John Connors PT, MDT ART
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Observing National Spine Health Awareness Month – Your Backbone for a Healthy Life
The month of October makes most people think of pumpkin spice lattes, vibrant leaves, and Halloween costumes. But here at Premier Orthopaedics, we have something else we keep an eye out for, too, because it's also the time of year known as National Spine Health...
September is National Vascular Disease Awareness Month
As September starts, it's National Vascular Disease Awareness Month. This is a great time to learn about the health of our veins and arteries. Vascular diseases include problems like deep vein thrombosis and peripheral arterial disease. Read on to learn how to keep...
Causes & Treatment Options for Sciatica
Pain that starts in the lower back and radiates down the back of the leg is what is commonly referred to as sciatica. The pain follows the path of the sciatic nerve down the leg which means that typically, only one side of the body is affected. The sensation that...
SPECIALTIES
John graduated from Temple University in 1990 and began work at JFK Medical Center in New Jersey rotating through the acute care, inpatient, outpatient, nursing home and brain trauma services. In 1994, he returned to Pennsylvania and worked in NovaCare Outpatient Rehabilitation centers until 2003 when he joined the Premier staff in Folsom, PA. He is McKenzie trained in spinal and extremity treatment and certified in Manual Diagnosis and Treatment. He is certified in Active Release Techniques (ART) of the spine and extremities.
Other training includes Mulligan Manual Therapy, McConnell taping, Positional Release, Vestibular Rehabilitation and Shirley Sahrmann diagnosis and treatment of muscle imbalances and regional pain syndromes. John has performed Functional Capacity Evaluations since 1994. Over the years John has worked with a wide variety of patient populations from Pediatric to Geriatric on diverse diagnoses.