Christopher Johns

Experience

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  Lehigh Valley Health Network

  Jun 2009 - Oct 2013

  Physical Therapist

  Outpatient physical therapist focusing in orthopaedics. Development of clinical practice guideline for management of patients with low back pain. Clinical instructor for multiple students. Physical therapy screening at local primary care physician's office.

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  Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network

  Oct 2013 - Nov 2016

  Manager of Rehabilitation Services

  Site manager of outpatient physical therapy. Lead physical therapist for Easton Hospital's spine program.

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  Lehigh Valley Health Network

  Dec 2016 - now

  Clinical focus on orthopaedic spine physical rehabilitation with an emphasis on McKenzie and manual therapy.Managerial focus on professional development of rehab colleagues including coordination of Orthopaedic and Sports residency programs, coordination of Manual Therapy Fellowship programs, and coordination of continuing education. Data analytics and quality improvement related to patient reported outcomes. Primary clinical focus area: Orthopaedic spine focusing on McKenzie and manual therapy.Manual therapy fellowship mentor, clinical instructor for DPT studentsOutpatient performance improvement projects related to low back pain, total knee and total hip replacements.Internal continuing education related to the spine, manual therapy, differential diagnosisRehab research advisory committee.

  • Rehabilitation Manager

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Rehab Clinical Specialist

    Dec 2016 - Aug 2022
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  DeSales University

  Sept 2017 - now

  Guest Lecturer

  Guest Lecturer on the McKenzie method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy