Matt Pidgeon, clinic director of Activ8 Posture, received a degree
in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine from Springfield College in
Springfield, MA. He gained National certifications in Athletic Training,
and is a Certified Biomechanist and a Postural Alignment Specialist.
With these credentials, he has worked in sports medicine and
rehabilitation clinical settings, at the Division I and III collegiate levels,
and in the traditional clinical physical therapy setting in Massachusetts.
Given these diverse settings, Matt has a great deal of experience
working with people of all ages and activity levels. He’s helped people
as young as 5 years old, a fair number of 80+ year olds, and everybody
in-between. He’s worked with people looking to be able to do daily
activities without pain and limitation, to people looking to participate in
athletics at a high level, and current and former professional athletes and
Olympians. He also has extensive experience treating an array of pains
and conditions including, but not limited to, muscles strains, ligament
and cartilage damage/degeneration, bone on bone osteoarthritis, sciatica
and other nerve conditions, scoliosis, migraines and chronic headaches,
digestive issues, TMJ pains, plantar fasciitis, scoliosis, stenosis, bulging
and herniated discs, numbness in hands and feet, peripheral neuropathy,
Fibromyalgia, Rotator Cuff tears, and many more.While working in his
past settings, Matt was trained to use traditional modalities and
rehabilitation techniques that merely targeted the area of pain his
patients and clients were experiencing, but not the root cause. Once
understanding this, Matt realized this was only a temporary relief to his
patients/clients, rather than fixing the why the pain and injuries
happened in the first place. This is what lead him to the corrective
exercise area of wellness where he’s practiced for the last 13 years.