Helping You Move Forward, Right Where You Are.
Personalized in-home adaptive movement coaching for children and adults living with neurological conditions, spinal cord injuries, strokes and mobility challenges, with support focused on building strength, improving mobility, and promoting greater independence.
Movement Support, Built Around You
Personalized adaptive movement coaching with equipment brought right to you- focused on improving movement, strength, coordination, and functional independence based on your individual abilities and goals.
Neuromuscular Re-Education
Movement-based exercises focused on improving communication between the nervous system and muscles to support coordination and more effective movement patterns.
Strength Training
Adaptive strength exercises designed around proper positioning and individual ability to help develop functional strength and greater confidence in movement.
Gait Training
Personalized exercises and movement strategies designed to support walking patterns, lower-body control, and functional mobility with or without assistive devices.
Balance Training
Targeted movement exercises focused on stability, body awareness, coordination, and greater control of body position during everyday activities.
Over the past several years, I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with children and adults with a wide range of neurological conditions, physical disabilities, and mobility challenges following an injury. That experience has taught me that movement looks different for everyone, and that progress doesn't always look the way, or take the time we expect it to.
I created Onward Movement because I wanted to bring that personalized, hands-on approach directly to people in a place where they feel comfortable: their own home.
About Onward Movement
Who We Help
Every person moves differently - and that's where Onward Movement begins. We work with children and adults with neurological conditions, physical disabilities, developmental conditions, and a wide range of mobility challenges. Through personalized, adaptive coaching, we meet each individual where they are and create movement experiences that build strength, confidence, mobility,
Neurological Conditions
Personalized movement coaching for individuals living with neurological conditions, with exercises adapted to support strength, mobility, coordination, and everyday function.
Congenital & Developmental Conditions
Supportive adaptive coaching for children and adults, with movement activities tailored to individual abilities, comfort levels, and personal goals.
Spinal Cord Injuries
Adaptive coaching designed around each individual’s abilities and goals, helping build functional strength, mobility, body control, and confidence.
Stroke
Personalized movement coaching focused on rebuilding strength, improving balance and mobility, and supporting greater confidence in functional movement.
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Individualized movement sessions that can support balance, coordination, strength, body awareness, and greater confidence in everyday activities.
Amputations & Limb Differences
Adaptive exercises designed around the individual to support strength, stability, movement confidence, and functional independence.
Why In-Home Coaching?
Meaningful movement doesn't have to begin in a facility. Onward Movement brings personalized adaptive coaching and state of the art equipment directly to you, creating a supportive environment where movement can connect naturally with everyday life.
Personalized Programs
Every session is designed around your individual abilities, goals, environment, and progress.
One-on-One Support
Receive focused attention from a coach who understands your goals and adapts each session to your needs.
Comfortable, Familiar Environment
Train in the comfort of your own home without the stress and challenges of traveling to a facility.
Functional, Everyday Movement
Work on strength, mobility, balance, and movement patterns that can support activities you encounter in daily life.
How It Works
Getting started is simple, personalized, and focused on understanding where you are and what you want to work toward.
Reach Out
Submit an inquiry to tell us a little about yourself, your location, and what you're looking for support with.
Initial Conversation
We'll connect to learn more about your current abilities, challenges, goals, and what matters most to you.
Personalized Plan
Your movement sessions are tailored around your individual needs, abilities, home environment, and personal goals.
Ongoing Support
Your coaching continues to adapt as your abilities, confidence, and goals evolve over time.
Stories of Progress
True feedback from clients and families who are reclaiming their mobility milestones.
“When we met Molly, my 18-year old son had been home from his 6-month hospitalization for about two weeks. As they say, that was the beginning of an amazing friendship. More than a therapist, Molly became a mentor and friend to my son who was struggling with so many aspects of his new normal - the grief, the sadness, the apathy, the loneliness - and Molly was there for all of it! After three years, to summarize her contribution to Henry’s life in this small testimonial is impossible. She will always be an amazing part of our lives and Henry’s recovery. She knew when to push, she knew when to support and she gave more than she should have. Is there a higher rating than 10/10 or 5 stars?”
Jenn S.
Family member of Spinal Cord Injury Client
"Molly was one of the excellent team of trainers at Project Walk Boston. I have a spinal cord injury and consider myself fortunate to have met and worked with Molly. She is a gifted professional when it comes to working with individuals with disabilities. She listens carefully and learns her clients’ strengths and limitations by challenging them without being forceful and overbearing. She collaborates with clients to create a personalized training program that is effective in achieving forward progress. Molly has a gentle and kind personality with a fun sense of humor, that makes you look forward to working hard and reaching goals. She is very knowledgeable about body mechanics and approaches all types of disabilities with respect and understanding, treating people as human beings first who are not defined by their limitations."
Amy A.
C6-C7 Spinal Cord Injury
"Molly had such an incredible connection with my daughter, who suffered from a traumatic brain injury at the age of 15 yrs old. Molly always knew how to make her laugh while pushing her to be the very best she could be. She believed in her, understood her, challenged her, and made therapy something she truly enjoyed."
Colleen K.
Mom of TBI Client
Frequently Asked Questions
-
Onward Movement is a mobile adaptive movement coaching service based in Wilmington, NC. Rather than traveling to a gym or facility, sessions come to you - I bring the equipment and build a program around your home and your goals.
-
People who are navigating regaining or maintaining movement after spinal cord injury, stroke, brain injury, congenital conditions, limb loss, and other conditions that change how the body moves. Every program is built around the person, not a diagnosis.
-
We start with a movement evaluation - a chance to look at where you're at, talk through what you want to work toward, and put a plan together. From there, we set up a regular schedule that fits your life.
-
Wilmington, NC and the surrounding area. Every session happens at your home, with specialized equipment brought to you based on your goals.
-
No. I bring equipment with me, and I'm also glad to work with anything you already have at home.
-
No - adaptive movement coaching is meant to complement your medical care, not replace it. Many clients train with me alongside their care team, or continue their movement work after formal, insurance-based sessions have ended.
-
Movement is something you maintain, not something you finish - like any physical practice, progress can fade if training stops for an extended stretch. If life gets in the way, tell me, and we'll figure out a schedule that actually fits for you.
-
I'm a NASM Certified Special Population Specialist and an ATA-Certified Adaptive & Inclusive Trainer, with five years of training experience at Project Walk New England before founding Onward Movement here in Wilmington, NC.
Ready to Move Onward?
Every movement journey is different. Let's start with a conversation about where you are, what you're working toward, and how personalized in-home movement coaching can support your goals.