Meet Our Team

Our team of world class manual physical therapists, master movement instructors, and body workers inspire embodied knowledge.

  • Tracey Vincel, PT, M.Phty, CBBA

    Tracey Vincel, PT, M.Phty, CBBA

    FOUNDER & PHYSICAL THERAPIST

    Founder of KNOSIS Physiotherapy & Wellness, Tracey Vincel has over 25 years of clinical experience treating and preventing pain. She has a deep interest in the relationship between altered posturo-movement and pain and related disorders. Her practice emphasizes the mind/ body connection and how thoughts and beliefs can influence body tension affecting movement.

  • Monica Vitenson, PT, MSPT, OCS, CCTT

    Monica Vitenson, PT, MSPT, OCS, CCTT

    PHYSICAL THERAPIST

    Monica has been practicing physical therapy for over 25 years. She has an outstanding reputation in the field as a manual therapist and movement re-educator. She specializes in TMJ and cranial cervical dysfunction, in which she is one of only a few New York therapists to hold an advanced certification.

  • Lukasz Mroz, PT, MSPT, OCS

    Lukasz Mroz, PT, MSPT, OCS

    PHYSICAL THERAPIST

    Lukasz earned his Masters degree in Physical Therapy from Warsaw Medical University in 2011. He has been practicing physical therapy for over a decade and became a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic physical therapy in 2021. His clinical experience includes pre and post-operative outpatient orthopedics as well as sports rehabilitation.

  • Rebecca Gordon PT, DPT, CSCS, CYT-500

    Rebecca Gordon PT, DPT, CSCS, CYT-500

    PHYSICAL THERAPIST

    Rebecca earned her B.A. in Dance from Hunter College and Doctorate of Physical Therapy from New York University. Rebecca specializes in treating patients with orthopedic and pelvic floor diagnoses. She holds multiple advanced pelvic floor certifications through the American Physical Therapy Association and Herman & Wallace Rehabilitation Institute.

  • Eleanor Chiger, PT, DPT

    Eleanor Chiger, PT, DPT

    PHYSICAL THERAPIST

    Eleanor received her Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Columbia University, and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Viola Performance from The Juilliard School. She is passionate about providing thoughtful, holistic, highly individualized care, combining a variety of manual, neuromuscular, and exercise techniques to restore function and mobility.

  • Shannon Gorman, PT, DPT, CSCS

    Shannon Gorman, PT, DPT, CSCS

    PHYSICAL THERAPIST

    Shannon earned her Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology and Applied Physiology from University of Delaware, whose sports medicine and kinesiology programs are amongst the top five in the US. Shannon went on to earn her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from New York University. She has been a practicing PT for 9 years in NYC, treating patients ranging in age from pre-teens to older adults, all with diverse athletic backgrounds.

Wellness Team

  • Jenny Long, CPI

    Jenny Long, CPI

    PILATES INSTRUCTOR

    Jenny is a Balanced Body Certified Pilates Instructor trained by Master teacher Lesley Powell of Movement’s Afoot, and studied with Kelly Kane at Kinected, who is also located in New York City. Jenny is a licensed Buff Bones Instructor, which is a medically endorsed full-body movement system for Bone and Joint health.

  • Molly Phelps, CPI

    Molly Phelps, CPI

    PILATES INSTRUCTOR

    Molly has been teaching Pilates in NYC since 1998. As a young pre-professional ballet dancer, Molly was taught Pilates by her ballet teachers as a way to keep herself conditioned, whether she was injured or correcting muscular imbalances, to achieve perfect form.

  • Mariia Shangina, CPI

    Mariia Shangina, CPI

    PILATES INSTRUCTOR

    As a senior Pilates instructor, Mariia has a genuine love for movement. Certified by Polestar Pilates, the gold standard in the industry, she focuses on post rehabilitation and athletic performance. She has worked with a diverse client population and has a passion for injury prevention.

  • Yuu Fujita, CPI

    Yuu Fujita, CPI

    PILATES INSTRUCTOR

    Yuu is a Pilates instructor who focuses on integrating strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination to help clients achieve their maximum potential. She has a BA in Dance and was certified in Pilates in 2001. She has also studied Kinesthetic anatomy, Iyengar Yoga, the Alexander Technique, Yamuna Body Rolling, the Eric Franklin Method, and Thai Body Work to enhance her teaching.

  • Lexie Palasciano, CPI

    Lexie Palasciano, CPI

    PILATES INSTRUCTOR

    Lexie is a Polestar Pilates Certified Pilates Instructor and Educator. While earning an MFA in Dance Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, she investigated somatic embodiment through the lens of dance performance, which now informs her approach to teaching. Lexie is passionate about facilitating movement rooted in mind-body connection.

  • Mila Kir

    Mila Kir

    PILATES INSTRUCTOR

    Mila is a Polestar Pilates Certified Pilates Instructor. She believes movement is the best therapy and the most powerful tool. Mila approaches Pilates not just as physical activity, but a type of movement that helps to develop body, mind, and spirit in complete coordination with each other.

  • Megan Renee Backus, LMT

    Megan Renee Backus, LMT

    MASSAGE THERAPIST

    Megan's passion for bodywork has led her to develop expertise in many areas. She regularly treats patients who suffer from a wide variety of serious complaints and conditions, ranging from rehab after hip replacement to fibromyalgia to athletic recovery. She is a Certified Practitioner of the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Massage®.

  • Ayala Hodak

    Ayala Hodak

    AESTHETICIAN

    Ayala Hodak has been passionately practicing holistic skincare since she was trained as a cosmetologist and aromatherapist in Israel. Her expertise is unmatched, as she has dedicated her life to perfecting the art of deep cleaning with lifting massage, lymphatic massage, and aromatherapy.

  • Corinne Marquart, Ott BC-DMT

    Corinne Marquart, Ott BC-DMT

    Corinne has been dancing since the age of 4 and continues her life-long love in her vocation as a Dance Movement Therapist. She draws upon a broad range of movement techniques (dance, dance therapy, yoga, movement analysis, BodyVoice) to focus the session on your physical and psychological needs. She earned her Masters in Dance Movement Therapy from Laban Center London and has worked clinically with children and adults for over 20 years.

  • Frank Hughes

    Frank Hughes

    THAI YOGA

    Frank Hughes, a certified Structural Integration practitioner from the Florida School of Massage. With over 30 years of experience in western modalities of healing, Frank has mastered Connective tissue massage, Neuromuscular therapy, Shiatsu, Myofascial release, Cranial sacral therapy, and Trager.

  • Mia Mountain

    Mia Mountain

    ENERGY PRACTITIONER

    Mia discovered her love for energy medicine at a very early age and she has passionately been practicing Reiki since she became a certified Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki II therapist. She has regularly treated clients in NYC, Stockholm and London. Mia loves seeing her clients truly connect to themselves and break through physical, emotional and mental blocks and how their wellbeing is being restored.

  • Anthony Holdampf

    Anthony Holdampf, CHt, NLP, CPT, CSCS, CHC

    HYPNOTHERAPIST

    Anthony Holdampf, a certified hypnotherapist from the prestigious Hypnosis Motivation Institute, is your dedicated partner in holistic personal transformation. With over two decades of wellness expertise, he seamlessly weaves together the principles of mind, body, and spirit to guide you toward unlocking your fullest potential.

  • Agnieszka Szablonska

    Agnieszka Szablonska

    ENERGY THERAPIST

    Agnieszka is a Certified Energy Therapist with 15 years of experience in the wellness field. Founder of “THE ZEN WORLD”, She specialized in the most beautiful Arts of Wellness and Integrative Energy Therapies that she had the privilege to learn from the Masters, Healers and Sages. She focused on Energy Healing methods as the key to well-being in a multidimensional approach Body, Spirit, and Soul.