For the athlete training harder than ever — while sleeping, fueling, and recovering less than her body needs to keep up.
More practices. More travel teams. More specialization, earlier. What hasn’t kept pace is sleep, fueling, and strength training — and that imbalance shows up as missed periods, lost muscle, mood changes, and, left unaddressed, the beginning of a much longer problem.
Cape Concierge Female Athlete Coaching is built around the physiology of an athlete whose training load has outpaced her recovery. Your team — a strength and conditioning coach, sports physical therapist, and nutritionist — builds a plan around movement, fueling, and recovery, so the cost of specialization doesn’t show up years from now.
Led by Nicole Shirley, DPT, Board-Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist & Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach, and Stephanie Tarbell, RN & Certified Nutrition Coach.
This program works alongside your athlete’s pediatrician. If we identify a red flag that needs medical evaluation, we refer back to their existing provider rather than treat it in-house.
Every plan starts and ends with a Movement Physical with Nicole Shirley — measuring where your athlete is now, and how much has changed by week 8. In between, strength training and nutrition support build the foundation most training schedules skip entirely.
Choose your strength training frequency — both options include the same Movement Physical and nutrition support.
Training with a friend? Bring a partner enrolled in the same program and strength sessions are 50% off for both of you.
What this program doesn’t cover: additional support for identified red flags — mood, pelvic health, or medical concerns. For athletes under 18, these are referred back to their pediatrician rather than added as an in-house visit.
Nicole grew up as an endurance athlete and learned the importance of injury prevention and rehabilitation working through her own injuries. She trained at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and has spent the past 11 years in acute rehabilitation, caring for people recovering from stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and complex orthopedic injuries — becoming a board-certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist in 2019. She’s never let go of her passion for orthopedics, athletics, and strength & conditioning. She’s a wife, mom of two, and a hybrid athlete herself.
Owner of Steel Anchor Strength & Nutrition in Plymouth. Brings a critical-care nursing background and years as a competitive athlete and coach — nutrition coaching built around your lifestyle, recovery, and stress, not just your goals.
B.S. in Athletic Training from UNH, with eleven years across outpatient and inpatient PT settings — working with athletes, orthopedic cases, and the geriatric population alike. Leads the strength training that closes the gap most training schedules miss.
We’ll always refer back to your athlete’s pediatrician. This program supports movement, fueling, and strength — it doesn’t replace their existing medical care.
That’s worth a conversation at your Movement Physical — Nicole can help you decide based on your athlete’s current training load and goals.
We’re intentionally out-of-network with insurance across Cape Concierge — that’s what gives your team the time to treat your athlete as a whole person, not a diagnosis code. HSA and FSA funds can be used toward your program.
Start with a Movement Physical with Nicole — she’ll help you choose the right strength training plan from there.
