National Physical Therapy Appreciation Month continues with our third guest for the month of October Kathryn Haskins. Kathryn received her Bachelor of Science degree from Shenandoah University in 2008, where she also played softball as a pitcher and center fielder.  During her time at SU, Kathryn helped lead her team to a USA South Conference Championship victory in 2008, and was also named an ESPN Academic-All-American.  She continued her education at Shenandoah University where she graduated first in her class in 2011 with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy.  She went on to obtain her board certification as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and also became a certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist (CMTPT), through Myopain seminars (a dry needling certification), as well as a Certified Cervical and Temporomandibular Therapist (CCTT) through the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial and Cervical Therapeutics. After practicing in out-patient orthopedics and treating patients with varying musculoskeletal diagnoses for a number of years, Kathryn pursued her interest in the upper extremity by completing a hand therapy fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery.  Kathryn then went on to successfully obtain her designation as a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT), and joined the JAG-ONE team shortly thereafter.  Kathryn has a special passion for exercising creativity through custom orthosis fabrication, and also enjoys taking a global approach to treatment through integration and application of her orthopedic knowledge of more distant movement systems that can affect the mechanics of the upper extremity.  During her time at JAG-ONE, Kathryn has focused on building a strong physician rapport to increase referrals and foster constructive working relationships in order to optimize patient outcomes and in doing so,  make JAG-ONE hand therapy the clear choice for the care of their patients. She has also enjoyed having the opportunity to “pay it forward” and promote hand therapy through mentorship for those interested in pursuing the field.  Kathryn finds great reward in her work as a hand therapist and is looking forward to helping shape the future of the Hand Therapy team at JAG-ONE. For more information about visit www.bemoretoday.com or email us at [email protected]

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