Gail Wetzler received her BS in physical therapy from Long Beach State University in 1973. She gained her orthopedic, acute care and administrative background at Hoag Hospital Physical Therapy Department as an outpatient clinical supervisor. As she continued postgraduate studies in orthopedic and soft tissue disorders, she initiated her private practice in 1979. Further studies in the osteopathic approach have led to skills in Muscle Energy, Craniosacral Therapy, Strain/Counterstrain, Visceral Manipulation and Mechanical Link. Integrating traditional therapy, Functional Orthopedics, Craniosacral and alternative methods of health care is the focus of her clinic today.

Gail has teaching experience with Dr. Janet Travell - "Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction", Gregg Johnson P.T. The Institute of Physical Therapy Art and Dr. Terry Tanaka at USC School of Dentistry. She has been a member of the APTA since 1973 and has been a guest lecturer 12 times for the APTA. The APTA seminars she has taught consist of Head, Neck and TMJ disorders, integrating visceral manipulation into traditional manual therapy and integrating physical therapy into animal health. She is the developer of two major postgraduate courses: "A Multidisciplinary approach to Pelvic Pain" and "Integrative Therapies in Animal Health".

She currently teaches eight different levels of post-graduate continuing education causes in manual medicine. She has been a certified Visceral Manipulation instructor since 1992 and certified Mechanical Link instructor since 1998 for the Upledger Institute. As of July 2000, Jean Pierre Barral honored Gail with the position of Director of the Department of Visceral Manipulation for The Upledger Institute, Inc.