Annie O’connor MSPT, OCS, Cert. MDT

Annie O’Connor received her BS in PT from St. Louis University in 1986 and a masters in Orthopedic PT from Northwest University in 1993. She’s an orthopedic clinical specialist as recognized by the APTA since 1999 and is credentialed in MDT since 2005. She’s co-authored multiple peer-reviewed studies, articles in national and international publications, and book chapters and is the co-author of her new book A World of Hurt: A Guide to Classifying Pain.

Annie lectures nationally and internationally on musculoskeletal pain classification and intervention, neurodynamic evaluation and treatment, mechanical diagnosis and therapy of spine and extremities, kinetic chain evaluation, and functional manual therapy and exercise prescription. She was instrumental in establishing the allied health’s clinical diagnostic approach for musculoskeletal pain at RIC.

She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association in the orthopedic section and canine special interest group, the North American Spine Society (NASS), and McKenzie Institute. She serves on the 10X25 tactile coalition task force to reduce spine-related disability by 10 % in the year 2025 sponsored by NASS Spine Foundation. She continues to treat orthopedic, neurological patients, and canines with the musculoskeletal system.