Our Team

Mike Van Gilder, PT, DPT, FAFS, Co-Founder

Mike, originally from Wisconsin, has been a San Diego resident since 1986. He received his BA from Vanderbilt University and his law degree from Vanderbilt Law School. Pivoting 180°, Mike received his DPT from the University of Southern California in 2001. He has been an avowed practitioner of Applied Functional Science and an active student of the Gray Institute for Functional Science since 2001.

He spends his free time trying to keep up with his wife, Sandra, and his two daughters, while also doing his best to outrun Father Time.