women's Health and the pelvic floor
The pelvic floor consists of 3 layers of muscles that spread from the area of the tail bone to the pubic bone. These muscles are responsible for giving support to internal organs, aiding in posture, controlling bowel and bladder, and providing sexual function. Just like any other muscle in the body, these muscles can become weak as well as tight. This can lead to pain as well as dysfunction in the responsibilities listed below. A pelvic floor physical therapist can treat urinary frequency and incontinence, prolapse issues, diastasis recti, pregnancy and postpartum, interstitial cystitis, SI joint pain or low back pain, female athlete triad, osteoporosis, and pelvic pain, such as pudendal neuralgia, vulvodynia, vaginismus/dysparenunia, pelvic inflammatory disease, and endometriosis.
What are some of the conditions treated by Women's Health and pelvic floor therapy?

Osteoporosis

Incontinence

Prolapse Issues

Diastasis Recti

Urinary Frequency

Low back pain

SI joint pain

Endometriosis

Female Athlete Triad

Interstitial Cystitis

Vulvodynia

Pudendal Neuralgia

Pregnancy/Postpartum

Vaginismus/Dyspareunia

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Women's Health

At Potentia Therapeutics, we are movement specialists who understand that there is relationship between a patient's physical, mental, and emotional state that has an effect on their functional abilities. We design our treatment programs with this relationship in mind as we discover pathways to reveal regional interdependence within movement patterning. We have the ability to assess the overall patient in an integrative method while defining the normal and dysfunctional movements that a patient embodies and demonstrates in the clinic or in the community. You will work one-on-one with a physical therapist who will conduct a thorough examination and comprehensive functional assessment to gather data about your baseline measures and possible functional limitations. This will allow for the development of a plan specific to your needs and goals. After the initial evaluation, both parties will have a deeper understanding of the root cause of your condition.

Physical Therapy

At Potentia Therapeutics, our trained movement specialists lead their patients through a comprehensive Sports Medicine Program that is tailored to meet the physical demands of the athlete, the weekend warrior, and the performing artist. Our therapists will educate the patient on optimal postural alignment in static and dynamic movement patterns as well as methods of sports injury prevention and performance. They will not only help patients recover from their injuries but will also help health athletes enhance their performance and elevate their skill. Identifying and removing impairments that can lead to improper form and movement is imperative in helping the invidual increase his/her speed, power, and agility. These sport-specific programs are developed to help athletes of all performance levels to achieve the following:

Restore optimal physical function

Decrease pain

Increase flexibility, strength, and power

Injury prevention and education

Optimize sports performance

Sports Medicine

At Potentia Therapeutics, highly trained dance medicine specialists provide a physical screening to dancers that allows for static and dynamic movement testing. This screening is used to determine functional deficits that may expose the dancer to injury. The physical therapist will observe dance technique, evaluate strength and flexibility, and review medical and nutritional history. At the end of the assessment, the dancer will receive a baseline measurement and an individually tailored exercise regimen. which may include recommendations for cross-training, technique modification, training strategies, and proper footwear to reduce the risk of injury. A plan of care is developed based on one of three stages of wellness: Rehabilitative, Restorative, or Refinement. It will allow for an individualized design of physical therapy and/or wellness programs that the dancer will utilize to achieve their desired goals. This guidance leads to dance performance longevity, decreasing the risk of injury.The injury prevention program at Potentia Therapeutics has been shown to improve dancer function and is progressively measured through individual goal setting and plan of care.

Dance Medicine

Potentia Therapeutics' physical therapists are certified to teach pilates as well as design pilates-based physical therapy (PBPT), one of the most popular trends in physical health in the 21^st century. Pilates-based physical therapy, the practice of combining the precise movements of pilates to accomplish a specific physical therapy outcome, has increased. Pilates is named after Joseph Pilates, who invented a series of regimented exercises less than 100 years ago. It relies on the body's own weight and limitation and requires a precision and control that can have lasting benefits, especially when combined with physical therapy. The exercise differs from other forms of exercise or physical therapy due to its focus on precise movement, position, and breathing. Although it rarely involves quick, energetic movements, it can be quite intense. It is often used as a cross-training option for endurance athletes, golfers, or anyone in an active lifestyle.Pilates is designed primarily to improve both flexibility and strength in the body's "core" which is critical for health, balance, joints, and movement. The benefits of pilates-based physical therapy also include the ability to apply healing techniques holisitically instead of focusing purely on the injury or source of discomfort.

Pilates

Potentia Therapeutics offers a specialized out-patient service, provided by a Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) certified golf medical professional, for golfers of all skill levels. Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) is the world's leader in golf research, education, and training. Since the late 1990's, golf has seen a shift in how players at the highest level prepare and maintain their bodies for competition. Players are more powerful, more athletic,and better equipped to perform at the highest levels. Potentia Therapeutics' GolfRX program provides a 90 minute comprehensive analysis including: an assessment of swing mechanics, biomechanics, movement patterns, current fitness and health status, and fitness history. It is designed to identify physical limitations that may adversely affect the golf swing and increase the risk of injury.

one-on-one session with a TPI certified physical therapist
golf-specific movement screen
video swing analysis
online access to your swing analysis
detailed report of findings from movement and swing analysis
custom exercise program based on findings from screen

Golf Rx

According to historical evidence, public health challenges can be attributed to a lack of physical health and injury prevention education. The Journal of the American Medical Association and the National Institute of Health identify multiple problems with this deficit, citing the prevalence of obesity and its estimated 112,000 preventable deaths, increased risks of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, and breast/colon cancer. A lack of physical activity, an un-healthy diet, and stress can play a role in the invidual choices we make when deciding to lead a healthy and well balanced life. The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the Surgeon General released a National Prevention Strategy in 2011 with a vision of creating a prevention-oriented society where the goal is to "increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life".

At Potentia Therapeutics, we offer a Wellness Program to assist those inviduals who desire attaining and maintaining long-term optimal health and wellness. During your Wellness Assessment, we will observe multiple factors including: strength, postural alignment, flexibility, power, balance, mobility, agility, and aerobic endurance. We may also assess your home and work station ergonomics to understand the repetitive and sustained posture that an individual sustains in a typical day.

Wellness

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