Dr. Melanie Carlone, DPT, MSPT, RYT

About Melanie Carlone, PT, DPT

Restoring Flow in Body, Spirit, and Soil

Welcome. I’m Melanie Carlone—physical therapist, somatic healer, and founder of Align Renew Thrive Physical Therapy. For over 30 years, I’ve helped people move beyond pain and disconnection into true, embodied alignment.

My approach blends science and spirit, structure and flow—combining the best of modern physical therapy with ancient healing wisdom and somatic nervous system retraining. Whether I’m guiding clients one-on-one or sharing insights on my YouTube channel (Restoring Flow), my mission is the same:
💛 To help you reconnect with the design of your body, restore your natural rhythms, and align with the intelligence of life itself.

Why "Restoring Flow"?

Pain, tension, fatigue—they’re often signs that flow has been interrupted. In the body, that may look like compressed joints, shallow breathing, or chronic holding patterns. But flow is more than physical. It’s how we relate to ourselves, to each other, and to the living world.

In my practice—and on my YouTube channel—I offer practical tools and simple, powerful movements that help people come back into this flow. Breath-led movement, posture awareness, vagus nerve activation, and somatic resets—all designed to bring ease where there’s strain, connection where there’s numbness, and spaciousness where there’s stuckness.

Healing Is Relational: My Story

My path as a healer has taken me across the globe—from building rehab programs for orphans in Romania to restoring fish habitats in Zaire as a Peace Corps volunteer, to practicing permaculture in Malawi. These experiences shaped my belief that health is not isolated—it’s relational. Healing happens in the context of connection: with land, with culture, with breath, with self.

Today, I co-lead ThePivot.Earth, a regenerative initiative dedicated to restoring health through the healing of living soil and thriving communities. Just as the vitality of the land depends on its unseen microbial life, so too does our well-being depend on what lies beneath the surface—our patterns, stories, nervous systems, and roots.

A Clinic Inspired by Nature’s Intelligence

At Align Renew Thrive, I’ve created a space that reflects these values. My clinic is surrounded by a lush food forest—a living reminder that healing begins with the soil, both inside and out. Here, sessions often start on the mat with gentle somatic movements that reawaken the body’s natural design.

My toolkit includes:

  • Somatic neuromuscular re-education

  • Fascial and cranial bodywork

  • Yoga, breathwork, and postural alignment therapy

  • Grounding movement meditations

  • Custom orthotics for structural support

  • Functional medicine insights

Every plan is personalized. Every session honors your story. Because true healing isn’t about chasing symptoms—it’s about listening deeply and restoring the flow where it’s been lost.

The Invitation

In a world that often fragments body from soul and symptom from story, my work is an invitation to come home to yourself. To realign not just your spine, but your breath, your presence, your sense of possibility.

Whether you’re here for hands-on care or learning through my YouTube series, I’m honored to walk alongside you on the path of alignment, renewal, and thriving.

Ready to Restore Your Flow?

Connect with me for a session—or explore my free video series designed to help you feel better, move better, and thrive from the inside out.

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Be The Difference Team ~ Kenya

Be The Difference Team ~ Kenya

Combining years of diverse healthcare experience with a B.S. in psychology, a masters degree and a doctorate in clinical physical therapy and years of study in health promotion programming, eastern philosophies, yoga and meditation, she is uniquely positioned to inspire change in the physical, emotional, and social determinants that influence overall wellness.

In 2009, visiting a Montessori school in Thailand that Dr Carlone founded years before.

In 2009, visiting a Montessori school in Thailand that Dr Carlone founded years before.

Dr. Melanie Carlone, DPT, is a clinical physical therapist and devoted health educator who draws on a broad East-West integrated health approach. Traditionally trained as a Navy Physical Therapist and founder of the Health Promotions Program at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda Maryland, she harnesses sound scientific training as a movement specialist, alignment educator and neuromusculoskeletal pain reduction specialist. As a former Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire, Africa, she enjoyed returning to live and to work in Africa and Asia for many years. 

Working on a permaculture project in Malawi 2018.

Working on a permaculture project in Malawi 2018.

Keynote speaking topics include:

  • Ergonomics and healthy workplace productivity

  • Food as medicine 

    • Toxin reduction

    • Natural pain reduction, nutrition and anti-inflammatory diet

  • Promoting equilibrium and stress reduction in the workplace

  • Foot and body core alignment approaches for rapid pain reduction

  • Simple tools to stay aligned 

    • Dynamic Orthotics (shoe inserts) 

    • Chair/desk adaptations

  • Yoga and alignment awareness

  • Permaculture 

    • “Eco-vibrancy” for 21st Century Human Health 

  • Living a meaningful life

    • Role of Community

    • Gifts of Service

    • Body/Mind/Spirit approaches in daily living


Teaching at LCC 2019

Teaching at LCC 2019

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