Rachel Berger, MSPT opened The Coolidge Corner Wellness Studio to promote health, fitness, and recovery from injuries. She wanted to provide one location where people could have many needs met at different stages of wellness and healing. The studio also offers a variety of perspectives and approaches from skilled practitioners with different backgrounds. Whether someone is at the beginning of a healing process or wants to advance to a higher stage of wellbeing or fitness, there is something for everyone.

Rachel has been practicing Physical Therapy since 1997. She provides physical therapy and both rehabilitative and fitness based Pilates. Rachel’s physical therapy approach focuses on structural hands on techniques that help realign and stabilize the body to return people back to optimum health. She received her Master's Degree in Physical Therapy from Simmons College and has had training from the Upledger Institute in craniosacral therapy, myofascial release, lymphatic drainage, and visceral mobilization.

Rachel has been teaching Pilates since 2001 to people of all fitness levels from those rehabilitating from injuries to high level athletes. She trained in New York City with Power Pilates in the classical Pilates method. She believes that Pilates is an effective tool using dynamic movement and core strengthening to improve posture and alignment and build overall strength.

Her philosophy is based on working with the whole body to restore alignment and normal joint mechanics as well as to release lines of tension held deep in the connective tissues. She looks at habitual patterns, the client's history of injuries, and stress holding patterns; and believes in treating the whole body instead of an isolated symptom.