Sandra has over 35 years of experience as a Physical Therapist, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland, College Park and a BS degree in Physical Therapy at Northwestern University.
She started first at Suburban Hospital, then worked at both Georgetown and George Washington Universities Hospitals. She quickly focused her specialty on outpatient orthopedics and eventually to the private practice setting.
Sandra has continued her education throughout her career with a strong influence based on manual therapy techniques to include: Mulligan Concept, Canadian Manual Therapy, Maitland and McKenzie Approach, Kaltenborn-Evjenth Concept and Stan Paris Approach (Institute of Graduate Physical Therapy).
Working for 20 years for Shady Grove Orthopaedics, Sandra has experience treating all orthopedic conditions to include; sports injuries, injuries or conditions requiring surgical and non-surgical intervention. Her specialties include treatment to the spine and sacroiliac joints, but she is equally comfortable working with the other joints of the body.
Sandra says, that for herself, she finds a deep sense of fulfillment when she sees her patients improve and recover.
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“I felt so much better after each of the PT sessions, and in the end my treatment was measurably successful.”
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“I highly recommend Aligned Orthopedic because of their excellent attention to detail with my physical therapy, including my therapist Sandy. They focus their therapy on my individual condition, and work with patience and expertise to give me the best and quickest results for recovery from my injury. Thank you Aligned Orthopedic!
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“They were very professional well mannered no matter what their job was even down to the assistants. I was in a lot of pain they made it a wonderful experience including my physical therapist Sandra. Thank you for all you do.”- IA
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“I like the professionalism and dedication to helping people recover from injuries from my physical therapist Sandra”- AP
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“My physical therapist Sandra focuses the PT to my particular needs”- RF
