Mike Cantrell
MPT, AIA FOUNDER
Mike Cantrell MPT, PRC is a professional movement and performance consultant with over 20 years experience working with a variety of patients and athletes in all manner of settings across the country and around the globe. Mike is a founder and lead performance consultant with Applied Integration Academy, which has impacted patients and athletes across the US and throughout Europe, Australia and Asia. Mike’s area of expertise centers on helping individuals with chronic pain and enhancing sport performance through integration of neuro-respiratory dynamics. Of particular interest is the emergence of his skill with orofacial management of AIA-based principles. This has led to specific programs coupling respiratory function with dental management of the C-spine and ribcage.
Prior to and since Mike and James started AIA®, Mike has been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with a number of professional sports teams in major league baseball, major league soccer, the NBA, the NFL, the NHL and Australian Football. He has also worked with the Department of Defense as a performance consultant. He has had private consulting opportunities across the USA, in Australia, Germany and England. He is a graduate of Emory University’s Physical Therapy program and is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, The American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry.