Metairie · New Orleans, LA

Elevate your healing. Empower your life.

Our innovative, caring provider team takes time to understand your needs and offers science-based support that will elevate your healing and empower you in life — specializing in chronic pain, fascia-informed manual therapy, hypermobility, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) care in Metairie and greater New Orleans.

Craniosacral therapy provided by an expert manual therapist

Care

Health and care are essential in every interaction. Our patients are people, not numbers.

Healing

Recovering from injury, eliminating pain, building strength — plus energy, balance, and mood.

Integration

We treat the whole person, uniting the art and science of healthcare across body, mind, and spirit.

Time

Extended one-on-one time builds trusting relationships and high-quality care.

Quality of Life

We support each individual in achieving their version of a full, vibrant life.

About Dr. Kelly

An intuitive listener and movement expert in one provider

Evolving from decades of training and experience, Dr. Kelly Davis is the only orthopedic manual physical therapist to offer her progressive blend of diverse mind-body healing methods. With her warm, empathetic approach, she holds a healing space for each of her patients.

Meet Dr. Kelly & the Team
Dr. Kelly Davis, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, owner of Hands on Health

Our Services

Expert credentials. A different kind of approach.

Dr. Kelly is among the few Fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (FAAOMPT) practicing in the New Orleans area, and our team's training spans SFMA and Functional Movement Systems, trigger point dry needling, craniosacral therapy, board-certified clinical nutrition, and licensed acupuncture. What makes us different is how we use it: full-hour, one-on-one visits where your therapist treats you — not a tech, not three patients at once. Fascia-informed manual therapy, myofascial release, dry needling, and craniosacral therapy for chronic pain, hypermobility and EDS, TMJ, and pelvic floor dysfunction — plus concierge and home visits, aquatic therapy, acupuncture, nutrition, and more.

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Expert manual therapist providing joint mobilization treatment

The Mind-Body Connection Podcast

Conversations on healing, hosted by Dr. Kelly

Join Dr. Kelly Davis and special guests for thoughtful discussions on chronic pain, hypermobility, fascia, airway health, and the body's remarkable ability to heal when systems work together.

The Mind-Body Connection with Dr. Kelly podcast cover art
“The positive energy and special one-of-a-kind care that you give is definitely A+. Thank you for being a guiding light.”

Community

Upcoming Events

Wed, Jul 29
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Google Meet

EDS Support Group

Our monthly virtual gathering for the Ehlers-Danlos and hypermobility community — symptom management tips, catching up, and support with kindness and compassion. Free, donation based.

Details & RSVP

Insurance

Do you take insurance?

We provide our patients with insurance documentation to file out-of-network for self-reimbursement, plus a helpful worksheet to guide the process. Visits may also be covered through an exceptions process or through FSA and HSA accounts.

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Visit Us

Behind Trader Joe's in Metairie

3001 22nd Street
Metairie, LA 70002

504-481-9688
[email protected]

We are located at 3001 22nd Street, not Ridgelake Drive. Our office is in the middle of the block behind Trader Joe's — not in the corner building on Ridgelake.

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