Sara Stafford, M.S.P.T.’00, D.P.T.’04, earned her board specialist certification in orthopedic physical therapy. She is a physical therapist with ATI Physical Therapy in Dyer, IN.
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More than 200 DMU students, employees, alumni and friends took the challenge to Run DMU on September 11. Runners and walkers warmed up with a pre-race yoga session and nourished their tired bodies after five tough kilometers with food, refreshments and
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Jayna Hoover, D.P.T.’15, hopes to eventually return to rural Kossuth County, IA, where she grew up. “The area has predominantly male physical therapists. Last winter, I began contemplating, ‘What can I bring to the area?’” She wasn’t thinking about just
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Libby Trausch, a DMU physical therapist, gave a presentation titled “Yoga asa biopsychosocial model in physical therapy” at a pelvic physical therapy study day in the Quad Cities on May 31. She and Kari Smith, D.P.T.’04, M.S.P.T.’98, BCB-PMD, DMU Physical
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Name:Kari Smith, D.P.T., ATC Title:Clinic Manager/Assistant Professor Clinic:Physical Therapy Clinic Undergraduate School:South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota Medical School:Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa Additional Degrees/Training:BCIA: Board Certification in Biofeedback-Pelvic Muscle DysfunctionAPTA: Certificate of Achievement in Pelvic Physical TherapyNATA: Certified Athletic Trainer
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Dr. Kari Smith, PT, D.P.T., ATC is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Des Moines University. She graduated from Des Moines University with a Master of Science degree in physical therapy in 1998 and with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree
I became a certified athletic trainer in 1996 after graduating from South Dakota State University. I earned my masters of science degree from DMU in 1998 and completed the post professional doctorate of physical therapy program in 2004. I worked for six years in private practice clinics in east Des Moines and Altoona before joining DMU. Now I work in the physical therapy clinic […]
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