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Staff Bios
COAST Rehab is Santa Cruz County's largest physical therapist owned facility specializing in sports medicine. No other facility boasts a staff with as much experience and achievement. Our high level of training ensures our patients receive the most rapid and comprehensive rehabilitation available.
 Gerry
Van Dyke
PT, SCS, ATC
COAST Rehab Owner and Director
Additional Experience & Qualifications
Gerry received his Physical Therapy
degree from Chicago Medical
School and his athletic training
degree from the University of
Illinois. He has over 25 years of
experience in sports medicine
including working with Olympic,
professional, and major college athletes. Gerry has
lectured nationally on the subject of sports medicine.
He has served on the sports medicine staffs of UC
Berkeley, University of Illinois, and the US Olympic
Committee. Gerry is the first Physical Therapist on
the Central Coast to become a Board Certified
Clinical Specialist in Sports.
Specialized training: Parkinson’s Disease rehabilitation,
spinal stabilization, knee and shoulder rehabilitation,
and injury prevention.
Romana Pursley
Certified Massage Therapist
Ramona Pursley is a Certified Massage Therapist who has been practicing in Santa Cruz for over five years. Ramona received her training at the Five Branches Institute (Santa Cruz) and is certified in various forms of massage including ìtherapeutic massageî. In addition, she is also an ìACEî certified Personal Trainer. Ramona is a competitive athlete in the area of power lifting, bench press and cycling where she has won various medals in the Western States Police and Fire Games. Ramona is a retired Deputy Sheriff. She also owns and operates her own business, Functional Interval Strength Training.
Ramona became interested in therapeutic massage after several knee injuries including a knee replacement. During each bout of rehabilitation she saw the value in pre and post-surgery massage. Also, as a personal trainer, Ramona is familiar with the biomechanics of the human body and is able to identify potential problem areas based on a personís activities and to apply proper techniques to relieve the stress placed on their bodies.
Bob Pursley
Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
Bob Pursley is a Certified Personal Trainer, a decathlete, bodybuilder and self defense instructor. He has been training professionally for over twenty years specifically in the area of self defense. He is currently the lead Defensive Tactics Instructor for a local Law Enforcement Agency.
Bob has competed in the Police Olympics, Western States Police and Fire Games, and has won various medals in various individual sports.
For two years Bob has owned and operated Funtional Interval Strength Training with his wife, Ramona and has developed a system of training that anyone of any age can use. This system utilizes a minimum of equipment which can be easily used by anyone.
This system incorporates cardiovascular and muscle endurance exercises minimizing the time that a person would spend exercising, making the workouts more efficient, which means a person would be more receptive to a continued lifestyle of fitness.
In addition to this he also focuses training in the areas of, core, balance, eye-hand coordination and flexibility.
The system developed at F.I.S.T. is well suited for all age ranges starting at Middle School aged children up to Senior Citizens.
Bob also has specific sports training knowledege based on his competitive sports background.
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Ismansjah I. Soekardi
PT, CPT, CSCS
Ismansjah received his Physical
Therapy degree from Robert
Gordon University in Aberdeen,
Scotland, and his Bachelors
degree from Sonoma State
University. He is an American
Council Exercise (ACE) certified personal fitness
trainer and a certified strength and conditioning
specialist through the National Strength and
Conditioning Association (NSCA). Ismansjah was
a defensive back/linebacker on the Sonoma State
University football team and has coached football
and wrestling on both the high school and junior
high levels, and is currently coaching football at
Cabrillo College. He is a competitive power lifter
and was 2004 World Champion.
Specialized training: Neck and back stabilization.
Camille Smith-Ballon
Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
In the last 10 years, Camille has completed 17 various national certifications for group fitness and personal training. She teaches land and aquatic classes for private groups and local gyms in the area, such as Chaminade Resort, as well as popular deep-water running classes for the city and county of Santa Cruz. Nutrition is a fundamental component in her approach to help clients with their weight loss goals. In 2000, she completed the Chef's training course at the Natural Gourmet Cookery in New York City, the only accredited nutritional cooking school currently in the U.S.
Donna Biancardi
Administrator of Patient Services
Donna attended Harper College
in Chicago. She has 30 years
of Administrative experience
running front offices and
working with numerous insurance
companies, including worker's compensation,
auto, and liens. She is in charge of
patient accounts and billing.
Jay Negron
MT
Jay first received training in bodywork therapies at the New York Open Center, where he studied Basic Swedish and Shiatsu massage, Yoga, and earned an Associate Polarity Practitioner certification in 2000. In 2003, he became certified as a Teacher of Interdisciplinary Yoga at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and a few years later achieved his certification as Professional Massage Therapist through the Utah College of Massage Therapy family of schools. His additional training in Thai massage has offered him the opportunity to explore the connection between strength, flexibility, and healing from a dynamic perspective. He continues his education in therapeutic massage at the Midline School of Massage. |
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