IMTS Global

COURSES - Instructors

Primary Instructor: Lisa Sottung, PT, CSI, CFMT, OCS

Ms. Sottung graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She has taken extensive course work in manual therapy and soft tissue mobilization, focusing mainly on the osteopathic approach to diagnosis and treatment of somatic dysfunction and relating this to treatment in the field of womens health. Ms. Sottung has received certification in Structural Integration, otherwise known as Rolfing, through the Guild for Structural Integration in Boulder, CO. In addition, she has received certification in functional manual therapy through the Institute of Physical Art (IPA) under the direction of Gregory Johnson, PT, FFCFMT, and Vicky Johnson, PT, FFCFMT. Within the last seven years of work, Ms. Sottung has combined her training in manual therapy with study on women's health issues and started a women's health program at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. Ms. Sottung is currently an adjunct clinical instructor at Kean University, teaching soft tissue mobilization techniques. She is presently a primary instructor for Lumbo-Pelvic Integration (LPI) and Cervical-Thoracic Integration (CTI) with Integrative Manual Therapy Solutions (IMTS). She is also an instructor for the IPA and has been since 1989. She began instructing in the Functional Orthpaedics (FOI) and assisting with Functional Orthpaedics II (FOII) courses. Ms. Sottung is also in practice for herself in Westfield, NJ, which she began in 2001. Lisa and her husband Karl are very blessed with two energetic young daughters, Karli and Elizabeth.