Brooke Murphy, D.P.T.

I enjoy working with patients to optimize their overall health and well-being. I enjoy a collaborative approach with my therapy team and with patients and their families.

I work with traditional musculoskeletal patients but also specialize in working with patients who need manual wheelchairs, scooters or power wheelchairs to aid in their mobility.

I grew up in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, and currently live near La Crosse with my husband and three daughters. I played college volleyball at a small Division 1 school, Western Illinois University, prior to studying physical therapy at Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. In my free time, I enjoy working out, gardening, baking and spending time with my family.

Education

• Bachelor's degree, Biology, Western Illinois University
• Doctorate of Physical Therapy, Mayo School of Health Sciences

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) rehabilitation
• Neurodegenerative rehabilitation
• Total joint rehabilitation
• Wheelchair and specialty medical equipment

• Electromyographic analysis of gluteus maximus and hamstring activity during the supine resisted hip extension exercise versus supine unilateral bridge to neutral, January 2017
• Magnitudes of muscle activation of spine stabilizers, gluteals, and hamstrings during supine bridge to neutral position, February 2015