My Story

About Wil McBride- Certified Rolfer™ and Evolved Movement Coach in Boulder, Colorado

 A Journey That Changed Everything

My path into this work didn't start in a classroom. It started watching my dad struggle to recover from an injury.

After a workplace injury left him with a partially torn biceps tendon, a pinched radial nerve, and carpal tunnel syndrome, he underwent surgery and spent a year in rehabilitation.

He followed the protocols, did the exercises, and worked with skilled professionals, but after all that time, he was still in pain and had very limited use of his right arm.

At the same time, I was dealing with my own shoulder and ankle issues from injuries earlier in my athletic life. I was young, active, and frustrated that I couldn't seem to get past problems that should have been behind me.

Then I came across the story of a bodyworker in Toronto who had helped someone recover from a debilitating back injury. I'd never heard of this kind of work before, but it raised a question that wouldn't leave me alone:

What were we missing?

So I took my dad to Toronto.

After a week of daily sessions, he was pain-free and had regained full range of motion in his arm. That experience changed the direction of my life. I wanted to understand what had happened, why it had worked, and what I hadn't been seeing before.

When one of the practitioners suggested I find a Rolfer back home, I decided to experience the work myself. I went through the Ten Series, and for the first time I began to understand the body and movement from a very different perspective.

That experience led me to change my plans for physical therapy school and enroll at the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

Learning to Ask Better Questions

Since graduating in 2017, I've continued studying the human body from different perspectives through structural bodywork, movement, training, and performance.

I've learned from teachers and mentors who challenged me to question assumptions, look beyond the first explanation, and pay closer attention to what is actually happening.

That changed the way I approach problems.

Rather than assuming the first explanation is the right one, I'm interested in figuring out what matters for the person in front of me.

How are they moving?

What can they access?

What are they missing?

What changes when we test something?

Sometimes the answer is or isn't obvious. That's what makes the problem worth understanding.

How I Work Today

Today, I bring together movement assessment, Evolved Movement Coaching, progressive training, and structural bodywork to help people recover, build physical capacity, and do more with their bodies.

For someone recovering from an injury, that might mean rebuilding the strength, movement, and confidence needed to return to the activities they enjoy.

For an athlete, it might mean developing the capacity to handle more from their training and sport.

The tools may change depending on the person and the problem.

What stays consistent is the curiosity to understand what is happening, the willingness to test what we think we know, and the commitment to build from what we find.

Training & Experience

I graduated from the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado in 2017 and became a Certified Rolfer™.

I hold certifications in the Functional Range Conditioning (FRC) and Functional Range Release (FR) systems.

And I'm an  Evolved Movement Coach

My education has continued well beyond any single system. I've spent years studying movement, bodywork, training, and performance because each perspective has something to teach us about the human body.

That curiosity is what ultimately became Sense Movement.

If you’re here, you’re likely looking for a different way forward, reach out and we can take the next step together.

I look forward to working with you.

Wil