Jeffrey Mannheimer PT, PhD, CODN, CCTT

Dr. Jeffrey Mannheimer is in his 57th year of clinical practice, which over the past 38 has been limited to the evaluation and treatment of cervical spine and temporomandibular disorders, cervicogenic headaches, and orofacial pain (CSD, TMD, CGH & OFP) respectively. He is a certified Cervical and Temporomandibular Therapist (CCTT) by the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial & Cervical Therapeutics (PTBCCT) and certified in Orofacial Dry Needling (CODN) by Myopain Seminars.

Mannheimer has many publications pertaining to the evaluation and management of pain by postural and ergonomic correction, manual techniques, therapeutic exercise and non-medicinal pain control in dental, medical, and physical therapy texts and journals. He coordinated the chapter on “Cervicogenic Mechanisms of Headaches and Orofacial Pain” for the 4th edition of “Orofacial Pain: Guidelines for Assessment, Diagnosis & Management” of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain (AAOP). He is also the co-author of the first medical textbook on Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, “Clinical TENS” published by F.A. Davis in 1984. His most recent clinical contribution “Dry needling for the management of pain in the upper quarter and craniofacial region” by Kietrys DM, Palombaro KM & Mannheimer JS, was published in Current Pain & Headache Reports, 18(8): 437- 446, 2014.

In addition to a one-man private specialty clinical practice, Dr. Mannheimer is currently an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine (Program in Physical Therapy) at Columbia University. He was previously a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Dental School of Rutgers University and director of the physical therapy tract for their continuing education program in the Diagnosis and Management of TMD & OFP for 13 years until the program was discontinued.

Professional memberships include the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the American Academy of Orofacial Pain (AAOP) and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). He has also served on the examination committee of the American Board of Orofacial Pain (ABOP), which certifies dentists in this specialty field. Dr. Mannheimer is the founder and current president of the PTBCCT (ptbcct.org), an international group of physical therapists who desire to promote education and specialty certification in the fields of CSD, CGH, TMD and OFP. Dr. Mannheimer is a frequent speaker at national and international seminars and scientific meetings and is a manuscript reviewer for Quintessence, the Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice, and Pain Medicine.