UNDERSTANDING YOUR OWN BODY SHOULDN'T FEEL LIKE LEARNING A second language.
You've felt it.
The ache that showed up overnight.
The diagnosis you nodded along to without fully understanding. The appointment that left you with more questions than answers. Somewhere along the way, your own body started to feel like a mystery. It shouldn't be.
Not understanding what's going on shouldn't be what's keeping you stuck, scared, or bracing for the worst.
That's where I come in. My job is to take the complicated medical jargon and translate it into plain English. No unnecessary complexity. No confusing explanations. Just clear, honest conversations about your bones, joints, muscles, and the aches and pains that come with living in a body.
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
I’VE BEEN THE HELPER MY WHOLE LIFE. MY MOM LIKES TO TELL EVERYONE I WAS THE “helpmate” OF MY PRESCHOOL CLASS, THE KID ALWAYS STEPPING IN WHEREVER SOMEONE NEEDED A HAND. THAT INSTINCT NEVER LEFT.
I’VE BEEN THE HELPER MY WHOLE LIFE. MY MOM FONDLY RECALLS THAT I WAS THE “helpmate” TO MY CLASSMATES, THE KID ALWAYS STEPPING IN WHEREVER SOMEONE NEEDED A HAND. THAT INSTINCT NEVER LEFT.
As a pre-teen glued to ER, I knew I wanted to be a physician. By the time I finished medical school at the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, I'd fallen for sports medicine. My osteopathic training taught me to see the body as one connected whole, where structure and function work together, and that way of thinking fit me and my career goals perfectly.
But the thing that pushed me to start talking about this publicly wasn't a lecture hall—it was the clinic. I kept meeting people who weren't sure why they'd been referred, what their diagnosis meant, or what their options were. Patients walked in convinced they needed a joint replacement. Folks mixed up osteoporosis and osteoarthritis without realizing they're completely different conditions. Every one of those conversations told me the same thing: people are hungry to understand their own health. They just need someone to explain it in plain language.
So I started doing exactly that—on YouTube as Dr. Fray K, and anywhere else I get the chance to teach.
I break it down.
It's the compliment I hear most, and the one I'm proudest of. If you've ever walked out of a doctor's office feeling more confused than when you walked in, I want your experience with me to be the opposite.
I'm a first step,
not a last resort.
As a non-operative sports medicine physician, I'm often the person you see before anyone starts talking about surgery. Many painful conditions can be treated without an operation, and figuring that out early can save you time, stress, and procedures you may never have needed.
I speak to people who don't always get spoken to.
As a Black woman in sports medicine, I get to be a familiar voice and a listening ear for communities that have too often been left out of the health conversation. That representation matters to me, and I carry it into everything I do.
WHEN I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JOINTS
A few things that make me, me.
I'm a classically trained pianist who also played tenor saxophone.
I was the first Black female drum major for the Boston College Marching Band.
I've been a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta for over fifteen years.
I came into this world early, all three pounds of me.
And yes, I will defend my love of reality TV and a good nap to anyone who asks.
