LSVT BIG: Exercise as Medicine

Erica graduated with her master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Concordia University Wisconsin in 2002. Erica works for Aurora Health Care at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in downtown Milwaukee.  Erica has attended extensive post graduate rehabilitation education in the area of Parkinson disease and exercise. She is certified in LSVT (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment) BIG.  She is the team leader of the LSVT BIG^® and LSVT LOUD^® clinic program at the medical center and co-instructs the LSVT BIG and LOUD skills class, a community-based exercise class for graduates of LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD one on one therapy programs.  Erica is an LSVT Global faculty member, instructing the LSVT BIG Training and Certification course and assisting in development of other LSVT BIG educational opportunities for Parkinson’s exercise clinicians to further their clinical skill in treating people with Parkinson disease.  

Erica also specializes in female, male, and pediatric evaluation and treatment of the pelvic floor and related bladder, bowel, and sexual health issues.  Erica is Board Certified in Biofeedback for Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction (BCB-PMD) through Biofeedback Certification International Alliance and is a Board Certified Pelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner (PRPC) through Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute.  Erica has taken a special interest in the unique pelvic floor, bladder, bowel and sexual health issues experienced by individuals with Parkinson disease.  She is faculty at the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute and has authored the 2-day virtual course Parkinson Disease and Pelvic Rehabilitation developed for pelvic health clinicians to further their knowledge for best practice.