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Mary Padden Massery

Mary Padden Massery BS, PT, DPT, DSc

Physical Therapy
Glenview, Illinois, United States of America

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Dr. Massery received her BS in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University , her DPT from the University of the Pacific in 2004 and her DSc from Rocky Mountain University in 2011. Mary’s extensive training in PNF forms the basis of her therapeutic approach to patients with neuromuscular and pulmonary impairments. Mary taught PNF at Northwestern University in Chicago in the 1980’s and has presented PNF continuing education courses for over 30 years.
Dr. Massery’s PNF courses focus on improving functional outcomes by recognizing and utilizing the link between motor behaviors and breathing/postural mechanics. She has been invited to give over 700 professional presentations in 47 U.S. states, 8 Canadian provinces, and 9 countries worldwide on topics related to these topics. Mary received the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) highest clinical award: The Florence Kendall Practice Award in 2002 for her “outstanding and enduring contributions to the practice of physical therapy”.
Mary was the keynote speaker for the Australian and New Zealand Annual Spinal Cord Injury Conference in Brisbane, Australia in 2005 and a keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists in Galway, Ireland in 2007 where she presented novel PNF ideas for cardiopulmonary patients. In 2009, Dr. Massery was awarded and presented the Honorary Linda Crane Memorial Lecture at the APTA’s CSM meeting in Las Vegas. She continues to maintain a private practice in Chicago specializing in ventilation and postural dysfunction.
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