Movement Specialists of Michigan
"Exercise is Medicine"
MSM, LLC
Biography
Samantha Zinnecker, PT, DPT, C-PS
Owner and Doctor of Physical Therapy
Dr. Sam, PT, DPT received her bachelor of science in exercise physiology and her doctorate in physical therapy from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. While there, she spent time working in the Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Lab helping to understand and reduce injury in D1 athletes. She also had the pleasure of learning from world renown professors and researchers who make up the physical therapy school staff at Marquette.
Once completing her doctorate in physical therapy, her education did not cease. Her passion for learning has led her to take countless continuing education courses. Her post-graduate course work includes, but is not limited to, dry needling, performance enhancement, blood flow restriction training, advanced rehabilitation of the baseball player, managing running injuries, the McKenzie method, Mulligan manual therapy techniques, and vestibular diagnosis and treatment to name a few. She constantly has her nose in a research article and spends her free time keeping up with the latest treatment practices for her clients. If there is something she does not know, she will find the answer.
Sam is not only an exercise physiologist and a doctor of physical therapy, but she is also a champion performance specialist (C-PS). What does this mean? It means that she is able to build performance-based therapy and training programs to optimize movement and enhance performance. She assesses how you currently move and designs a program to take you to the next level in your fitness and/or athletic goals. While working towards earning her C-PS, she was taught by the leading physical therapist and researcher in the sports world, Mike Reinolds.
Being an athlete herself, she has had to deal with the consequences of injuries. From having surgery to going through her own rehabilitation, she knows what it is like to not being able to do what she loves. She is passionate about helping people of all ages return to what they love to do – pain free and with improved abilities.
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About MSM
Movement Specialists of Michigan (MSM)
In Sam’s professional career, she has worked for both the private practice sector and hospital based outpatient physical therapy clinics. Although valuable experiences, being a part of the corporate world motivated her to go out on her own. Hence, she created Movement Specialists of Michigan, LLC, a cash based physical therapy practice.
The insurance based physical therapy world is not what it once was. Insurance reimbursement reduces yearly, which forces physical therapy practices to increase the number of patients their therapists see each hour. There is less time spent on patient care and more time spent on documentation to appease insurance companies for reimbursement. It is becoming more and more common that an aid runs a patient through their program rather than the actual therapist. Management encourages therapists to make treatment decisions based on potential reimbursement from insurance companies. One on one time with patients is becoming increasingly rare.
Sam’s treatment model allows her to put the patient first. She gives her patients 100% of her brain during their entire session. There is no splitting her time between patients. The interventions she chooses are those that are in the best interest of the patient. As an independent, cash-based doctor of physical therapy, she is able to treat patients the way they deserve. If you are receiving treatment from Movement Specialists of Michigan, you can be ensured that you will be getting personalized, evidence-base care.