Meet Our Staff
Lisa Almstrom, PTA
Physical Therapist Assistant
Education:
- Becker College, 1987
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Lisa comes to Flaherty PT with a wide variety of experiences that complement the work currently being done in the clinic. Earlier in her career, Lisa worked for several years in the Worcester Public Schools working with kids from preschool to middle school age. She worked in various classrooms including life skills classrooms doing gross motor groups and one-one physical therapy sessions. Caseload included kids with developmental delays, Cerebral palsy, Autism, down syndrome, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy and various genetic disorders.
She also has many years of experience in outpatient physical therapy. Experience includes various orthopedic injuries and joint replacements, motor vehicle accidents, workers compensation, work conditioning, Aquatic therapy and neuromuscular development with adults and children. She really enjoys integrating manual therapy treatments into her work, especially work with myofascial release, cupping, and Graston techniques.
In her spare time, she loves to walk, do cycling classes, barre, and core strengthening. She also loves to golf and ski.
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