I've been suffering with pelvic girdle pain and weakness on my left side since giving birth to my daughter 2.5 years ago. Prior to seeing Kathleen, I had seen several practitioners including two chiropractors, three pelvic floor PTs, and an exercise specialist. Nothing really helped. Enter Kathleen. She has this amazing ability to tell what isn't balanced in the body and can sense it with her hands! After just three sessions, I feel so much more balanced and strong on my left side and I barely have any pain. Kathleen is also very knowledgeable in the mind-body connection and how one affects the other. She has a very calming presence which is exactly what I need when I'm in pain to not flare up anxiety and make the pain worse. I would recommend her to any friends and family without reservation! read more

She is such a great osteopath and person. Her care exceeds all I had been to ..she is wonderful and they way she treats you is outstanding...I wish my Medicare would cover more visits...So I go once a month... read more

Don't hem and haw. Make an appointment with Kathleen today. When the body is balanced it starts to heal. Kathleen knows how to do it.

I would recommend Kathleen to anyone. She is a very caring, professional and knowledgeable osteopath. She combines professionalism with a genuine warmth and friendliness that allows me to feel calm, reassured and in good hands throughout the appointment. Kathleen treated problems successfully that PT's and other healthcare providers couldn't. I am feeling so much better, more mobile and cannot believe the difference regular treatments from Kathleen has on my life. I struggled with pain in my pelvic area because of the imbalance of my body that resulted from a stroke a long time ago. This pain had been there for years and is now almost completely gone. I will be forever grateful! read more

Kathleen seems to have an abundance to her, and is so giving. She has help me multiple times with some pains that did not yet have a diagnosis. She was able to make some very impressive intuitions about what was happening to me, just by palpation. As an osteopathic physician myself, I will return to her and recommend her to anyone. read more

I get these horrible flare ups in my lower back that make it very hard to walk. I reached out to Kathleen last year on a weekend and she took the time to promptly respond on a Sunday and get me in as quick as she could for treatment. It has worked very well for me with controlling the flare ups and she has since helped me get into contact with movement specialist to hopefully control the flareups even better. I had tried many chiropractors and acupuncture and nothing has helped near as much as the sessions with Kathleen. read more

I have an old SI joint injury and a career that lends itself to musculoskeletal issues. I had just about come to terms with the fact that I would have lifelong pain after months of physical therapy without much relief. Kathleen has a gift. After my first treatment my body felt better and I left feeling more aligned and fluid than I have in a long time. I would (and have) recommended her to friends and family. She also recommends stretches and insight beyond hands-on osteopathic care that have been very helpful. read more

Amazing place!! Cannot recommend highly enough Kathleen offers incredible patient centered therapies that simply can't be matched by anyone else around You will love it! read more

After dealing with runner's knee for the last two years, and seeing two different physical therapists with unsuccessful treatments/exercise programs, I was ready for another approach. I saw Lance and he put me on an exercise program was different, and very meticulous. The program was focused on strengthening my muscular imbalances with foundational movements and exercises that are critical to proper running (rather than just squats or lunges that PTs told me to do). After slowly ramping up on reps and running, I'm back where I was prior to developing my runner's knee issue. Go see Lance!! He's worth every penny. read more

Contacting Kathleen is the best thing I have done to help me with longstanding neck and shoulder pain from a long ago whiplash accident. P.T. And acupuncture did not really help. Kathleen helped me have more mobility in my neck, I'm still working on exercises to help my shoulders, but I'm mostly pain free.i also sleep much better at night without tossing and turning to find a comfortable position to sleep in. She is the most caring, kind person to have as a therapist. I can not recommend her more highly . read more

I came to this place as a last resort to help limit or stop my pain. I've had recurring pain for over ten years. First a bulging disk in my low back, then my shoulder (old injury) started acting up and then my neck vertebrae rotated, out of the blue. I don't like reliving the past so I will say that I've went to countless MD's, PT's, DM's, DOM's, and all types of other professionals. None have helped more than Marisa!.. She has helped me understand my body more than ever and helped experience my body more than ever. I use to have a narrow view on the human body but that has changed. I've learned you can study physiology, anatomy, or have someone give you exercises but nothing compares to someone skillfully and patiently showing you how to experience body parts you never use or hardly use, that is something else!. In conclusion my pain has gone down dramatically and I've learned a new self-awareness. I am thankful for Marisa and the rest of the team at Return To Movement! read more

So in a storm I go out to check my RV. Apparently that wasn't too bright since there were bricks holding down a tarp. The winds set a brick airborne which amazingly clobbered me right in the head. Blam I had a full blown concussion. I set out for my doc at Kaiser and yep it is a concussion and your symptoms are exactly what you can expect. The world was spinning and I found it difficult to balance. My Kaiser doc said sorry nothing to do about it and hopefully I would feel better in 6 or more months. Great, but I need my brain so I called a friend who is a brilliant neurologist at UCSF. He is the smartest guy I know so I figure he has something useful to say. Again the same story nothing to do about it and he hopes I will get better someday (perhaps not). I am not giving up so I contact Kathleen Brown who studied a more serious version of osteopathy than most DOs learn and ask her to take a look. In a single treatment I go from being disoriented and finding it difficult to balance to feeling perfectly fine. I don't believe in magic but there it was. I walked in one door a mess and after one treatment I feel fine again. She also suggested I contact an associate Anita Acevedo for some other treatment I can't even begin to explain. Between those two treatments my concussion had completely resolved and I have had no further problems related to my concussion. Kathleen has an uncanny understanding of physiology which extends well beyond what a traditional allopathic physician can even begin to address. If your physician is stymied about what to do about your pain and injury you will not be disappointed with Kathleen Brown however be prepared to be amazed with the results. read more

For over 20 years, I have suffered from on & off back pain related to a vehicular accident in my late teens. I have been to numerous chiropractors, orthopedists, and physical therapists, but the pain and stifling immobility has been almost rhythmical in re-occurrence requiring me to frequently seek out aid so I could again move pain free. She most significantly helped me to realign my spine and hips to minimize the misalignment issues causing me cyclic immobility and pain. Not only did she help me immensely via physical manipulation, but she taught me better ways to support my body via healthier postures and hip tilt which has eliminated over 90% of my back pain. She helped change my life. I also suffered a catastrophic injury to my left arm that has left me partially disabled. Kathleen was instrumental in helping my arm to heal to a point where I can use it almost normally and nobody notices my deficits, but more importantly the chronic pain is gone. read more

I had been suffering from heart palpitations that were keeping me up at night. I went to my doctor and I was given a Holter monitor to wear to record my heart rhythm over a 48hr period. My results were normal but my heart continued to pound, and I could not sleep. I was also feeling fatigued and depleted. All the doctors could recommend was Benadryl or Ambien. I made an appointment to see Kathleen, and she used her hands to assess the movement of my body, pinpointing both blocked areas and parts that moved well. After her treatment, I could feel my body relax and align. She then gently applied compression over my heart subtly moving her hands in different directions. I could feel how it was somehow stuck. She said that there was an adherence in the pericardial fascia (connective tissue). Her hands corrected what was stuck and the pounding in my heart stopped. It was completely gone! I have been sleeping better and after a month since the treatment, my heart is still calm, not pounding! I am off sleep aids (that did not work anyway) and feeling much better. Thank you for helping me, Kathleen! read more

I had hit my head on a sprinkler head that was in the ceiling of an under-stair storage. I was doing a pivot motion, so hit that sprinkler head pretty hard. I didn't have the "red flags" that would require further treatment from my regular doctor, and so I just went home to heal. After 4 weeks, I still had pressure in my head and some dizziness. I had a phone appointment with my doctor and he suggested a DO. I looked on-line and found Katherine. I really liked what she said in her description on their website, as it seemed more personal that the other cold office options. I am very glad I found her. Not only did she relieve my head problems right away, but she has fixed a few of my old injuries that were just quietly tweaking my movement for years. Katherine also gave me tips to keep my movement more fluid for the future. I never knew there was such a practice, but now I believe that all of us should go once a year just to relieve the small body aches that we just live with as we get older. Thanks so much, Katherine! read more

I am a HUGE non believer in anything but Western Medicine. But I was in so much pain I was willing to put my beliefs aside and see Kathleen Brannan Brown, an osteopath who was referred to me by a trusted friend. She was warm and friendly and seemed to know what she was doing. All things done were incredibly subtle, so I left there wondering if anything was really done. Two days later my pain began to change, lighten, and would eventually disappear. She did for me what my chiropractor was unable to do. I would highly recommend her services. I am a believer now for sure. read more

Lance has helped me improve substantially when others could not. I have had chronic (last 5 years or so) scapular dysfunction (and some other less significant problems) for which I've seen about half a dozen physical therapists. For the most part, they were not helpful. Since I couldn't give up, I decided to try something new and began investigating dynamic neuromuscular stabilization. It seemed promising and Lance seemed like a good choice. I have been with him for about a year now and have made tremendous progress - from constant moderately debilitating pain to very occasional slight pain. He succeeded where many others had failed. I have tremendous respect for him and his knowledge of the human body and its capabilities and limitations. For someone looking for a personal trainer or for someone who requires rehabilitation, I highly recommend Lance. read more