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Physical therapy is a comprehensive approach to healing and restoring good health. By using a multi-system evaluation, involving joint mobilization, muscle imbalance, soft tissue and neuropathodynamics, physical therapy provides the patient with a whole body perspective of their injury. This global approach provides an understanding of what it will take to rehabilitate injuries. Good health doesn't take care of itself and it is most often lost by assuming that it will.



Physical therapy is an ever-changing profession. It takes hard work and dedication to stay abreast of current trends, treatments and philosophies. Our expertise, in the physical therapy arena, allows us to provide specific diagnoses and individual treatment programs for our clients. With medical inflation climbing higher and higher, our flexible schedule and cost efficient approaches make getting appropriate care and good results affordable.

Thank you for visiting our website. Please call us with any questions you might have,
303-996-0389.

Your
Staff






PATTY PENNELL, PT, ScD
 
Patty is the owner of
and has been in practice for nearly 16 years. In 1992, she received her Master's degree in physical therapy from the University of Colorado and has her Doctorate of Science through Texas Tech. Patty has extensive training and experience in manual therapy of the spine and extremities. The other focus of her practice is diagnosis and treatment of running injuries including orthotic prescription. Patty was awarded Colorado Physical Therapy Associations PT of the Year in 2008.

Patty also serves as a consultant for the Leukemia Team in Training and has treated many runners of all abilities. Aside from her private practice, Patty works as clinical faculty for Regis University's Physical Therapy Program and is president of the Private Practice Special Interest Group of the Colorado Chapter of the APTA. When Patty is not at work she enjoys running, reading, and traveling. Her most recent travels included Greece and Germany.

 

To contact Patty Pennell by email:
ppennell@backtomotion.net

 
 
CINDY MOLINA, PT, MS
 

Cindy joined biography with photo. in November 2007 with 6 years of experience as a physical therapist.  She received her masters degree in physical therapy at Texas Woman’s University, Dallas Texas and is currently working on her manual therapy certification through the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy.   Cindy has experience in out-patient as well as in-patient orthopedics, neuro rehabilitation, and long term care.  Cindy enjoys playing volleyball, hiking, gardening and traveling. She has just returned from a hiking trip to Machu Picchu in Peru.

 

To contact Cindy Molina by email:
cmolina@backtomotion.net

         


KAREN RYAN, PTA

Karen joined in February 2005 and comes to us with over 20 years of experience as a physical therapist assistant.  She is a graduate of St. Catherine’s College-St. Mary's Campus, Minneapolis , Minnesota. Her experience spans a variety of clinical settings from acute care, to inpatient and outpatient neurological rehabilitation, to outpatient orthopedics.  In addition to clinical experience, Karen has extensive experience in the academic setting as both instructor and clinical director.

 

Professionally she is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association.  She is past president and treasurer of the National Assembly and is currently the PTA Representative for Colorado . In her spare time Karen travels the US teaching licensure preparation courses as well as writes and edits physical therapy education texts. Most recently she edited IER's Physical Therapist Assistant Review and Study Guide. She has recently taken up shoe shoeing, enjoys hiking and gardening, and spends as much time with her niece and nephew as she can. Come visit us in the Englewood clinic and meet her Dalmatian Cindy Lou.

To contact Karen Ryan by email:
kryan@backtomotion.net





































 



CYNDI JOHNSON, ADMIN

Cyndi is originally from Maine but spent most of her life in Florida. In her last three years there she won several local and National Body Building Championships, taught weight lifting and body sculpting, and helped coach people on the importance of proper dieting and exercising. She moved to Colorado in 1991 and met her sweetheart, Greg. Cyndi is blessed to have Greg and his son Joel in her life and to live in this beautiful state! Cyndi is currently working on her BA, with a History Major and Art History and Humanities Minor.
 
 
To contact Cyndi Johnson by email:
administration@backtomotion.net



After working with the knowledgeable staff my neck pain and headaches have decreased significantly. I highly recommend Back to Motion to anyone in need of physical therapy.
--Vickie