Continuing Education

At Ridge Physical Therapy, we believe that Continuing Education is of utmost importance.

Each of our therapists has completed many hours in a variety of classes, resulting in our ability to offer our patients the most up-to-date, highest quality treatment techniques.

Here is a list of courses our therapists have attended:

Trish Hopps, PT / CPI

Myofascial Release

  • *Myofascial Release I
  • *Myofascial Release II
  • *Myofascial Unwinding
  • *Fascial-Pelvis Myofascial Release
  • *Cervical-Thoracic Myofascial Release
  • *Myofascial Rebounding

*All MFR courses work completed through the John F. Barnes, PT organization

Orthopedic

  • Lumbo-Pelvic Integration: Jeff Ellis, PT
  • Functional Orthopedics I: Jeff Ellis, PT
  • Treating the Difficult Shoulder: Partridge
  • SIJ Evaluation and Treatment: Dawn Salcido, PT
  • Visceral Mobilization I: Barral Institute
  • Soft Tissue Mobilization and Muscle Energy Techniques for the Upper Quadrant
  • Kinesiotaping I and II

Pelvic Pain and Incontinence

  • Solving the Pelvic Pain Puzzle: Dunbar/Smith
  • Beyond Kegels: Janet Hulme, PT
  • Childbirth and Menopause and the Pelvic Floor: Janet Hulme, PT
  • Female Pelvic Floor I: Function, Dysfunction & Treatment, Level 1: Herman and Wallace
  • Female Pelvic Floor II: Function, Dysfunction & Treatment Level 2: Herman/Wallace
  • Cholorectal and Coccyx Conditions, Male Pelvic Floor, Pudendal Nerve Entrapment: Herman/Wallace
  • Mobilization of Visceral Fascia for the Treatment of Pelvic Dysfunction, Level 1: The Urinary System, R. Horton, MPT
  • Mobilization of the Viscera: Level 2: The Reproductive System, R. Horton, MPT

Pilates

  • Pilates for Rehabilitation: Polestar Pilates 8 month Certification Program (CPI)
  • Pilates for Osteoporosis, Sherrie Betz, PT
  • Advanced Spine in the Pilates Environment: Brent Anderson, DPT

Pamela Serafine, PTA

Myofascial Release

  • *Myofascial Release I
  • *Myofascial Release II
  • *Myofascial Unwinding
  • *Fascial-Pelvis Myofascial Release
  • *Cervical-Thoracic Myofascial Release
  • *Women's Health Myofascial Release
  • *Rebounding, Myofascial Release Techniques
  • *40 hour Skill Enhancement Seminar, Advanced Myofascial Release techniques in the Clinical Setting, Sedona, Arizona

*All MFR course work completed through the John F. Barnes, PT organization

  • Pelvic Floor I: Evaluation and Treatment for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Herman and Wallace
  • CranialSacral Therapy I: Upledger Institute
  • Spinal Cord Injury Physical Therapy Approach to Treatment & Functional Outcomes
  • Analysis of Upright Motor Control Problems in Adults with Neurological Deficits
  • Introduction to Neurological Development Techniques in the Treatment of the Neurologically Impaired
  • Swiss Ball Course for Back Stabilization Progression

Kathleen Pappani, PTA

Myofascial Release

  • *Myofascial Release I
  • *Myofascial Release II
  • *Myofascial Unwinding
  • *Fascial-Pelvis Myofascial Release
  • *Pediatric Myofascial Release

*All MFR course work completed through the John F. Barnes, PT organization

Orthopedic

  • Functional Orthopedics I: Jeff Ellis, PT
  • Managing Difficult Shoulders: Partridge
  • SIJ Evaluation and Treatment: Dawn Salcido, PT
  • Soft Tissue Mobilization and Muscle Energy Techniques for the Upper Quadrant