Dr. Kester Cotton , PT, OCS specializes in orthopedics, sports rehabilitation, and performing arts medicine. As a former professional ballet dancer, he brings rare firsthand understanding to working with aesthetic athletes — dancers, gymnasts, aerial artists, and yoga practitioners — alongside endurance athletes and active individuals of all kinds.

After earning his DPT from Pacific University in 2011, Kester spent a decade in Boston at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine, where he was a key contributor to the Dance and Performing Arts Medicine Program and the National Running Center. His clinical approach is evidence-based and collaborative, incorporating therapeutic exercise, soft tissue mobilization, spinal manipulation, and dry needling to help patients build strength, restore function, and return confidently to the activities they love.

A Portland native, Kester is excited to be back in the Pacific Northwest, where he enjoys hiking, cycling, paddling, and home life with his wife Kathi and their two children.