Kristen Collins, P.T., D.P.T.
Kristen is a full-time physical therapist and leads our Cave Creek location. She is an Arizona native from Lake Havasu City. She first attended the University of Denver, where she was a collegiate gymnast for two years. She then transferred to Texas Christian University, where she ultimately graduated with a degree in kinesiology. She received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Northern Arizona University's Flagstaff campus.
Kristen still has a passion for gymnastics and especially enjoys rehabbing and training gymnasts, dancers, and cheerleaders as well as volunteering for local programs to provide injury assessment or consult on flexibility, strength, and conditioning. She is knowledgeable and highly experienced in all orthopedic and sports medicine rehab, pre- and postsurgical impairments through the age spectrum. In addition, she is skilled at and has a passion for pediatric rehabilitation, servicing babies and children with congenital disabilities and gross motor delay.
Kristen is an APTA clinical instructor as well as a certified provider of the Graston technique, Kinesio® taping Method, and dry needling and practices cupping. She has been devoted to the profession as a whole for 18 years!
In her free time, Kristen enjoys spending time with her family and is thrilled to be a new mom to a baby girl! She is an avid TCU Horned Frog fan and loves watching college football!