Cathy Maloney-Hills, DPT, PT
Aquatic Lead Therapist
My specialties:
- Physical therapy
A referral may be needed for this provider.
Professional interests:
- Aquatic therapy
- Fibromyalgia
- Geriatric rehabilitation
- Low Back Pain
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neck Pain
- Parkinson's disease
- Post-surgical rehabilitation
- Stroke
What other information should a potential patient know about you?
I work a majority of the time in the water providing aquatic therapy, but also provide land exercise, pain education and some manual therapy treatments.
Conditions I treat most often include: general orthopedic (low back, neck) pain, persistent pain, work injuries, neurologic conditions (stroke, Parkinson's, MS), fibromyalgia, geriatric rehabilitation, post-surgical rehabilitation, deconditioning and frailty.
Best part of my work: Seeing the smiles on people's faces when they enter the pool and feel the therapeutic effects of water.
Why I became a physical therapist: To help people help themselves regain function and vitality.
Credentials
- DPT
- PT
Board-certified specialties
- Physical therapy
Personal interests
- Family activities
- Hiking
- Snowshoeing
- Water sports
Educational institutions
- University of Iowa
- Purdue University
- College of St. Scholastica
Memberships
- American Physical Therapy Association, Aquatic Section
Current licenses and certifications
- Physical Therapy license
- Therapeutic pain specialist
Residencies
- Kaiser Permanente - Vallejo, CA
- Folsom Physical Therapy
Years of experience
- 42
Hospital affiliations
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital
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