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Laura Bunso, PT, MTCAfter beginning her career at Mayo Clinic in outpatient orthopedics and leading the rehabilitation department in the area of Women’s Health, Laura branched out and established Smart Body Physical Therapy in 2004, pioneering the way for a practice with a hands-on approach that specializes in pelvic health, spine and manual therapy.
Read MoreShe first earned her Bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville University with a major in Biology and minors in Chemistry and Psychology. She earned her Masters degree in Physical Therapy from another private university, the University of St. Augustine, in January 1999. Furthering her manual therapy skills (or hands on treatment of soft tissue and joint mobilization), she received her Manual Therapy Certification (MTC), just a couple of years later.
Laura has specialized in the area of pelvic health, women’s and men’s health and spine since 1999. Her love for helping people suffering in these areas comes out of an unwillingness to accept the status quo and she often finds herself treating people with impairments they never thought possible to improve. Her approach to her clinical practice makes it obvious that she believes our bodies are brimming with life and potential. According to Laura, “There’s nothing that makes me happier than getting to see someone truly savor their life. It’s not just a tag line for our patients and our staff, it gets me out of the bed every morning to press forward helping those around me flourish into the best versions of themselves.”
Laura is doing her best to get the most out of her own life! When she’s not at the office treating patients, she loves to spend her time with her 3 children, exercising, fishing or outdoors.
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Stephanie Goodman, PTStephanie is a licensed physical therapist who is passionate about helping people feel better, stronger, and more confident in their bodies. She earned, both, her Bachelor’s Degree in Health Sciences and Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Central Florida, graduating in 2001.
Read MoreOver the years she has had the privilege of working with a wide range of patients-from children to older adults-but she has found her true calling in pelvic health. She understands how personal and sensitive this area of care can be, and strives to create a safe, supportive, and empowering environment for every patient.
When she is not in the clinic, you can usually find her spending time with her kids, planning her next travel adventure, or spending time in the garage working on a new project.
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Jessica Hill, DPTJessica obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech in Mechanical Engineering. She always wanted to work in the medical field and had some exposure to Physical Therapy while in college. She pursued her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Northwestern University graduating in 2004. Jessica has worked in many settings during her career including Inpatient Acute Care, Pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation, Skilled Nursing Facility, Assisted Living Facility, and Professor in a Physical Therapy Assistant program. She has found her passion in Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation, helping clients achieve a better quality of life.
Read MoreJessica’s life outside of the clinic is filled with activity involving her four children and two step children. She and her husband enjoy bike riding and escaping to spend time with family in St. Simons Island.
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Susan Ritter, PTASusan was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She began having an interest in Physical Therapy at the age of 16. She volunteered in a local hospital’s PT department in New York and fell in love with the profession and helping others. She first became a Physical Therapy Aide/Tech in a PT office and a year later went to Physical Therapy Assistant school. Susan graduated from Kingsborough College in August of 2000 with an Associate in Applied Science as a Physical Therapy Assistant, then received her PTA license.
Read MoreSusan met her husband in 1998 and got married in 2003. She has 2 children, an older son in college and younger daughter in middle school. She took more of an interest in health and wellness when her son was diagnosed with Autism and developed many health issues including loss of all speech and language. With the help of researching and holistic interventions, her son regained many skills, his health improved and developed all speech and language again. She learned a lot about nutrition and how that plays huge a part in helping get and stay healthy. She realized that in order to help solve problems people face, you need to look at the whole person, not just the issues in order to find what works for them. Susan and her family moved to St. Johns, Florida in August of 2020.Susan has worked for over 20 years as a Physical Therapist Assistant in ever setting from hospitals to nursing homes, home health and outpatient facilities. Her specialty is in Orthopedics and Manual Therapy. She has been working in Pelvic Health with our company since October of 2022. Susan is dedicated to helping patients get back into a more pain-free and healthy lifestyle. Susan enjoys spending time with her family, making wire wrapped jewelry, walking and exercising, going to football games and is a cheer Mom! -
Kayla Sisson, DPTKayla always felt led to physical therapy. Growing up active in sports gave her an appreciation for healthfulness and the human body. Her love of sports soon grew into a passion for exercise and nutrition. Kayla obtained her bachelor’s in exercise science and a minor in nutrition from Fairmont State University in West Virginia. She then went on to obtain her Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree from Arcadia University in Pennsylvania. An internship brought her to Florida, where she met her husband.
Read MoreKayla fell in love with pelvic floor therapy because of how much it touches peoples’ lives on a personal level. She feels honored to help people through personal and delicate issues that they often don’t realize they can even change, and then witness the growth that happens with their enhanced ability to fully enjoy life again. It is her goal to help her patients be able to participate in the activities they most enjoy and, in fact, “savor life,” as our motto says.
In their spare time, Kayla and her husband enjoy fitness, bowling and softball.
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Catherine YelvingtonCatherine Yelvington earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from SUNY Cortland in New York. After working as a personal trainer in Orlando, Florida, she went back to school to get her license in massage therapy and owned her own business, Muscle Kneads. She then obtained her master’s in physical therapy at the University of North Florida. Catherine found her niche in women’s health, acquiring her certificate in pregnancy/postpartum and pelvic health from the American Physical Therapy Association, and has been specializing in this field for over 10 years.
Read MoreRealizing the importance of nutrition and gut health in treating this population, she furthered her education with a master’s in clinical nutrition from Maryland University of Integrative Health. Her professional goal is to put her comprehensive expertise together to help patients and communities achieve optimum health. She feels that everyone can achieve a higher level of wellness and quality of life with the correct guidance. Catherine believes that when we are not feeling well, it’s never just one thing that has gone wrong; it is multifactorial. Having education in all areas of wellness allows her to focus on a holistic approach to healing: mind, body and spirit.
