who we are

Our mission is Simple: To help you fix injuries and improve nutrition to be active, healthy, and pain-free, for life.

EVOLVE Flagstaff was created to help people fix injuries, improve their nutrition, do the things they love, and stay healthy, for the long term. We were frustrated with the healthcare status quo, which leaves you running in circles to endless appointments and overpaying for poor service and care without tangible results, which is why we decided to do things differently.

EVOLVE Flagstaff is the result. Our goal is to be your long-term partner for health and performance. We want to help you dig deeper into injuries, nutrition, and your relationship with your body while cutting through the noise and fads. We are here to help you define what health means for you.

Clinical Staff

Abby Chan, MS, RDN, RYT (She/Her)

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

Specializations
Performance nutrition, intuitive eating, falling in love with food.

Abby Chan, MS, RDN, RYT, is an anti-diet Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, strength coach, and registered yoga teacher with a master's degree in nutrition and dietetics. She has over a decade of coaching, training, and teaching experience. She specializes in helping people re-establish their relationship to food, movement, and their bodies while practicing body acceptance and neutrality. She believes that every human deserves to connect socially and culturally with food, movement, and each other. She is also an avid cyclist, runner, skier, and aerialist.

Taylor Bush, PT, DPT (She/Her)

Doctor of Physical Therapy

Specializations

Physical therapy, injury rehabilitation, vestibular dysfunction

Dr. Taylor Bush is a physical therapist who has worked in FMC's Emergency Department since entering the profession. She excels in helping patients to understand thecomplexities of their injury and pain and enjoys giving people the tools to successfully manage their recovery.

She treats a variety of conditions but has a special interest in vestibular dysfunction and rehabilitation.

Taylor is a retired Track and Field athlete who now competes in Powerlifting and Strong(wo)man competitions. While she enjoys lifting heavy things, she truly loves helping people to begin their own journey with strength training.

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Brian Kinslow, PT, DPT (He/Him)

Doctor of Physical Therapy

Specializations
Physical therapy, injury rehabilitation, strength & resistance training

Dr. Brian Kinslow is a licensed physical therapist and a distinguished graduate of Northern Arizona University's Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. He also has over a decade of strength training experience. He is passionate about helping people to resolve pain, perform better, and stay active throughout their lives. He is active in physical therapy research, has several articles pending publication in peer-reviewed journals, and has been quoted in the Washington Post. He's an avid cyclist, runner, and skier.

Jon Whitehorn, MS, LAc. (He/Him)

Licensed Acupuncturist

Specializations

Musculoskeletal pain injuries, trigger point acupuncture

Jon has been practicing acupuncture for nearly 10 years, with a master’s degree from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He also is certified in Tui Na, a form of Asian orthopedic massage, and advanced training in acupuncture’s ability to positively impact the body’s nervous system. He has an extensive background of working with athletes and bodies in movement to help resolve pain and speed up the recovery process.

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Gym Staff

Grant Tracy, CSCS (He/Him)

Head Strength Coach

Specializations
Strength and conditioning, agility,

Grant Tracy, CSCS, is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a graduate of St. Lawrence University as a member of the Men’s Basketball team. A native of Northern Michigan he comes with almost a decade of experience coaching athletes at every level from youth, collegiate, and professional. To adults with years of experience and those just stepping into a gym for the first time. In addition to coaching he has years of experience managing training facilities and owning his own prior to moving to Flagstaff. He believes that everybody is an athlete and in training movements to help those be strong and move well in not just sport but in their daily lives. Outside of the gym you can find him there; outside hiking, running, swimming, golfing!

Diane Bridger (She/Her)

Coach

Diane is a NSCA certified strength coach. Her gym background is in powerlifting and she was a division one soccer player here at NAU (go Jacks). Diane believes connection is at the core of meaning-making, whether that’s connection to our bodies, our communities, or the natural world around us. She loves creating inclusive, empowering spaces where people can show up as their authentic selves. Her day job is a water resources engineer, but always finds a way to coach in the gym or on the soccer pitch.

Emmi Petersen (She/Her)

Coach

Emmi is a NASM-certified personal trainer and nutrition coach. She holds a bachelor's degree from UC Santa Barbara, where she studied biology and played outside -- a lot. Emmi loves connecting with people and helping them explore their relationships with movement and their bodies. She believes in the ability of movement to bring about feelings of strength and empowerment. When Emmi isn't at EVOLVE, you'll find her playing in the kitchen, snowboarding, skating, reading fantasy fiction, or attempting aerial arts.