Jennifer Fischetti Christophel
Owner, Integrative Manual and Movement Specialist
Jennifer Fischetti-Christophel has professionally instructed Pilates, fitness and dance for over 23 years. She is the founder and director of the Balanced Body Studio & Wellness Center LLC, located in Deep Creek Lake, MD, and Rockville, MD. She is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher, a Master Pilates Instructor for Balanced Body Educators, and a Professional Presenter for Pilates on Tour. Along with a degree in exercise science/kinesiology, Jennifer carries Pilates teaching certificates from the national recognized programs of Core Dynamics Pilates, Stott Pilates, PHI and Pilates for Golf. She also has several other professional certifications through ISSA as an Exercise Therapist, a Corrective Exercise Specialist through NASM, a Functional Aging Specialist Certificate through FAI, and a Cancer Exercise Specialist accreditation through CETI, to name a few.
One of Jennifer‘s passions is to integrate her love for exercise science and therapy with functional movement and has a credentials as a Stecco Fasical Manipulation Practitioner, a Functional Movement Techniques Specialist, a Functional Movement Screening Specialist, a Rock Tape, Cupping and IASTM Practitioner, a NAI Trigger Point Therapist, a Neurokinetic Therapist, and a Mastery level Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist. Jennifer is also a licensed massage therapist in MD, PA, VA, and DC and is currently in school again to acquire a diploma in osteopathic manual therapy.
Along with owning two, successful studios, all these accreditations have allowed Jennifer the opportunity to work in rehabilitative settings with special populations as an Integrative Manual and Movement Specialist. Jennifer has extensive experience not only working with patients with disc pathologies, pelvic floor and si joint dysfunction, scoliosis, osteoporosis, joint replacements, cancer, hyper mobility, EDS, POTS, & arthritis but also with both amateur and professional athletes.
