BIOGRAPHY

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With over 15 years in the fields of rehabilitation and sports medicine, and 10 years of racing at the highest level of endurance sports as a member of Team USA, I am eager to use my professional and personal experience to help you overcome physical and emotional barriers as you reach your goals.

I am passionate about movement and believe movement is medicine. I am eager to help others discover that we as humans are all capable of more than we know. My life’s work has been to help others unlock the potential in their bodies and develop resilience so that the stresses of time and age are less diminishing.

I became a Certified Athletic Trainer in 2006, specializing in Sports Medicine, and earned my Bachelor’s of Science in Health and Human Performance from the University of Montana in the same year. Motivated to learn more and broaden my education, I returned to graduate school to earn my Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Washington’s School of Medicine in 2014. I went on earned credentials as both a USA Cycling Level 3 Coach and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) in 2020.

Sports can be an avenue for personal growth, exploration, a way to develop a healthier lifestyle, and join an active community. Additionally, sports can be a path toward gaining strength, endurance, flexibility, and reliance that can enable someone to withstand the rigors of life’s daily activities and the constant stresses of gravity.

As a lifelong athlete, a collegiate tennis career ending injury redirected the course of my life and helped me discover my truest passions.

In 2002, I was involved in a tragic rollover car accident the stole the life of my best friend and resulted in the amputation of my left leg. Also, due to the accident, I sustained a significant brain injury and underwent brain surgery, spending a week in a coma on a ventilator. I would not be here today, if it weren’t for the help, support and expertise of so many. There was a time when someone tried with compassion to tell me that “I would never be as good as I was.” Another person with less tact told me bluntly that I would “never walk again.”

I feel lucky that my innately optimistic and gritty personality enables me to see beyond statements like those. I gathered a team of people around me early after my injuries that included medical professionals; physical therapists, athletic trainers, prosthetists, and doctors. As my physical abilities advanced my support team evolved into include strength and conditioning coaches, cycling coaches, and nutritionists. My prosthetists will forever and always be permanent members of my team as I can not stand, walk, run, nor bike without a comfortable fitting prosthesis.

- Meg Fisher, Doctor of Physical Therapy

 

MISSION

Collaborate to provide natural pain relief, unlock potential, and promote optimal performance.

Develop physical and emotional resiliency through prevention and rehabilitation of acute or chronic musculoskeletal injuries, neuro-muscular imbalances, and age-related changes using evidence-based practice.  

 

RACE HIGHLIGHTS:

Gold Medalist London 2012 Paralympic Road Time Trial

Silver Medalist London 2012 Paralympic 3k Individual Pursuit

Silver Medalist Rio 2016 Paralympic Road Time Trial

Bronze Medalist Rio 2016 3k Individual Pursuit

3x UCI World Time Trial Champion (2010, 2013, 2014)

2x UCI World Time Trail Silver Medalist (2011, 2015)

2x UCI World Road Race Champion (2010, 2013)

3x ITU World Champion (2009, 2010, 2013)

2x XTERRA World Champion (2008, 2009)

2x XTERRA National Champion (2008, 2009)Gravel Worlds (2019)

2x USA Cycling Road Race Champion (2011, 2015)

2x USA Cycling Time Trial Champion (2012, 2013)

2x USA Cycling Criterium Champion (2012, 2013)

2x USA Cycling 500m Time Trial National Champion (2012, 2013)

 

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