Rachna LaLonde

Rachna LaLonde is the Director of Wellness by Design Physical Therapy, the physical therapy gym at Newport Medical and Wellness in Costa Mesa. She is a physical therapist (MPT) who earned a master's degree in physical therapy from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 1996. She has 20 years of physical therapy experience and 14 years of personal training experience, and she founded Wellness by Design Physical Therapy in 1998 to combine physical therapy and personal training in one gym.

Her clinical work covers orthopedic, neurologic and pain management rehabilitation. She has worked with patients recovering from burns, brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, cardiovascular disease, post-surgical orthopedic conditions, pain management issues and sports injuries, as well as children with neurological and orthopedic conditions. She uses manual techniques including neurofascial release and nerve flossing, and she created the LongSpine Method, a therapeutic exercise class built around strengthening the muscles that keep the spine, limbs and peripheral nerves long against gravity.

She welcomes non-medical clients who want fitness and wellness guidance alongside physical therapy patients at the same gym.