Maria Carrelli

Experience

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  Fetch the Leash Dog Walking and Pet Sitting

  Jan 2002 - Jul 2014

  Owner

  Owner of professional dog walking service from 2002-2014. Responsibilities included scheduling clients and employees, budgeting, marketing, bookkeeping including payroll, training of employees, and other managerial duties.

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  Omni Club

  Oct 2009 - Jul 2011

  ACE Certified Personal Trainer

  Responsibilities included one-on-one training, scheduling, developing short and long-term goals, body composition assessments, circumferential assessments, resistance training education, flexibility training, wellness promotion, nutritional guidance, and endurance specialty training.

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  Georgia State University

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2014

  Recent Graduate of Doctorate of Physical Therapy

  Collegiate Competitive Cyclist for GSU

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  National HealthCare Corporation

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

  Student Physical Therapist

  An eight-week internship as a second year physical therapy student in a sub-acute care setting. Treated patients in a skilled nursing facility with diagnoses including Parkinson’s disease, stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, amputation, dementia, congestive heart failure, and epilepsy. Delivered an educational in-service on methods of researching and evidence-based practice.

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  Emory Healthcare

  Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

  Student Physical Therapist

  A ten-week internship as a third year physical therapy student in the acute care setting. Treated patients in the ICU, CCU, oncology floor, general surgery floor, wound care, and kidney and liver transplant floor. Responsibilities included clinical reasoning, screening, examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, plan of care establishment, intervention implementation and modifications, patient and family education, documentation, outcomes assessment, management of financial resources, and multi-disciplinary communication. Delivered an educational in-service on the topic of chronic kidney disease, kidney transplant, and the implications of physical therapy. Show less

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  Advance Rehab

  May 2014 - Jul 2014

  Student Physical Therapist

  A ten-week internship as a third year physical therapy student in the outpatient setting. Treated patients of all age ranges and plans of care ranging from sports and chronic use musculoskeletal injuries, post-operative rehabilitation, neurological diagnoses, and balance deficits.

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  Athens Orthopedic/SPARC Sports Performance and Rehabilitation Center

  Feb 2015 - Apr 2022

  Physical Therapist

  A team-focused physical therapy clinic working alongside physicians, physician assistants, exercises physiologists, athletic trainers, nutritionists, massage therapists, occupational therapists, and other health professionals.

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  PhysioFitDPT

  Oct 2019 - now

  Owner/Founder Physical Therapist of PhysioFitDPT

  Maria Clara Carrelli owns and practices at PhysioFitDPT in Athens, Georgia which is direct pay physical therapy practice. Maria has a special interest in endurance athletes of all types– with a focus on rehabilitation, injury prevention, functional mobility, and bike fitting. She actively participates in competitive cycling in several disciplines, for United Healthcare of Georgia p/b 706 Project– Her love of cycling has carried over into her professional life as well, having presented research at the Medicine of Cycling Conference at the USA Cycling Headquarters and also having a medical bike Fit certification through Medicine of Cycling and Bike Fit, LLC, SlowTwitch, and Bike Fit LLC. She also offers online app-based strength and mobility programs to further progress clients after discharge from formal physical therapy specializing in incorporating resistance training for adults who participate in sports at all levels. Show less