My Story
Shannon Simmons is a licensed physical therapist, practicing for over 19 years that has been extensively trained in osteopathic and manual manipulative therapies. She specializes in chronic pain, spine, TMJ, and headache patients and cases of difficult resolution. She also has a great deal of experience with treating children with a variety of symptoms ranging from colic, GERD, chronic ear infections, grinding, plagiocephaly, and ADD/ADHD. Shannon teaches Craniosacral 1 and 2 at Michigan State University in the continuing medical education program. She is on the team of professionals that created and test for the CFMM (certified in functional manual medicine) at MSU. Shannon was instrumental in establishing The Sykesville Wellness Partners, a network of practitioners coming together in Sykesville to Encourage, Educate and Empower the community around their wellness. She creatively incorporates her movement background, yoga practice, meditation and self-awareness into her treatment of patients. Her practice philosophy is to treat the whole person (body, mind and spirit) and address dysfunction and the underlying cause not just the symptoms.
Specialities: Chronic Pain, Headaches, Post Concussive Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Craniofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Neck and Back Pain, TMJ Dysfunction and Pain, Pediatric cranial and developmental issues and unexplained physical pain.
Private practice on main street in Sykesville and /Finksburg, MD
Shannon has a passion to be of service for the greater good and a special place for children in that. She loves to support causes that serve the community and humanity and gives of her time, efforts and finances for many causes such as The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Charity:Water, Operation Christmas Child, team H.O.P.E, Toys for Tots, Love your melon, The Maryland Trek with Justin Berk, and The Red Devils.
