PT, CFMT, CKTP

NY State License#014234-1

Owner and front office coordinator

Education :

Melissa graduated from Orange County Community College in 1988 with her Associates in Applied Science as a Physical Therapist Assistant.
She later went on to get her Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, graduating in 1994.

Continuing Education :

She has completed every Institute of Physical Art’s (IPA) and Integrative Manual Therapy Solutions (IMTS) courses in advanced manual therapy techniques that are required to take the certification exams. (350 + hours of course work).

She later went to Colorado for 6 days of review and testing in this course work and passed all exams. This allows her the designation “CFMT” (Certified Functional Manual Therapist) There are currently 9 CFMT’s on the Island at this time, two of which are here at Spectrum!

Sports Medicine Symposium, SUNY at Stony Brook, April 1993.

Neural Tension Mobilization, Ben-El Therapeutics, November 1994.

Balance Rehabilitation in the patient with vestibular dysfunction, Ben-El Therapeutics, September 1995.

Level 1: Diagnosis and Treatment of Muscle Imbalances & Associated Movement Impairment Syndromes, Shirley Sahrmann, April 1997.

Introduction to Principles of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Level 1, Parts A+B, NAIOMT, April and June 1997.

Introduction to Principles of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Level 2, Upper Quarter, July and August 1997.

The Shoulder Complex; Anatomy and Biomechanics, Cliff Fowler, NAIOMT, July 1997.

Introduction to Principles of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Level 2, Lower Quarter, NAIOMT, March and June 1998.

Movement, Stability and Low Back Pain; The essential role of the Pelvis, Andry Vleeming and Diane Lee, NAIOMT, January 1999.

The Science of Stability: Clinical Application to Assessment and Treatment of Segmental Spinal Stabilization for Low Back Pain, Northeast Seminars, October 2001.

PNF Gait, Institute of Physical Art, October 2004.

Evidence Based Use of Therapeutic Modalities, Cross Country University, October 2004.

Kinesio Taping Fundamentals & Kinesio Taping for Upper & Lower Extremity Workshop, Progressive Rehab Concepts, April 2006.

Kinesio Taping Association Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner earned June 2006.

UK Spinal Manipulation, Daryl Herbert DO, MAPS, June 2006

When the Feet Hit The Ground…Everything Changes, American Physical Rehabilitation Network, November 2007.

Shoulder Impingement & Instability, International Spine and Pain Institute, Mark Jones, January 2008.

Facilitation and Training Techniques for Core Stability, Cross Country Education, December 2008.

Spinal Manipulation, International Spine & Pain Institute, May 2009.

Developed and Taught 1-day course “The Clinical Use of Kinesio tape,” Suffolk County Community College. November 2009

Clinical Review of Pathology and Differential Diagnosis Using Cadavers”, Suffolk Community College, November 2009

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