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Accelerated Sports Therapy & Fitness, Inc.
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Biographical Sketch of Mike Muffenbier Mike Muffenbier, MPT, SCS, CSCS is a physical therapist and a Certified Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy. Mike also is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, which allows him to combine his expertise in working with both healthy and injured individuals to establish a plan of care to optimize that person's goals and objectives. His vast experience in working with athletes of all ages and skill levels demonstrates his ability to achieve successful outcomes with individuals with high levels of demand. His interest is in prevention programs, rehabilitation and post-injury care with people who strive to live healthy lives.
Before co-founding Accelerated Sports Therapy & Fitness, Mike was the Clinic Supervisor of the Minnesota Sports Medicine clinic in Eden Prairie, where he also was the Director of the Physical Therapist Sports Residency Program. Under Mike's leadership, the sports residency became only the 5th program in the country to be awarded credentialed status by the American Physical Therapy Association. He also was the Clinic Supervisor of the Institute for Athletic Medicine’s Minnetonka and Braemar clinics, in addition to providing patient care. Mike created and coordinated two specialized patient care programs: the Next Step Program, a post-rehab L/E training program, and the Thrower’s Injury Program, which provided specialized evaluation and treatment of overhead throwing injuries.
Mike has provided continuing education courses nationwide. He has lectured to more than 1000 health care professionals on various physical therapy and sports medicine topics, such as shoulder dysfunction, throwing injuries and rehabilitation, patellofemoral dysfunction, post-fracture exercise programs and exercise prescription and progression. He is also coauthor of book chapters addressing shoulder injuries in young athletes (Sports Medicine for Young Athletes, published Fairview Press) and strength training for older adults (Staying Strong: A Senior’s Guide to a More Active and Independent Life, Fairview Press).
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