Dr. Jessica Warnecke, PT, DPT, OCS, PCES, PN1-SSRC
Founder of PACE Physical Therapy
Jessica grew up in Boise, ID and was involved in sports and recreational activities since the age of three. Over the years, she had numerous injuries and became well acquainted with the world of physical therapy. It was through her desire to remain active, love of learning about the human body, and will to help others lead a healthy lifestyle that inspired her to become a physical therapist.
Jessica started her private physical therapy practice to better assist those in search of individualized rehabilitation and preventative wellness. After years working for busy outpatient clinics and her treatments being dictated by insurance companies, Jessica decided her patients deserved more!
Jessica brings a wide variety of treatment interventions and utilizes an individualized, evidenced-based practice and holistic approach to thoroughly understand, examine, and assist her patients to full recovery. Jessica focuses her evaluations on finding the root cause of dysfunction in order to heal the source of her patients' concerns rather than just treating symptoms. Through her practice and presence on social media, Jessica aims to empower others to better understand their body, experience how good they are truly supposed to feel and stay active as they age. She has a special place in her heart for helping active women dealing with chronic hip pain due to her own personal journey and now provides specialized testing, support and an online community for fellow women who haven't found success working with typical rehab measures. In addition, she is a consultant for Emily Skye Fitness, has worked with world-class athletes at the collegiate, professional and olympic levels, and continues to expand her practice to include other healthcare professionals offering a full spectrum of women's health services.
Jessica graduated with a B.S. in Exercise Science and a minor in Psychology from Boise State University. She went on to get her Doctorate Degree from Idaho State University. After PT school , she completed an Orthopaedic Residency and is now a Board Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist. She is a certified Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist with a focus on helping moms safely regain their fitness after delivery and through menopause. In addition, she has 1000+ hours of additional clinical course work with an emphasis on pelvic floor therapy, chronic hip and back pain, and pain science education. Because of her continual love of learning, and seeing how the effects of stress, behavior, and mindset have affected so many patients she treats weekly, Jessica also completed the Sleep, Stress Management, and Recovery (SSR) Certification and is a Specialist in Change Psychology through Precision Nutrition in order to provide more in depth support for those dealing with chronic injuries and trauma.
In her free time, Jessica enjoys staying active by lifting weights, wake surfing, playing basketball and tennis, riding her bike around Town Lake, reading and hiking. Jessica and her husband love trying original restaurants around Austin, being on the lake and traveling to new places around the world.
Jessica started her private physical therapy practice to better assist those in search of individualized rehabilitation and preventative wellness. After years working for busy outpatient clinics and her treatments being dictated by insurance companies, Jessica decided her patients deserved more!
Jessica brings a wide variety of treatment interventions and utilizes an individualized, evidenced-based practice and holistic approach to thoroughly understand, examine, and assist her patients to full recovery. Jessica focuses her evaluations on finding the root cause of dysfunction in order to heal the source of her patients' concerns rather than just treating symptoms. Through her practice and presence on social media, Jessica aims to empower others to better understand their body, experience how good they are truly supposed to feel and stay active as they age. She has a special place in her heart for helping active women dealing with chronic hip pain due to her own personal journey and now provides specialized testing, support and an online community for fellow women who haven't found success working with typical rehab measures. In addition, she is a consultant for Emily Skye Fitness, has worked with world-class athletes at the collegiate, professional and olympic levels, and continues to expand her practice to include other healthcare professionals offering a full spectrum of women's health services.
Jessica graduated with a B.S. in Exercise Science and a minor in Psychology from Boise State University. She went on to get her Doctorate Degree from Idaho State University. After PT school , she completed an Orthopaedic Residency and is now a Board Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist. She is a certified Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist with a focus on helping moms safely regain their fitness after delivery and through menopause. In addition, she has 1000+ hours of additional clinical course work with an emphasis on pelvic floor therapy, chronic hip and back pain, and pain science education. Because of her continual love of learning, and seeing how the effects of stress, behavior, and mindset have affected so many patients she treats weekly, Jessica also completed the Sleep, Stress Management, and Recovery (SSR) Certification and is a Specialist in Change Psychology through Precision Nutrition in order to provide more in depth support for those dealing with chronic injuries and trauma.
In her free time, Jessica enjoys staying active by lifting weights, wake surfing, playing basketball and tennis, riding her bike around Town Lake, reading and hiking. Jessica and her husband love trying original restaurants around Austin, being on the lake and traveling to new places around the world.
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Mollie Ressler, MPT, ATC, CSCS, AFMC- Certified
Physical Therapist, Functional Medicine Practitioner
Mollie was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM where she grew up in a family that was on the move. Camping, skiing, hiking and spending endless hours in the summer swimming, playing tennis and soccer, riding bikes, and traveling are high on her list of childhood memories. Competition and striving for blue ribbons are deeply ingrained in her DNA and she went on to play collegiate tennis for New Mexico State University where she graduated with a B.S. in Athletic Training Education in 1995. After becoming a Certified Athletic Trainer she spent 2 years working in Phoenix, Az both as an Head Athletic Trainer for Xavier Catholic Preparatory School and as an ATC in an busy outpatient physical therapy clinic. It was through these early work experiences that she grew to love connecting and helping people to return to activity after injury and just knew that she had to be a physical therapist.
Mollie graduated with a Master’s of Physical Therapy degree from the University of North Dakota in 2000 and then moved to Colorado where she worked for an outpatient clinic for a couple of years before her and her husband opened their own outpatient clinic. Through her years of clinical practice, Mollie became a specialist in Women’s and Men’s pelvic health and an expert in pelvic floor rehabilitation treating everything from stress and urge incontinence to pain with intercourse, interstitial cystitis/ bladder pain syndromes, vulvodynia, pudendal neuralgia, chronic hip pain, coccyx pain, post-prostatectomy complications and postpartum.
In 2016 at the pinnacle of her career with a thriving practice and a constant on the go lifestyle parenting 3 extremely involved and busy kids while also continuing to chase her own need for competition competing in triathlons, ½ marathons, tennis leagues and bike races everything changed. The body that she thought was healthy and thriving suddenly fought back creating panic attacks that landed her in the ER multiple times thinking she was having a heart attack. Through months of struggling to hold herself together and countless visits to conventionally trained doctors that had no other answers than just scary addictive medications she found the world of functional medicine and has never looked back. Despite being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis she worked to heal herself and found complete remission through holistic principles and the science based root cause approach of Functional Medicine.
Her healing journey ignited a passion in her that she had to share with the world so in 2019 she made the difficult decision to step away from her hands-on work as a PT to pursue a rigorous certification from the Applied School of Functional Medicine. She became certified in 2022 and now specializes in helping men and women thrive with autoimmune disease and women navigate perimenopause and menopause.
Mollie believes wholeheartedly in the wisdom of the body and is fascinated by the power of the mind. She has a kind heart and energetic spirit and joins the PACE PT team with 24 years of experience empowering, educating and inspiring people to transform their lives and she can help you too!
In her free time Mollie can be found playing lots of pickleball, walking her dog, attending Pure Barre, lifting weights, cooking healthy food for her family, having matcha with her friends, camping, skiing and cheering on her 3 amazing kids and husband.
Mollie graduated with a Master’s of Physical Therapy degree from the University of North Dakota in 2000 and then moved to Colorado where she worked for an outpatient clinic for a couple of years before her and her husband opened their own outpatient clinic. Through her years of clinical practice, Mollie became a specialist in Women’s and Men’s pelvic health and an expert in pelvic floor rehabilitation treating everything from stress and urge incontinence to pain with intercourse, interstitial cystitis/ bladder pain syndromes, vulvodynia, pudendal neuralgia, chronic hip pain, coccyx pain, post-prostatectomy complications and postpartum.
In 2016 at the pinnacle of her career with a thriving practice and a constant on the go lifestyle parenting 3 extremely involved and busy kids while also continuing to chase her own need for competition competing in triathlons, ½ marathons, tennis leagues and bike races everything changed. The body that she thought was healthy and thriving suddenly fought back creating panic attacks that landed her in the ER multiple times thinking she was having a heart attack. Through months of struggling to hold herself together and countless visits to conventionally trained doctors that had no other answers than just scary addictive medications she found the world of functional medicine and has never looked back. Despite being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis she worked to heal herself and found complete remission through holistic principles and the science based root cause approach of Functional Medicine.
Her healing journey ignited a passion in her that she had to share with the world so in 2019 she made the difficult decision to step away from her hands-on work as a PT to pursue a rigorous certification from the Applied School of Functional Medicine. She became certified in 2022 and now specializes in helping men and women thrive with autoimmune disease and women navigate perimenopause and menopause.
Mollie believes wholeheartedly in the wisdom of the body and is fascinated by the power of the mind. She has a kind heart and energetic spirit and joins the PACE PT team with 24 years of experience empowering, educating and inspiring people to transform their lives and she can help you too!
In her free time Mollie can be found playing lots of pickleball, walking her dog, attending Pure Barre, lifting weights, cooking healthy food for her family, having matcha with her friends, camping, skiing and cheering on her 3 amazing kids and husband.
Veronica Watson
Certified Health Coach and Fitness Instructor
Veronica was born and raised in the redwoods on the coast of northern California. She and her husband moved to the Lake Tahoe area and are raising their two children in a small mountain town. She started playing soccer at the age of 10, and to her surprise quickly found her passion and athleticism. It wasn’t until college she realized how unhealthy her eating habits were. She became more curious and started to educate herself both in nutrition and exercise. She branched out into running, mountain biking, and hiking, and never looked back. Even though she was discovering ways to improve her health, she still lacked the knowledge and awareness of her mental health.
In 2018, she drove herself to the emergency room after having a panic attack. She was terrified and had no idea what was happening to her. She was dizzy for months and could hardly function. She discovered she was suffering from postpartum anxiety and depression. She was so convinced that she was “healthy” and that there was no way it was her mental health. Something had to be wrong with her body. So she went down a long rabbit hole of doctors appointments, bloodwork, and scans desperate to find something physically wrong. Completely in denial that she was the cause of her own suffering.
Today she is grateful for that experience. It was the wake up call she needed in order for her to heal and make significant changes in her life. Through her own self discovery, she decided to leave her career in Human Resources, and take a step in a new direction. It was clear to her that she wanted to contribute to the wellness industry and work with others alike.
She obtained her Health Coaching Certification through the American Council of Exercise (ACE) and began coaching postpartum mothers how to exercise safely, tap into their mental health, and take small achievable steps into feeling better. That led into her offering more such as online weekly journaling groups, co - facilitating women' s wellness retreats, and monthly meet ups focused on setting healthy intentions for the months ahead.
She became a Certified Fitness Instructor through the American Council of Exercise and began teaching group fitness classes within her community virtually during the pandemic. Her experience includes high intensity cardio, circuit training, weight lifting, core strength training, and functional movements.
Connecting with others through movement has become such a fulfilling part of her life. She wants to empower others to get curious about their mind and body. She believes when women connect with other women, they can find the comfort and support they need. We all have such incredible resources and guidance right at our fingertips. We just need to get honest with ourselves and be brave enough to ask for help.
Her favorite quote: “What I am not changing, I am choosing”
In 2018, she drove herself to the emergency room after having a panic attack. She was terrified and had no idea what was happening to her. She was dizzy for months and could hardly function. She discovered she was suffering from postpartum anxiety and depression. She was so convinced that she was “healthy” and that there was no way it was her mental health. Something had to be wrong with her body. So she went down a long rabbit hole of doctors appointments, bloodwork, and scans desperate to find something physically wrong. Completely in denial that she was the cause of her own suffering.
Today she is grateful for that experience. It was the wake up call she needed in order for her to heal and make significant changes in her life. Through her own self discovery, she decided to leave her career in Human Resources, and take a step in a new direction. It was clear to her that she wanted to contribute to the wellness industry and work with others alike.
She obtained her Health Coaching Certification through the American Council of Exercise (ACE) and began coaching postpartum mothers how to exercise safely, tap into their mental health, and take small achievable steps into feeling better. That led into her offering more such as online weekly journaling groups, co - facilitating women' s wellness retreats, and monthly meet ups focused on setting healthy intentions for the months ahead.
She became a Certified Fitness Instructor through the American Council of Exercise and began teaching group fitness classes within her community virtually during the pandemic. Her experience includes high intensity cardio, circuit training, weight lifting, core strength training, and functional movements.
Connecting with others through movement has become such a fulfilling part of her life. She wants to empower others to get curious about their mind and body. She believes when women connect with other women, they can find the comfort and support they need. We all have such incredible resources and guidance right at our fingertips. We just need to get honest with ourselves and be brave enough to ask for help.
Her favorite quote: “What I am not changing, I am choosing”