The Guide
SEATTLE · DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Dr. David Valencia
DPT · AT · SCS · Seattle, WA
DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
ATHLETIC & MANUAL SPECIALIST
ATC · GRASTON · CKTP · DRY NEEDLING
PERFORMANCE & MOVEMENT COACH
CSCS · MOVNAT L2 · CAFS · SFMA · NKT
FOUNDER & HEAD CLINICIAN
THEREFORE | HUMAN
Not about chasing symptoms. About understanding the system.
Most people who find their way here have already been through the standard channels. They've seen the providers, gotten the diagnoses, followed the programs. The diagnoses were probably right. The pattern kept returning anyway.
That's because a diagnosis tells you where a problem shows up. It rarely tells you why it keeps coming back. The accumulation underneath it — the compensations, the adaptations, the years of the body finding workarounds — almost never gets addressed.
That's what this work is for.
“The goal is not to keep you in care. The goal is to make you less dependent on it.”
This practice is built around a single principle: the human body is the result of millions of years of biological design. It is not broken. It is organized — and everything it does makes sense given what it has been through. The work is understanding that organization well enough to shift it.
That requires more than treating the site of pain. It requires reading what the body is actually expressing, making that legible to the person living in it, and building the conditions for real change — not symptom management, not temporary relief, but a different relationship between you and how your body moves.
The Framework
This work is organized around three actors: The Body, The Environment, and You. Not the practitioner. The practitioner is the guide — the translator. Someone who reads what the body is expressing, makes it legible, and creates conditions for all three to align.
When they align, things change that haven't changed before.
THE APPROACH
The Background
David Valencia is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with additional training as a Certified Athletic Trainer and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. His work spans movement rehabilitation, performance care, injury history, load management, and durability — a background built across clinical, athletic, and performance settings.
The practice is based in Seattle, Washington. Sessions are in-person. Field sessions are available for clients whose environment is part of the work.
therefore | HUMAN is the public-facing gateway. For those ready to go deeper, EnSoma is an invitation-only system for rebuilding movement at a pattern level — curriculum, guided exposure, objective tracking, and the time required for the body to actually adapt.
The work is done when you no longer need it.
A structured path.
PROCESS OVERVIEW
Conversation
Free
Diagnostic
$450
Foundation Sprint
$1,500
Phase 1
$7.5–9k
Phase 2
$7.5–9k
Full Journey
$18–21k
Maintenance
$300 / session
Path is prescribed after the diagnostic — not self-selected.
Working Together
The issue is rarely where you feel it. The diagnostic is where that becomes clear.
01
Conversation
You tell us what's happening. We ask direct questions and tell you plainly whether this is a fit.
Free · 15–30 min · Seattle area
02
Diagnostic
Full movement and systems assessment. We identify the pattern — not just the symptom.
$450 · Applied toward care if you continue
Prescribed Path
03
A path is prescribed — not chosen. Depth and duration are guided by what the body needs.
Placement is guided, not self-selected
Foundation Sprint
→
$1,500
Phase 1
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$7,500–9,000
Phase 2
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$7,500–9,000
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Full Journey
$18,000–21,000
Built from the diagnostic. Earned step by step.
If this sounds like what you've been looking for, start with a conversation.
A free 15–30 minute conversation. No commitment. Seattle area only.