
What people say about SETUPSTRONG®
Body Transformation Services
“I can now stand and walk way better.”
“In 1991 I was injured fighting in Saudi Arabia for the U.S. in the Navy. I have shrapnel near my spine. For the last several years, I had been coming to grips that I will eventually lose the ability to stand or walk. Two years ago I jumped out of bed, in the morning, and fell flat on my face. I could not feel my legs. The doctors said the nerve damage had progressed faster than anticipated. I was scared. What do I do? My children? I knew Pam had helped people with motor issues and we set up work over Skype. She watched me stand up, which was a chore, and gave me exercises to improve my posture and mechanics on how to stand and walk. I still do them every day. I can now stand and walk way better….Pam is a consummate, passionate professional. I thank her from the bottom of my heart. I enjoy walking with my children.”

David Frank; Economist
U.S. Navy Veteran
“I'd highly recommend Pamela, especially if you are having back pain..”

Dr. Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Lasting Change
“She really makes a difference for everyone she touches”
“I love Pam's teaching. She is very much a hands on teacher which I really like - and she really makes a difference for every one she touches….She is a particularly gifted teacher.”

Barbara Wilkens, M.M.,
Piano Teacher, Certified Balance Teacher who works with injured musicians
“I felt a relief from the [back] pain…about 20 minutes into the session.”
“I first experienced Pamela’s work when I badly hurt my back and my usual treatments didn’t work. I could hardly sit, stand, or walk; it was so painful that I could only lie down on my back. I felt a relief from the pain during and after our first session, able to stand, walk, and sit again about 20 minutes into the session….It was a great gift to be treated by Pamela and to learn from her."

Yael Acrich, M.A., CMT
Certified in Craniosacral Therapy, Shiatsu, Thai massage, Sports and Swedish massage
“Muscles that hadn’t worked properly…continue to engage naturally…years later.”
“Pamela is a bright, articulate professional who uses her extensive scientific background to help individuals become aware of how their particular neuro-musculoskeletal habits “re-shape” form and function. She helps clients replace poor habits with more physiologic habits, optimize mobility, and reduce tension and pain. Pamela has keen observational skills that she applies to improve the skeletal and muscle function of her clients—including my patients and myself…. The positioning Pamela teaches also engages and increases baseline tone in otherwise poorly used musculature—without repetitive weight lifting or lunges or other toning devices. This leads me to suspect that she is improving the alignment the neuro-musculoskeletal system, which then optimizes neural feedback and skeletal and muscle function. When Pamela’s lessons begin to discard the incorrect postural habits we have developed over time and reveal the pattern originally set up by nature, we begin to find it easier to move with greater comfort and better posture. With the correct alignment, neurological feedback and cortical understanding blended together in the lesson, we also have the significant opportunity to function in a more physiologic and painless way. Of course Pamela’s lessons and their outcomes are tailored to the specific needs of each client. In my own experience, I was most impressed by how aberrant my posture had become after suffering a sacral fracture at S-2 across my innominate. The compensatory postures necessary to handle the initial pain and healing process resulted in a variety of sequelae. Pamela’s lessons resulted in renewed lower extremity and trunk function. Muscles that had been in spasm since the accident (e.g., quadriceps) returned to normal tone. Muscles that hadn’t worked properly became activated and continue to engage naturally a couple years later.”

Dr. Kathryn Gill, MD
Family Medicine Specialist
“They said I was…standing much straighter.”
“Yesterday I was with friends and we talked about you and your work. They said I was not stooping over, but standing much straighter. Thank you, Pamela. You are a wonder.”

Dee Howard
Age 79
“New muscles started working from my feet to my pelvic floor”
“Pamela has an intuitive feel for what a body needs. She is the real deal. She really cares and has the will to help others overcome their hurdles. I work in a medical office. A physician in my office (he didn't know I was working with Pamela) noticed that my knee was tracking properly for the first time after 14 years of knee pain and swelling. That is how he learned of Pamela's work and began sending many patients to her too. Aside from my knee getting realigned, new muscles started working from my feet to my pelvic floor.”

Dodi Henning, CMT
Massage Therapist of over 30 years, Beverly Wellness Institute
“Remarkable…improved balance, pelvic floor rehabilitation, reduced pain levels, and safety from injury.”
"I've been astonished at [Pamela's] abilities to figure out an individual's underlying habits...which cause a wide variety of physical problems. She has a remarkable ability to work with people of all ages to affect long-lasting change in their functional status (e.g., improved balance, pelvic floor rehabilitation), reduced pain levels, and safety from injury in activity.”

Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge, MD Ph.D.
Primary Care Doctor
“I am getting used to my "new body"
“I am getting used to my "new body"…my voice sounds deeper and more peaceful and more beautiful. My diaphragm feels "open" and moving with ease. Thank you, Thank you, thank you!!!”

Dr. Jorge Moreno, DO
Doctor of Osteopathy
“I continue being active. I thank you many times each week.”
“My balance is good- also thanks to you. I can balance on one leg at a time for a minute or two. I had much, much more trouble balancing before working with you. Balance is so important. I walk well down and up stairs ….
And my stress incontinence is much improved. You improved my life very much.
I go to Jazzercise or Zumba 3-5 times a week and love it. I continue being active. I thank you many times each week.”

Ellen B.
80+ year old retired lawyer
“I have none of the same problems.”
“There’s no question that I’m walking with great ease…I have none of the same problems. It’s easy for me to get out of a chair and even a low sofa. I used to begin any social gathering by scanning the room to figure out which chair I could get out of before sitting down….And it’s certainly helped with getting off the toilet, even my daughter-in-law’s low toilet. Everyone I know my age can’t get up out of a toilet seat without handrails, that is, except me since working with you!”

Edna Konoff
Age 90
“The changes have been amazing and truly life changing!”
"After a few Skype sessions and finally getting to meet her face to face this weekend, the changes have been amazing and truly life changing! It has helped my day to day activities! ….We talked briefly about my concerns...recurrent right sided sports injuries, my hunched over posture and biomechanics (that only got worse after mastectomy) If you have been concerned or wondered if you are biomechanically doing things correctly, If you are a doctor or someone that sits for hours and want to improve your posture, if you are a powerlifter or an athlete and want to stay injury free, she can help, if you had recent surgery or mastectomy this is life changing! There are correct ways to lift, walk, and just live life, and she can help! She has a true passion for helping people live their best life…."

Dr. Valerie Sinkler, M.D.
Family practice physician

My Personal Guarantee
If within the first session you don’t feel better with less pain or more strength (e.g., in your core, back, shoulder, buttocks, balance, or coordination), or have a straighter or taller appearance, I will waive my hourly rate for that session.*

Pamela M. Rief
* Offer applies to the first one-on-one, in-person session that is at least one hour long.
Offer does not apply when someone else has booked your session for you, for video-based lessons, or for group lessons/events.
Prearranged transportation fees, if any, are non-refundable.
*Offer applies to the first one-on-one, in-person session that is at least one hour long.
Offer does not apply when someone else has booked your session for you, for video-based lessons, or for group lessons/events.
Pre--rearranged transportation fees are nonrefundable.