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Kross Centered Care - Integrative PT, Health and Wellness

Pain and wellness coaching. Physical therapy with a comprehensive, holistic and functional approach to health, fitness and lifestyle.

Dr. Tawny Kross is a physical therapist specialized in chronic pain. She has nearly a decade of clinical experience working with patients, with extensive experience with Veterans who struggle with pain, multiple diseases, trauma, etc. and have not gained with traditional approaches to physical therapy. She is very passionate about patient empowerment and coaching patients to successfully and confidently take control of chronic pain and their health. Certifications:
- Therapeutic Pain Specialist
- Functional Nutrition for Chronic Pain
- Hypnosis
- HeartMath Certified Practitioner
- Functional Dry Needling
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You will love and benefit from working with me if you are ready to take action and make a change in your life. Life and behavioral changes do not happen passively. It’s not for you if you:
- Do not want to take an active approach to your health
- Are not open to working in a holistic way
- Not committed or ready to make change
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While Dr. Kross is skilled in manual therapy, including dry needling, this program is virtual only. If she decides that manual therapy is something you need as part of your recovery process, she will help you get connected with someone locally that can will be an asset to your treatment plan.
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All programs are tailored to accountability and specific needs, but will be comprehensive to address all factors of chronic pain, including but not limited to sleep, stress, nutrition, exercise and pain neuroscience education. Basic program costs start at $1200 per month, with a 4-month commitment at minimum. The basic program incorporates 1 hour long coaching calls at least bi-weekly. Access to a medical doctor (DO) is also available once a month for consulting, as needed.
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Free 30 minute Consultation:
This is your opportunity to meet Dr. Kross to see if working with her is a perfect fit for what you need. The consultation will be a two-way: you will be interviewing her and she will be interviewing you! During the interview, Dr. Kross will ask you questions on the details of your story, including the things that have been helpful and not helpful on your chronic pain journey. If you decide at the end of the session that she has the privilege of working with you to help you regain back your quality of life, without your day being dictated by pain, then you will develop an action and strategy plan with her to help you accomplish all your goals.

29/10/2025

You’re not stuck — you’re stabilizing.

Your body knows how to survive.

It learned how to function under stress, push through, and keep things “steady.”

But management mode isn’t the same as thriving.
It’s the nervous system’s in-between phase —where safety is known intellectually, but not yet felt.

If this sounds familiar, be gentle with yourself.

Your system is still learning that safety doesn’t require vigilance.

💭 Which one shows up most for you — fatigue, hyper-independence, or loss of curiosity?

27/10/2025

💥 Just because you are calm doesn’t mean your nervous system feels safe. 💥

You’ve worked hard to get “regulated.”
You breathe. You journal. You move gently.

You’re not freaking out anymore and that IS progress.

But gonna also have to tell you …

Sometimes what looks like calm… is actually shutdown.
It’s like nervous system’s version of holding its breath.
It’s the PERFORMANCE of peace instead of the experience of it.

So you can look regulated and still feel empty.
You can have perfect morning routines and still live in quiet tension.

Because safety isn’t a 👀 look. It’s a felt sense.

And when the body doesn’t truly feel safe —
it won’t let you expand.

It’ll keep life small, predictable, and “manageable.” Nice and protected.

This means your system just hasn’t learned that safety can include aliveness.

So if you’ve been feeling “fine” but disconnected,
ask yourself:
👉 “Am I actually at peace — or just avoiding disruption?”
That question alone can start to unfreeze what’s been stuck.

✨Because real regulation isn’t the absence of stress —
it’s the capacity to stay connected through it.

❤️ if this resonates! Or tag a friend who looks chill but is secretly exhausted.

24/10/2025

✨ Part 3 of 3: Angry at the Healing Process ✨

😣 Ever felt angry that you’re doing everything right — and still not feeling better?

Angry that you have the awareness, the tools, the insight…
but your body isn’t catching up as fast as you want it to?

That anger makes sense.
It’s not resistance — it’s grief.
It’s fear that maybe healing won’t work for you.
That all the effort, all the hope, might not pay off.

But here’s what I want you to know 👇

Your anger at the process is a sign that you care.
It means your system wants safety, wants freedom — it just doesn’t fully trust that it’s possible yet.

When you meet that frustration with curiosity instead of judgment, something shifts.

The part of you that’s angry starts to feel seen, not silenced.
And that’s often when the nervous system starts to soften.

Healing doesn’t ask you to love the process.
It asks you to stay in conversation with it.

To listen when you want to give up.
To breathe when your body says, “Not yet.”
✨ Because that, too, is part of healing.

💭 Save this for the days when you’re tired of trying — and remember: your frustration doesn’t mean you’re failing.

It means you’re feeling, and that’s the nervous system learning safety again.

22/10/2025

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
If you’ve ever felt angry at your body … you’re not doing healing wrong.

Anger is a sign that something in you is trying to be heard.
Not punished.
Not pushed away.
Heard.

Before you try to calm it, fix it, or rationalize it…
try asking:
“What is this anger trying to protect me from?”

Because that’s where the real conversation begins.
🩶 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺.

20/10/2025

😤 Ever felt angry that pain seems to shrink your world?

Angry that you can’t do the things you used to love.
Angry that you have to plan your life around flare-ups.
Angry that everything feels so much smaller than it once did.
It’s easy to think that anger is the problem.

But what if it’s actually a clue?
👉 Anger is often born from fear.
Fear that life will always feel this small.
Fear that you’re losing pieces of yourself.
Fear that you’ll never get back to the version of you who felt alive and limitless.

Your nervous system doesn’t lash out for no reason — it’s trying to protect you from something that feels too vulnerable to face head-on.

And in the world of chronic pain, that “something” is often the deep fear and grief underneath those limitations.

When you stop treating anger as the enemy and start asking, “What is this trying to protect me from?” — you open a door to real healing.

Because here’s the thing: the same protective system creating anger is also creating pain.

And when you learn how to work with that system instead of against it, your world starts expanding again — not shrinking.
✨ This week, we’re unpacking the 3 faces of anger in chronic pain — and what they’re really trying to protect you from. Stay tuned for Part 2.

💭 Save this post to revisit when that “I hate this” feeling hits — and if you’re ready to understand the deeper layers beneath your pain and take back your life, DM me “ME!” to book a session with me.

15/10/2025

🧠 Earlier this week, I shared how science is discovering ways to “turn off” chronic pain signals in the brain and why that alone isn’t the whole story.

Because pain isn’t just a signal to silence. It’s your body’s way of saying: “Something doesn’t feel safe.”

And when we work with that communication — instead of trying to override it — that’s where real healing begins. ✨

That’s exactly what I dove into on this week’s episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast with Elizabeth Cush. 🎙️

We talked about:
💡 Why chronic pain is not a sign your body is broken
💡 How safety, connection, and curiosity change the pain story
💡 The deeper layers of healing that go beyond symptom management

It’s a conversation filled with practical insight and empowering perspective — especially if you’ve ever felt stuck in your pain and wondered if lasting change is possible.

🎧 You can listen to conversation: DM me for the link or head over to my stories today!

I’d love for you to listen — and then tell me:
💬 What part of the episode resonated most for you?
💬 Where are you currently trying to “turn off” pain instead of learning from it?

Your answers might shape some of the next conversations we have here. 💛

13/10/2025

🧠 Researchers at Penn just found a group of brainstem neurons that can turn off chronic pain signals.

Cool, right?

But here’s the nuance most headlines miss ⤵️

PAIN IS PROTECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

If your nervous system has learned that constant pressure, perfectionism, or overdoing equals “unsafe,” then muting that signal doesn’t resolve the pattern — it just disconnects you from it.

Your body doesn’t need a louder pain signal or a magic off switch.

It needs safety, flexibility, and connection — the ingredients that retrain those neurons naturally.

👉 This is exactly what we do inside my work with my clients — rewiring the safety circuits that pain hijacks.

13/10/2025

🧠 Researchers at Penn just found a group of brainstem neurons that can turn off chronic pain signals.

Cool, right?

But here’s the nuance most headlines miss ⤵️

PAIN IS PROTECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

If your nervous system has learned that constant pressure, perfectionism, or overdoing equals “unsafe,” then muting that signal doesn’t resolve the pattern — it just disconnects you from it.

Your body doesn’t need a louder pain signal or a magic off switch.

It needs safety, flexibility, and connection — the ingredients that retrain those neurons naturally.

👉 This is exactly what we do inside my work with clients — rewiring the safety circuits that pain hijacks.

17/09/2025

Me: “Why do I feel exhausted, anxious, and in pain all at once?”

Also me: removes mask dramatically 🎭

If your symptoms feel random…
🐾 It’s probably a Scooby-Doo episode waiting to happen.

Most of the time, it’s not “a bad back” or “a broken body.”

It’s your nervous system overloaded and stuck in survival mode - fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown.

Awareness is your first step.

The next step?

Learning how to shift back into safety and regulation. 🌱 - and I am obsessed with teaching you how to do this 💕.

Tag a friend who needs to unmask their nervous system villain. 💬

15/09/2025

Your body only has four main ways it reacts to the world around you.

Whether you’re:
🦖 Running from a T-Rex,
😣 Stuck in chronic pain,
💻 Or stressing over a work email...

Your nervous system reacts the same way.

It doesn’t know the difference between ancient danger and modern stress — it just knows safe or not safe.

These are your four survival states:
1️⃣ Rest & Digest (healing, safety, connection)
2️⃣ Mobilization (fight + flight)
3️⃣ Freeze (gas + brake at the same time)
4️⃣ Shutdown (body conservation mode)

🌀 Health isn’t about staying calm all the time — it’s about being able to move fluidly between these states.

Chronic symptoms like pain, fatigue, and gut issues happen when you get stuck in one state for too long.

✨ My work helps you retrain your nervous system so you can move smoothly between states — and back into healing.

🌱 Share this post if it resonates, and drop a comment:

Which state do you notice yourself getting stuck in most often?

12/09/2025

“Just think positive.”
“Keep a good mindset.”
“Manifest your healing.”
“Meditate your way out of it.”

If you’ve ever heard these phrases and wanted to scream… you’re not alone. 🙋‍♀️

These well-meaning messages can often 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲.

Because when you force yourself to be endlessly positive or bypass your real feelings, your nervous system gets one loud message:

𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭.

And that keeps you stuck in survival mode — tense, hypervigilant, and disconnected.

🌱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Not pushing harder.
Not bypassing your pain.
Not “thinking” your way into health.

Which of these phrases have you heard the most?

Drop it in the comments — let’s call out this noise together. 💬

10/09/2025

You’ve been doing 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉.
The green smoothies.
The yoga classes.
The supplements.
The carefully planned routines.

And yet, you still feel 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬.

Here’s the truth:
Healing doesn’t come from adding more and more to your plate.

When you push harder, control more, and constantly try to 𝑓𝒾𝓍 your body…you can accidentally send signals of 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 to your nervous system — which just keeps you in a cycle of stress, fear, and symptoms.

🌱 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 ≠ 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜. 🌱

True healing begins with 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 —
not perfection.

Doubt this? Here’s what a recent graduate wrote to me yesterday, “Tawny, I feel like I am living my best life now. It is a blessing I will not take advantage of but be thankful and aware to. Thank you!”

Save this post as a reminder for the days you need to hear this:
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍.

❤️ Drop a 🌱 in the comments if this resonates with you, and share this with someone who’s been stuck doing “all the right things.”

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