Lisa evaluates and treats people of all ages with musculoskeletal issues.  She provides a comprehensive and holistic approach that involves both physical and psychosocial assessments with the ultimate goal of functional restoration.

Specialization

Lisa has 25 years of valuable experience treating a variety of injuries and illnesses with the elbow, wrist and hand:

• Acute or Surgical- fractures, tendonitits, ligament and nerve repairs.  These diagnoses may necessitate static and/or dynamic splinting.
• Subacute or Cumulative- strains, sprains, tendonitits.

Education

Texas Woman's University- Denton, Texas, 

     Bachelor of Science-Occupational Therapy

Professional Affiliations

• Texas Occupational Therapy Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• American Society of Hand Therapists

Publications and Accomplishments

 

• Occupational Hand & Upper Extremity Injuries & Diseases, 2nd edition, by Morton L. Kasdan.  Lisa L.Howard, OTR and Jane V. Derebery, MD, “Occupational Therapy and the Management of Cumulative Trauma Disorder” Chapter 9.

 

• Injuries and Rehabilitation of the Upper Extremity, State of the Art Reviews, by Jane V. Derebery, MD, and Morton L. Kasdan, MD.  Jane V. Derebery, MD and Lisa L. Howard, OTR, “Management of the Painful Arm:  Cumulative Trauma Revisited”.

 

• Nationally recognized speaker on Ergonomics and treatment of UE and Hand Disorders.

 

• Established benchmarks for the treatment of UE and Hand Disorders within a large National Occupational Health Organization.

Personal Information

Lisa is the proud mother of one dog and four cats.  Her hobbies include tennis, piano, movies, reading, cooking, and college football.