The BioMechanics Method is thrilled to announce Cassidy O’Brien as the winner of The BioMechanics Method Corrective Exercise Specialist of the Year for 2024. This prestigious award recognizes an individual certified in The BioMechanics Method who has demonstrated exceptional application of their corrective exercise skills. With TBMM Corrective Exercise Specialists in over 80 countries, Cassidy can certainly be proud of her accomplishment!
Corrective Exercise Specialist of the Year 2024 Winner
Cassidy has been working in the fitness industry for nearly ten years and is currently the North Territory Fitness Director for Phenom Trainers in Charlotte, North Carolina. Considered to be the leading personal training facility for preventative care in the Charlotte area, Cassidy and her team of a dozen Phenom Trainers are transforming lives every day. In addition to training and mentoring the Phenom Trainers staff in corrective exercise protocols, Cassidy specializes in working with clients that have unusual injuries and special conditions. Phenom Trainers owner Cullen Overholt says, “Two of the non-common injuries Cassidy has worked with are traumatic brain injuries and spinal injuries. With both types of injuries oftentimes a physical therapist or personal trainer doesn’t have much success or are not even sure how to help. Cassidy has worked with both and done things that very few personal trainers can.”
One of the clients Cassidy saw at Phenom Trainers after receiving her Corrective Exercise Specialist certification from The BioMechanics Method (TBMM-CES) was a young man named Josh who was hit by a drunk driver. “Everyone rejected working with him because they deemed him paralyzed for life”, she said. “Immediately I began to grasp for knowledge in training someone who was told they would never move again.” She is now going on 5 years of working with him and says Josh “continues to surprise me every day. He is now moving his legs, arms, and neck and is going to get a standing wheelchair that will help him so much more.”
Cassidy was also recently credited as successfully assisting a professional athlete back from a potentially career-ending spinal cord injury. Charlotte Independence defender Clay Dimick was told by doctors that he would never play soccer again after two ruptured discs in his cervical spine were found to be pressing on his spinal cord. After recovering from a multi-level disc surgery and 6 months of post-surgery training with Cassidy, Clay returned to the pitch in a preseason game as the first professional athlete fully cleared to return to play after a two level cervical disk replacement. “I am so proud of Clay and his dedication to my process” says O’Brien. “I would not be changing lives without the knowledge I have gained through The BioMechanics Method Corrective Exercise Specialist course; we have made history this year!”
In addition to earning her Corrective Exercise Specialist (TBMM-CES) credential from The BioMechanics Method in 2021, Cassidy is certified as a personal trainer and Sports Performance Specialist through the American Council on Exercise. Having previously pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, Cassidy has also recently completed a degree in Kinesiology.
As the 2024 Corrective Exercise Specialist of the Year, Cassidy will serve as a spokesperson on corrective exercise for The BioMechanics Method. She also receives an award trophy, a prize package from The BioMechanics Method and equipment from industry leaders BOSU® and TRX Training.
We would also like to extend congratulations to Dr. Senthil Kumar Subramanian, Associate Professor in Medical Physiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Corrective Exercise Specialist of the Year Sponsors
Thank you very much to our generous education and equipment sponsors for supporting The BioMechanics Method CES of the Year award competition.
- TRX is dedicated to leading the way in functional training, offering an array of high-quality products that includes the TRX Suspension Trainer™.
- For over 20 years BOSU® has stayed true to the philosophy of training that translates to life.
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