Our Staff
Our professional staff members have undergone extensive, post-graduate training in manual therapy techniques under the direction of Brian Tuckey PT, OCS, JSCCI. Mr. Tuckey is an internationally recognized expert and instructor in the manual therapy technique known as Fascial Counterstrain. This enables our therapists to identify and correct the underlying cause of your medical condition and not just treat the symptoms.
Brian Tuckey, PT, OCS, JSCCI
Mr. Tuckey is a board-certified orthopedic specialist (OCS) who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland, School of Physical Therapy in 1990. He is the owner of Tuckey and Associates Physical Therapy LLC in Frederick Maryland, specializing in the treatment of complex cases.
In 1992 Mr. Tuckey began training at the Jones Institute under the guidance of Lawrence Jones D.O., the originator of Strain and Counterstrain technique (SCS) and eventually became one of only four physical therapists ever certified to teach SCS by Jones. In the late 1990’s, following the death of Dr. Jones, Tuckey took over the reins of Counterstrain innovation, expanding Counterstrain from approximately 200, to over 1200 anatomically correlated treatments. FCS’s multi-system, peripheral and central nervous system approach is unique in the world of manipulation, giving it unparalleled effectiveness, scope and diagnostic capacity. FCS is currently being taught to a rapidly expanding audience of domestic and international medical professionals in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Chris Butler, DPT
Chris received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Wheeling Jesuit University, in Wheeling West Virginia. He has over 20 years experience in outpatient orthopedics with an emphasis on manual physical therapy.
Mr. Butler’s strong interest in manual medicine, led him to seek out a physical therapy facility that emphasized a hands-on personalized approach. He has been working with Mr. Tuckey for 20 years and has attended numerous post-graduate courses in the manual therapy area.
Mr. Butler works with a variety of patients from adolescents to the elderly, and custom tailors each therapy session to meet the individual needs of each patient based on their therapy needs.
Cynthia Durant, PT
In 1990 Cynde began her journey in physical therapy after working as a massage therapist in an outpatient orthopedic clinic that practiced manual medicine. There she found her passion, eventually graduating in 1996 from Shenandoah University with a master’s degree in physical therapy. Cynde has practiced exclusively in the outpatient orthopedic setting since becoming a physical therapist. She has made Fascial Counterstrain her focus due to the superior outcomes she noted after incorporating the technique into her clinical repertoire.
In addition to practicing Counterstrain, Cynde utilizes her Pilates, yoga and massage background to help her patient reach the best possible outcomes.
Andrew Adams PTA, LMT, PES
Andrew graduated of Penn State University in 2017 and 2019. He spent his first 5 years of his physical therapy career in sports orthopedics physical therapy. Always driven to learn more in manual therapy he amassed certifications in various manual techniques over those first 5 years but never found anything that could really help most patients until he found Fascial Counterstrain.
Immediately blown away by its power, he moved to Virginia to work in one of the top FCS clinics to learn and immerse himself in the technique. Eventually opening his own practice in Lynchburg, VA and rising to the level of teaching assistant in FCS he knew there was only one place to go if he wanted to progress even further in the technique, so he took the first opportunity he could to come work for Brian at Tuckey and Associates Physical Therapy. He closed his practice and moved with his family to Frederick. He is also a soldier in the US Army Reserves and enjoys using FCS with his fellow service members.