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Meet Our Therapists
Physical Therapists
Physical Therapy Assistant
Robert Mark Petty, LPTA, MsT, received his Associates Degree in Physical Therapy from Northern Virginia Community College in 1990. After graduation, he worked at the National Rehabilitation Hospital on the Spinal Cord Unit and then on the combined Orthopedic/Neuro unit. He also worked in the therapeutic pool.
Next, he spent eight years working in sub-acute rehab centers in and around Washington D.C. He worked briefly in home health, treating patients in their homes before starting work in orthopedics. This gave him the opportunity to also use his manual skills.
He was first trained in massage therapy in 1986 in Carrboro, North Carolina. Along the way, he has learned techniques for working with trigger points and has also trained in reiki, watsu and waterdance, in which he holds certifications.
Mark has also studied various kinds of movement such as tai chi, yoga and also has practiced meditation for several years. He enjoys working at Physical and Massage Therapist Associates because of the friendly atmosphere, the good humor and a focus on clients which is genuine and personal -- not cold and indifferent.
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Massage Therapists
Errica Poindexter is a licensed massage therapist in the Washington DC area. She attended the National Massage Therapy Institute in Falls Church, VA. Her practice specializes in Relaxation, Swedish, and Deep Tissue. Errica has gained her experienced through spas, gyms, and private practice, integrating her techniques to each individual client for a specialized massage experience. She is certified with the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB), and the International Massage Association (IMA).
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Kate Ahmann, a graduate of Potomac Massage Training Institute in Washington, D.C., is a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist working in the area since 2002. She is a practitioner of the Lotus Palm form of Thai Yoga Massage, developed by Kam Thye Chow at the Lotus Palm School in Montreal (lotuspalm.com), and also offers Swedish and Deep Tissue modalities.
Kate incorporates motion and stretching into each massage to help re-establish natural movement to injured and overused joints and muscles. Her work is both medically focused and restorative.
Kate is certified with the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) and the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), and is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia.
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Mary Hood is a licensed Physical Therapist in the states of MD, DC, and VA. Her original degree in Physical Therapy is from the NYC program of Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. She has furthered her training with the John Barnes Foundation of Paoli, PA and the Upledger Institute of Palm Spring Gardens, Florida, in Myofascial release, Craniosacral therapy, SomatoEmotional Release, Visceral Mobilization, and Lymphatic Drainage (pronounced “drey ‘naahge” in French!). She is currently furthering her knowledge of joint mobilization as taught by the Maitland Australian Institute.
Mary has a range of treatment experience in all varieties of musculoskeletal disorders, chronic pain, headaches, neurological problems, accident injuries, and especially low back, neck, and shoulder pain. She also treats developmental disorders in pediatrics, and pelvic dysfunctions in women. She has a particular interest in the use of the therapy ball for stretching, and developing Pilates-style “core muscle” control. Because she is a dancer, Mary likes when appropriate, to use dance movements for posture and strengthening.
Mary currently employs a combined treatment approach of traditional and alternative, manual and evaluation skills to address the whole body. Her belief is that provoking undue pain or anxiety is not necessary for effective therapy. Her emphasis in Craniosacral therapy and Myofascial release primarily accomplishes these results. This approach is often gentle and mobility enhancing, restorative to muscles, movements, postural alignment, and pain relieving.
Mary also includes a more biomechanical or orthopedic approach, and specific internal organ or lymphatic vessel treatment whenever indicated. She is open to your feedback so that by mutually learning, you achieve optimum improvements.
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Naomi Greenberg, PT, DPT, GCS earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001 and subsequently her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Temple University in 2004. In 2008, Naomi became a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatrics (GCS) through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists. She is currently licensed in DC, MD, and VA. She is a member of the general and geriatrics sections of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). As part of her commitment to working with patients with cancer, Naomi is certified to treat lymphedema. She was trained in the Le Duc method of lymphedema therapy, which focuses on a combination of gentle manual techniques and wrapping.
Through study and experience Naomi utilizes orthopedic and neurological treatment techniques within a whole body approach and strives to develop individualized treatment plans that meet each patient’s needs in order that these patients achieve their highest level of potential functional return.
Naomi is also committed to furthering the profession of physical therapy by working with physical therapy students. She is an APTA certified clinical instructor and teaches part time in the Physical Therapy Department at George Washington University.
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Alon Weir completed his studies in Physical Therapy in 2004 at Howard University. He is currently licensed and practices in the DC metropolitan area. He draws upon his experiences as a former travel therapist nationwide in various settings to include skilled nursing, acute care and outpatient orthopedics. He has spent the last 4 years with a primary emphasis on sports medicine and rehabilitation.
Since 2006 he has been studying to enhance his manual therapy skills in Functional Manual Therapy Movement Reeducation, taught through The Institute of Physical Art. Functional Manual therapy utilizes soft tissue as well as joint mobilization techniques through the use of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) in order to optimally mobilize/ stabilize/ strengthen tissue and joints.
Alon's Areas of special interest to treat include: Pelvic Girdle Dysfunction, Sacro-Coccygeal Dysfunction, Postural Dysfunction, Neurologic Disorders affecting gait and coordination, Cervical/Shoulder Dysfunctions (and all areas in between). “The body is an interconnected chain and when there is a break in that chain more than one region can be affected. My goal is to treat patients as a whole not in parts and assist in rebuilding the kinetic chain of the whole body to optimize functional mobility."
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Naomi worked for 6 years in the acute inpatient rehabilitation setting where she became a senior physical therapist and gained experience treating patients with strokes, brain injuries, amputations, spinal cord injuries, post-surgical diagnoses, cancer, cardiac diagnoses, and multiple sclerosis.