Born and raised in the Finger Lakes region of Central New York, Jim graduated from the physical therapy program at Ithaca College in 1988. In the early nineties Jim traveled as a Physical Therapist before settling down in beautiful Charlottesville, VA in 1996. Married since 1993 to Stacy, who is also a Physical Therapist, Jim is blessed with three children, two girls, and the last a boy. Jim has worked in a variety of hospital and out-patient settings in the past 15 years, concentrating on rehabilitating musculoskeletal injuries in a bio-mechanical approach. Jim's continuing education has included the McKenzie approach, Mulligan Concepts, and Bultler's Technique. Lately, concentration is spent traveling to Michigan State's School of Osteopathic Medicine for training in their Manual Medicine techniques.

Jim's hobbies include golf, hiking, camping, fishing, and kayaking.