DPI Adaptive Trainer Team

Devon Palermo LPTA, CPT
Adaptive Fitness Specialist/Director

"Keep Fighting, Never Give Up!"

Devon is a leading authority on Adaptive Fitness for those living with or recovering from a disability.

                He is the Founder and Principal director of DPI Adaptive Fitness.

               With over 15 years of experience in both fitness and rehab, He is the go to resource for clients, therapists, and doctors looking to maximize the benefits of Adaptive exercise to improve strength, balance, function and abilities.

He has worked with and helped to maximize independence and function for individuals following or in addition to traditional therapy who are recovering from Stroke, Spinal cord injury, and other neurological conditions, Amputation, Vision impaired, and Seniors.

Devon also regularly coaches individuals looking to lose weight, improve their body composition, increase strength, and improve for sport.

               In addition he also regularly trains group adaptive boxing fitness classes for everyone at ANY level.

He has worked as a strength and conditioning trainer for the DC Wheelchair Quad Rugby Team the Capital Punishers in their first two years as a division 1 team in 2016 when they went 6th overall and 2017 when they went 3rd overall in the nation!

              Devon regularly presents on adaptive fitness to local area hospitals, support groups, Walk n rolls, and expo's including:

                Virginia Hospital Center
                National Parkinson's Foundation
                Health South rehab
                Stroke Comeback Center
   Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
                Disability Awareness Experience
                Abilities Expo (dulles)
                Air Force wounded warrior care fair
                Spina Bifida Assn. Walk n Rolls
                Medstar NRH
                Catalyst Adaptive Sports
Med Fit Tour-UC Irvine in Southern CA
National Institute of Health

               He is the Author of the DisAbility Fitness Handbook (An exercise resource for those living with disabilities) and The Never Give Up Blog.

              He has also written guest articles for the PTDC (the largest personal trainer resource center on the net) The Stroke Comeback center, VI Sports Fitness & Nutrition.

               Devon enjoys staying fit and active, reading, learning daily, and spending time with his wife and kids.

Pablo Hernanadez CPT
Adaptive Fitness Trainer, Lead Rock Steady Parkinsons Trainer

"With proper training and nutrition, you can achieve a much better quality of life"

Pablo has worked in a rehab setting as a therapist technician and as a personal care manager for many years. He has been instrumental in implementing specific exercise programs designed by therapists to his clients which has significantly improved their quality of life. "Working in Rehabilitation for six years, I realized that motivation is a key part of therapy and as a very motivated person, I will always find a way to help people achieve their goals".

Pablo was instrumental in the set up of our nationally recognized Rock Steady Parkinsons boxing program at DPI and so is our lead adaptive fitness trainer for the Rock Steady Parkinson's Boxing program offered at DPI Adaptive Fitness.

Pablo's background is in Sport administration and Health, he has degrees from University of Nuevo Leon (Mexico) and the University of the District of Columbia.

In his spare time Pablo enjoys speed skating, working out, hiking and being outdoors as much as possible.

Molly Regan CPT
Adaptive Fitness Trainer, Rock Steady Boxing Trainer

"Tough times don't last, Tough people do"

"Mighty" Molly joined the DPI Adaptive Fitness trainer team in early 2017 as an adaptive fitness intern. Her interest in adaptive fitness was sparked after experiencing firsthand the benefits of adaptive fitness when she traveled with a family member living with a spinal cord injury to several adaptive workout sessions.

She began shadowing and learning all things adaptive fitness under the supervision of the adaptive fitness trainer team while she pursued her ACE fitness certification which she completed in August 2017.

Since that time, she has become a dedicated adaptive fitness trainer consistently working on improving her knowledge and craft with continuing education and train the trainer sessions

Molly plans to pursue her Rock Steady Parkinson's Boxing Certification in addition to other interests in Adaptive fitness.

she currently provides 1:1 Adaptive Fitness sessions, Leads Tuesday & Thursday RSB Boxing Fundamentals and is a coverage trainer for our No Limits programming at the DPI Adaptive Fitness site.

Robby Febo CPT
Adaptive Fitness Trainer

"No Days off"

Robby started as an Intern with DPI in the summer of 2015 . . . After eight months of intense immersion in Adaptive Fitness, coursework, and a certification exam, Robby is now proud to be on the DPI Adaptive Fitness trainer team.

All of our participants love to point out the growth they have witnessed first hand since Robby's first day to now. As one participant likes to say, "Robby has been trained by a great group and has as strong a presence as any of the other adaptive fitness trainers"

Robby currently works one on one with clients at the DPI site, he also leads group adaptive fitness programming in DC and VA at the DPI site.

Robby currently is also attending George Mason University where his major is Kinesiology with an interest in Physical Therapy next!

Erica Hwang PT, DPT, CPT
Adaptive Fitness Trainer
"If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you"

As well as a personal trainer, Erica is a full-time outpatient Physical Therapist studying for her Neurologic Specialty Certification. She was an intern at Georgetown Neurologic Intensive Care Unit, where she was inspired to continue the hard work of the medical team after an acute neurological event.

Clinically, she is an LSVT BIG certified specialist who sees many patients with Parkinson’s Disease, and enjoys introducing them to boxing interventions. As well as having great research to improve function, Erica enjoys martial arts as a work out recreationally. She is a World Tae Kwon Do Federation certified black belt, and has been boxing/kickboxing recreationally for the past 5 years.

She discovered DPI in 2018 when she was looking for knowledgeable safe places to refer her patients who were done with physical therapy, but wanted to stay active. Now she is a part of the team, and provides adaptive training services and leads group classes and open gym.

Marquise Hill CPT
Adaptive Fitness Trainer, Rock Steady Boxing Trainer

Pain is temporary greatness is forever

Born Jan 23,1998 in Baltimore MD attended the university of Kentucky where I studied kinesiology with a minor in coaching. Was a collegiate athlete and multi time all American. Volunteered at Kennedy Krieger for two years. Also volunteered at multiple PT locations in Kentucky.

Coverage Adaptive Trainers
Our dedicated coverage trainers have experience in Training, Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Massage therapy, Orthotics & Prosthetics. They are passionate dedicated professionals who believe in our mission. We are lucky to have them on board!

Katie Seward, PT -DC Lead Coverage Adaptive Trainer
Meaghan Minzy, PT -DC Coverage Adaptive Trainer
Sarah Stone, PT -DC Coverage Adaptive Trainer
Beth Ljung, PT -DC Coverage Adaptive Trainer
Baldwin Fuertes, PTA -DC Coverage Adaptive Trainer
Samantha Anscher, OT -DC Lead Adaptive Boxing Fitness Trainer
Kirstin Sessoms, Student PT -DC Coverage Adaptive Trainer
Alyssa Goheen, Student PT, CPT -DC Coverage Adaptive Trainer
Nick Clements, Athletic Trainer -DC Coverage Adaptive Trainer
Jacob Calvert, Certified Prosthetist & Orthotist -DC Coverage Adaptive Trainer
DJ Hughes, CPT-DC & VA Coverage
Asia Irizarry, Adaptive Fitness Intern -VA Coverage

DPI Adaptive Fitness Training Center
3545 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 101
Fairfax, VA 22030

(877)-264-5836

For all business inquiries please contact us at
DPIadaptivefitness@gmail.com

*Services provided by DPI are NOT Physical Therapy services and so, we can not and will not bill insurance companies

Meet Our Adaptive Fitness Trainers

Devon Palermo LPTA, CPT​Adaptive Fitness Specialist/Director

Pablo Hernanadez CPT​Adaptive Fitness Trainer, Lead Rock Steady Parkinsons Trainer

Molly Regan CPTAdaptive Fitness Trainer, Rock Steady Boxing Trainer

Robby Febo CPTAdaptive Fitness Trainer

Erica Hwang PT, DPT, CPTAdaptive Fitness Trainer"If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you"

Marquise Hill CPTAdaptive Fitness Trainer, Rock Steady Boxing Trainer