Dedication Acknowledgments About the AuthorPreface Chapter 1.... The Basics Chapter 2.... Cervical Exercises Chapter 3.... Thoracic Exercises Chapter 4.... Lumbar Exercises Chapter 5.... Upper Extremity Exercises Chapter 6.... Lower Extremity Exercises Chapter 7.... Specialty Programs Chapter 8.... The Athlete Index
Elizabeth Bryan, PT, DPT, OCS received her BA in Biology in 1995
from Missouri Valley College in Marshall, MO and her BHS in
Physical Therapy from the University of Missouri in Columbia in
1998. She went on to work in the outpatient Orthopedic setting at
Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall, MO before moving to Colorado
Springs, where she managed a spine specialty clinic for the next 4
years. After having her son, she moved back to Columbia and
practiced full time in an orthopedic clinic. She completed her
Board Certification in Orthopedics through the American Physical
Therapy Association in 2008, at which time she entered into the
teaching profession. She then completed her Doctorate in Physical
Therapy from A.T. Still University in Kirksville, MO in 2010 in
addition to 12 credit hours in Education at the University of
Missouri. Liz was a lead instructor and Academic Coordinator of
Clinical Education in the Physical Therapist Assistant Program at
Linn State Technical College of Missouri for 6 years. Her teaching
responsibilities included teaching subjects such as orthopedics for
the PTA, Principles of Therapeutic Exercise, Human Anatomy and
Physiology, Medical Terminology, Functional Anatomy and
Kinesiology, PTA Trends and Issues, Documentation, and Medical
Terminology, and she was a lab assistant for Basic Patient Care and
Neurological Interventions and coinstructor for Health and Disease.
She helped to develop and coordinate clinical education internship
sites for the entire body of students, perform assessment of
clinical education, and manage the clinical education of her
students.
It was in this realm of her career Liz became compelled to create
this textbook. She felt there was a great need for a comprehensive
manual of exercises geared toward educating students and clinicians
on how to properly implement clinically relevant exercises. She
also wanted to provide a wide range of appropriate exercises for
clinicians and students to choose from in accomplishing their
physical therapy goals. She began the process of compiling
exercises from every source she could find, including many of the
clinics she worked in. She utilized many of her own smaller
versions that she had compiled in her own practice. In using these
for teaching, she started to see how helpful these manuals would be
for clinicians and students. The detailed table of contents and the
proposal took over 2 years to complete as she strived to
incorporate thousands of exercises she had used and had seen used
in the clinic—truly striving for it to be comprehensive in nature.
Since the book has been completed, Liz has returned to her calling
in clinical work. She currently works in the outpatient setting in
Columbia and focuses much of her treatment on manual therapy and
exercise. Her experience in the clinical setting—although very
heavy in the outpatient settings—also includes experience in acute
care orthopedics and extended care in skilled nursing
facilities.
Liz also has a strong second career as an artist. She has been
drawing and sculpting the human form even at a young age, part of
where her interest in physical therapy was derived. She continues
to express herself through art of many forms, including painting
and large-scale art installations.
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