Dr. Pany Nazari
PT, DPT, BCB-PMD, PRPC, IF
Founder / CEO PhysioWellnessVA
Dr. Pany Nazari received her BS degree in 1994 from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and her doctorate degree in 2016 from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. For the first decade of her career she focused on mastering the assessment and treatment of a variety of orthopedic issues, with a focus on the spine, sacro-iliac joint, and pelvis. Since 2005, Pany has dedicated her educational and clinical concentration on pelvic floor rehabilitation. Her passion is to use various forms of biofeedback in conjunction with manual therapy along with a strong emphasis on patient education to facilitate optimal function for individuals. She is a fellow and has been board certified in the use of Biofeedback for Pelvic Muscle Disorders since 2005.
Pany truly believes that knowledge is power; she has a strong focus on education and increasing awareness of the importance of pelvic health among the community, physicians and other practitioners. She is also continuously expanding her own knowledge by attending various conferences, serving as a member of the International Pelvic Pain Society and National Vulvodynia Association, and was named a fellow by the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health in 2022. Dr. Nazari is a Clinical Instructor at Marymount University and the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
Dr. Nazari established a tremendously well respected pelvic rehab program at her local hospital from the ground up, where she worked for 18 years. In 2017, Dr. Nazari created PhysioWellnessVA to bring her specialization and expertise to a more intimate setting. Over her 30-year tenure, she has served thousands of patients in the Northern Virginia area. She is direct access certified in the state of Virginia.
In her free time, Pany enjoys walking, hiking, strength training, cooking and laughing with her husband, two kids, friends and family.
Vaishali Sikotra, MPT, PRPC
Physical Therapist
Vaishali received her Master’s in Physical Therapy from Andrews University in 2000 and has worked in multiple settings across multiple states before settling here in Northern Virginia in 2005. Having worked with diagnosis ranging from neurological, orthopedics and vestibular she has found her true passion working with pelvic health patients since 2010.
To further her skills, she obtained certifiation in Trigger Point Dry Needling and received her Pelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner Certification in 2020 from Hermann and Wallace Institute. In addition, Vaishali has taken numerour continuing education course in varied treatment approaches. She believes in treating patients with a manual therapy approach, combbined with exercises to support these specializes techniques. Most importantly, she uses evidence based approaches with focus on treating the patients “as a whole” by assessing posture body dynamics and movement patterns.
In her free time, Vaishali enjoys spending time ith her children, hiking, being in the great outdoors and doing yoga.
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