About

Dr. Laurel Mines received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital-Institute of Health Professions, in Boston, MA. She also has her Orthopedic Clinical Specialty. At Shasta Health, Dr. Laurel leads all clinical operations as an advisor and is a highly sought after therapist and educator. Dr. Laurel grew up playing sports. She played varsity tennis and was on her high school's competitive cheerleading team where she competed and won a national championship. She knows what it takes physically and mentally to perform at the level of a competitive athlete and champion. Although, luckily she didn't have any high school injuries she went on to have a career helping athletes recover from injury. Dr. Laurel additionally coaches tennis as a teaching specialist at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. She is also a sought-after leader in the developing field of mental performance coaching which integrates proven neuroscience-based principles with the mind-body connection that addresses the entire ecosystem of the athlete. Seeing young people thrive in life gives her true joy and fulfillment in her work. When she's not training athletes she is having fun being active in the mountains hiking, biking and snowboarding or at the ocean surfing, paddling with her fury sidekick and trying to learn how to kitesurf.