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OPTM Physical Therapy of Saratoga wishes you the best health, peace and happiness in 2013! We would like to share with you some important announcements.

ANNOUNCEM ENTS

Welcome Samantha Price, DPT!

In 2012, the OPTM Saratoga team grew to 9 staff physical therapists. Samantha earned her Doctor in Physical Therapy from University of North Carolina. Samantha has participated in research for improving the walking of stroke patients, provided rehabilitation to ballet dancers, and has been involved in community and volunteer opportunities, including work in clinics in Guatemala.

Sports Medicine at Santa Clara University

OPTM Saratoga enters their third year as part of the Santa Clara University Sports Medicine team and provides physical therapy care to the universitys student- athletes. Janet Yiu, DPT, CSCS, Robert Lucente, DPT and Fabrice Rockich, DPT, OCS, CSCS, are the treating specialists. Go Broncos!

Community Involvement with Saratoga High School
Last year, we began lending our time to assist the staff at Saratoga High School to provide care to their athletes. Robert Lucente, DPT is the sports medicine specialist that is involved with the program. Go Falcons!

Open Saturdays!
To better serve your patients, we began providing physical therapy services on Saturdays in 2012. Due to popular demand we will continue to do so which has proved helpful to those with busy schedules.

Continued Education - Fabrice Rockich, DPT, OCS, CSCS, completed a year long Fellowship in Applied Functional Science with
the internationally acclaimed Gray Institute. Applied Functional Science consists of functional assessment, training, conditioning, rehabilitation, and injury prevention, that is practical for any and all individuals regardless of age and ability, including professional athletes.

- Todd Rollins, DPT CSCS, completed a year long course in the highly supported evidence-based Australian
Manual Therapy Approach founded by Maitland. This method of practice focuses on various hands-on treatment techniques based on patient evaluation and clinical reasoning to enhance functional performance and maximize treatment effectiveness.

Wed like to thank you for your continued support. You have been a large contributor to our success and we are most grateful. We look forward to working with you and your patients and making it another successful year!