Amy Eicher BSED, MAR, PTA
Owner and Founder Restoring Venus LLC
- 1992 BSED Illinois State University
- 2003 MAR Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- 2011- 2014 President & Founder of “Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Foundation” a 501 C3
- 2014 Associate in Applied Science Central Illinois College
- Physical Therapist Assistant for 4 years with a focus on lumbo-pelvic-hip complex and chronic pain
- 2018 Authored Restoring Venus: From Chronic Pain to Possibilities (Best Seller)
- 2020 Authored Stories of Hope: For those who want to learn to live well with pain.
- 2020 Certified Instructor for “ Empowered Relief” Trained by Beth Darnell from Stanford University
- 2023 Authored Uncovering You: 52 weeks of Journal prompts to lead you out of pain and back to life.
- Developed Individual and Group Coaching programs for those experiencing Chronic Pain to return to activity.
- Developed educational programming for Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Massage Therapists, Personal Trainers, and Exercise Physiologists on communication, bias, & pain science.
Public speaking & teaching experience:
Speaker:
Feb 2023 Supported Pain Self-Management Online Conference.
March 2021 Michigan APTA Pain Conference
February 2021 SanDiego Pain Summit
December 2019 Moms who R.O.C.K. Conference
November 2019 Clinical Pain Summit
Instructor:
Guest Instructor: 10/2020 Clinical Pain Science for Manual Therapists
Guest Instructor: 10/2020 Better Clinician Project
Instructor: A Practical Approach to Pain:
9/19 Perth AUS
Guest Instructor: The Female Athlete 1 with Antony Lo:
9/19 Sydney AUS
5/19 New York, NY
7/18 Philadelphia, PA
11/18 Edmonton, Alberta CA
Guest instructor: 11/2019 Modern Pain Care virtual mentorship program
PODCASTS: ( Click titles to hear them.)
9/2022 TKEX Podcast Amy Eicher & Bronnie Thompson – Paternalism, Supervision and Humility
10/2020 Get Better Online with Evie Martin (Norway): Overcoming chronic pain and the value and role of a pain coach.
5/2020 The Running EP Podcast with Jeffery Rufila ( Aus): Navigating the uncertainty of Chronic Pain as a patient and as a clinician
5/2020 The Knowledge Exchange with Daniel Arbilla (Aus): The impact of validation on the patient experience, what patients want, and how to help them.
10/2019 The NAF physio podcast with Adam Meakins (UK): The power of clinician narrative and the unintended outcomes: reflections from a patient perspective.
4/2019 The Women’s Health Podcast with Marika Hart & Antony Lo (AUS): The Patient Perspective: Power of words, hope & story in healing.
12/2018 Engine Mom Podcast with Maria Alcoke Pain Management, The Power of Words & Why Stories Matter With Amy Eicher
11/2018 Modern Pain Care with Mark Kargela: The internal and external narrative and reflections on my journey in pain as a patient and clinician.