Shelli
... is the owner of Lucas Health Solutions, a health care company based in San Diego and Coronado, California. The focus of LHS is on the total health of the individual which includes hand & sports therapy, ergonomic consulting, and continuing education for health care professionals and the general public.
Credentials
- Occupational Therapist - B.S. 1985 Temple University
- Charter Member American Society of Hand Therapist - 1988
- Certified Hand (& upper extremity) Therapist - 1991 Hand Therapy Certification Commission
- Certified Ergonomic Evaluator - 1995 Back School of Atlanta
- Certified Structural Integration & Postural Re-education Practioner -2000
- California License with PAM Certification - #7331
Shelli is well known and respected in the rehabilitation community both locally and nationally. For over 28 years she has been involved in teaching educational seminars for therapists and the public. She has spoke to such organizations as Rotary and Lion's Clubs; insurance carriers' risk and case managers groups; workers' compensation nurse case managers; Occupational Medicine groups; and local and national therapist groups.
Shelli has published literary and research articles discussing posture, postural effects on hand function, RSI, workstation evaluation, work retraining programs, tendon transfers, and chronic pain/RSD/CRPS. She has provided ergonomic consultations for graphic design studios; administrative assistants; photographers; computer programmers; and recently specialized in computer workstation evaluations for the self-employed home-based business.
Shell has participated on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Hand Therapists and locally for the San Diego Occupational Therapy Association. She has been involved in community organizations as a board member for Pacific Youth Soccer League and the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, and the La Jolla Presbyterian Church Children's BOD and Youth Choir.
Shelli was born into this work. Occupational therapy was a perfect fit: helping an individual become independent with daily work and leisure activities. And it only seemed natural for her to sit for the very first hand therapy certification exam in 1991, because without our hands, how do we function? Ergonomics is about fitting the task to the person. But what Shelli notices was when people hand or wrist pain, her treatment could not be limited to just that 'body part'-it was the whole structure- the whole person- who needed to be cared for. And now after 28 years and sending her kids off to college, she's ready to embark on the next chapter: The PAAT Method: helping people defeat pain and regain their life.