Commencement is always a special occasion at a university, but 2015 is extra-special for DMU’s physical therapy program: In May it graduated its 25th class, which is also the program’s 10th class of doctors of physical therapy. Here’s the journey […]
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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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More than 20 DMU physical therapy and podiatric medical students and clinicians staffed eight tables to treat participants in the IMT Des Moines Marathon and half-marathon on Oct. 19. The students addressed runners’ post-event concerns and conducted hands-on treatment to help
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Shane McClinton, a DMU physical therapist, was one of three authors of “Predictors of Response to Physical Therapy Intervention for Plantar Heel Pain,” published in November in Foot and Ankle International.
Shane McClinton, D.P.T., M.S.P.T.’01, OCS, FAAOMPT, CSCS Read More
Tracy Porter, M.S.P.T., joined the DMU faculty on Nov. 24 as assistant director of clinical education for the doctor of physical therapy program. In addition to her academic responsibilities, she provides physical therapy services in the Des Moines University Physical Therapy Clinic.
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Grant Koster was promoted to vice president of clinical operations for Athletico Physical Therapy. In 2014, he became a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and also an alumnus of Northwestern’s Kellogg Business School after completing the
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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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Michelle Brown, a DMU physical therapist, in May supervised 16 students from DMU, Arcadia University, St. Louis University and the University of the West Indies as they participated in a stroke camp held quarterly in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. Patients
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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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Shane McClinton, D.P.T., OCS, FAAOMPT, CSCS, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and clinician at Des Moines University Clinic, received certification in dry needling through the Janet G. Travell, MD Seminar Series from Myopain Seminars. Dry needling is
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