is to redefine physical health by placing an unbelievable amount of importance and faith in our clients. To pushtheboundaries of what’s considered healthcare, and to empower our clients and the TRACE therapists who serve them. We place the power back into the hands of our therapists and clients, away from insurance companies and the healthcare system. Everything we do is focused around our core purpose of enhancing our clients’ health and overall qualityoflife. When you choose us for your rehabilitation and aesthetic needs, you’ll discover our dedication to exceptional, compassionate care. We deliver on our promise of an experience that’s unmatched at other facilities. We’re always pushing the envelope to improve our services, and exceed our customers’ expectations. Our goal is to maximize and improve the function and quality of our patients’lives.
Our Founders
Laura Mildon BS, EMT
Founder
Laura is a once in a lifetime individual. With over 5 patents and fluent in over 7 languages from French to Russian, lest we say she is an inventor and innovator at heart. Aside from that, she is a mother of two beautiful daughters who are her world. She is driven to see people’s lives change and watch the beauty of that change unfold because of what she creates. Tension Release Therapy is one of those creations, to help individuals with chronic pain experience relief to live fuller lives, and to those who have only been told there is no hope, her mission is to give them hope.
Chieck is a professional heavyweight MMA Fighter, who has fought in UFC and Bellator. His experience with TECAR Therapy that brought him from retired to active over 10 years ago, is why he has such a passion for helping others get back to living the life that they would like to live, without pain. Cheick is also a brilliant manual therapist and will gladly come in on special appointment
Andrew is a huge fan of pickleball. If you see him in the office, ask him to play. He enjoys long walks on the beach and being in nature. An ex-collegiate athlete from Sam Houston, he started the business as an injured athlete with Laura & Chieck.
Our Staff
Douglas Hansen, MD, DPT
Medical Director
An avid outdoorsman and heavy metal enthusiast, Dr. Hansen is a rock star surgeon who has specialized in foot and ankle problems for more than ten years. Our philosophy at TRACE is healthy and strong feet and ankles leads to better balance throughout the body. An Iraq war combat veteran, Dr. Hansen brings excellence and expertise as our medical director as we look to expanding the scope of offerings at TRACE.
Peter Cao, LMT
Peter is an enthusiastic therapist who takes a holistic approach to manual therapy for each individual person. A therapeutic Sherlock Holmes, he investigates the variety of potential causes for pain in the body. Peter is skilled in the varieties of myofascial techniques as wells as cranio-sacral, and visceral (internal organ) therapies. A session with Peter is deeply immersive and healing. In his free time, he enjoys competitive arm wrestling, and loves taking his cats on walks, hikes, bike rides, and camping trips.
Casey brings more than ten years of experience as an LMT with expertise in deep tissue work, myofascial release and trigger point therapy. Casey has dedicated his career as a therapist to helping people achieve not only sense of relaxation in mind and spirit, but physical relief from chronically sore muscles, tightness and tension in muscles and joints, and increased mobility and lasting range of motion. He will beat the physical demons right on out of you, while enjoying 14th century chamber music. Life changing.
Franny brings nearly 25 years of experience to TRACE. Her passion is zeroing in on pains created by age, sport, injury, surgery, or disease using a therapy called “zero balancing”. She is a skilled practitioner of myofascial and deep tissue techniques to restore range of motion and reduce or eliminate pain – our happiest goal. When she isn’t targeting how to ease pain, she delivers it through her passion in Brazilian jiu jitzu. She’s our little therapeutic ninja!
Marie gives the most gentle injections, and can start an IV that you never feel. Marie initially thought she wanted to become a mortician, but after spending time at TRACE, she feels drawn to applying her kind nature to helping our patients on their weight loss journeys. Many are fearful of injections, and with Marie, nobody ever knows it’s happened. When she’s not at TRACE, she is a competitive ballroom dancer who loves the Viennese Waltz and Tango.
Ioanna Xideris
Customer Support, Videographer
When you receive a text asking how your session at TRACE went, it’s not a bot, it’s Ioanna. She diligently follows up with all our patients and clients to ensure everyone has their expectations met and exceeded. For those that follow us on the social media platforms, she’s our videographer. Soon she is headed for London, England where she is going to film school. Even though she’ll be across the pond, she will still spend time working for us here at TRACE, as she’s our pitbull to make sure we keep everyone happy.
Brooke Bartell, CPT, PN1
Personal Trainer, Nutritionist
Brooke first came to TRACE as a client with body aches from her competitive bodybuilding. Her passion for all things fitness, nutrition, proper weight goals, and well-being makes her a natural fit for TRACE. She applies a custom approach to every client with an emphasis on “deep health” with a focus on sleep, nutrition, exercise, recovery and stress-management.
Arsene Nkusi
Editor & Videographer
Arsene is from Rwanda and actively lives in France. He manages all of our wonderful graphic art and video editing. He has a passion for helping others and giving back.
Jac Hanner
Instagram & Facebook Model
Jac is our most gracious model; you may have seen her with various injuries on our social media platforms. Without Jac, where would we be?
