Category: Physical Therapy

CHHS in the News | NAU physical therapy students host adaptive kayaking workshop with High Country Adaptive Sports

mtf228 | October 18, 2023

Northern Arizona University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy students collaborated with High Country Adaptive Sports to host an adaptive kayaking workshop for northern Arizonans with disabilities… Read more

CHHS in the News | NAU physical therapy program holding Kids Night Out for Flagstaff families

mtf228 | September 17, 2023

Doctoral students in NAU’s physical therapy program will be holding a Kids Night Out evening of activities for Flagstaff kids with disabilities and their siblings on September 24… Read more

A person catching a child in a foam pit.

NAU Professor and UA Med Student Team Up for Stroke Research

ol25 | January 27, 2023

Our research gives, for the first time, an understanding that if a patient has better mobility and better self-care, there is a correlation with their likelihood of returning home… Read more

Outside of the building at one of N A U's statewide campus locations.

“Go Baby Go” Gets Going

ol25 | January 3, 2023

Analu cannot walk and like most children with such physical limitations, she does not have a power wheelchair… Read more

A hand reaches for plastic stacking blocks.

CHHS accomplishments in 2021

ol25 | July 9, 2021

Researchers in the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaboration recently completed a 44-page guide for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, available on their NAU ADRD caregivers project website… Read more

Physical Therapy Project Awarded the “Social Responsibility” Ribbon

ol25 | June 21, 2021

The qualitative study was completed to assess the barriers to physical therapy access for individuals that are deaf or hard of hearing… Read more

Congratulations Professor Cornwall!

ol25 | January 30, 2019

NAU PT Superstar Professor Mark Cornwall and NAU Regents Professor Emeritus Tom McPoil will be honored at CSM with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy’s Foot and Ankle SIG… Read more

Rolls of bandages and gauze sitting on a table.

Dr. Tarang Jain recipient of Emerging Leader Award from American Physical Therapy Association

ol25 | September 12, 2018

Physical Therapy Professor, Dr. Tarang Jain, was awarded the 2018 Emerging Leader Award from the American Physical Therapy Association. He will be recognized in the October issue of PT in Motion Magazine… Read more

A student does lunges while holding a light weight bar.

Physical Therapy wins 3MRP

ol25 | April 26, 2018

Veglia, a physical therapy doctoral student at Northern Arizona University, focused on how prevalent and debilitating back pain can be: 70 to 85 percent of American adults will experience it in their lifetimes… Read more

A physical therapy student rubs a patient’s back.

Students getting hands-on experience

ol25 | March 12, 2018

A few years ago, a local man rolled into the pro bono physical therapy clinic at Northern Arizona University. After many months of weekly therapy, he walked out of it… Read more