Rebecca Bliss, Pt, Dpt Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

PWR!Moves Certified physical therapist whose clinical interests include treatment of post-concussion syndrome, assisting individuals with Parkinson's Disease, rehabilitation of lower extremity injuries including dancers where I combine my professional experience and clinical expertise. I love helping individuals with movement disorders improve their function and mobility. Experience ranges from individuals with a neurological diagnosis such as Parkinson’s Disease or Multiple Sclerosis, to an individual experiencing lingering difficulty after a stroke.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Co-teacher instructing dance classes for individuals with Parkinson’s Disease. NC Dance for Parkinson’s group through partnership with the Parkinson’s Movement Initiative and American Dance Festival

West Chester, Pa

• Part time employment in an outpatient setting while preparing for the Boards Exam • A hybrid position involving co-treating patients alongside experienced clinicians, completing initial evaluations, assisting with manual treatments, and carrying out aide responsibilities• Treated individuals with primarily orthopedic conditions and occasional neurological diagnoses

Chester Springs, Pa

12 Week Affiliation in an Outpatient Setting selected Private Practice of the Year in 2015 by the APTA's Private Practice Section• Treated patients in a busy outpatient setting with a heavy focus on manual skills; populations included vestibular, concussion, and general orthopedics• Successfully managed an entry-level case load of 65 treatments per week• In-service Presentation: Tendinopathy: Treatment as a Continuum

Vineland, Nj

10 Week Affiliation an inpatient acute rehabilitation setting• Treated individuals with TBI, SCI, CVA, multiple trauma injuries, cardiopulmonary impairments, and complex orthopedics • Participated in weekly team meetings, ordered adaptive equipment, and created discharge recommendations in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team • Successfully managed an entry-level case load of 5 patients per day in an inpatient acute rehabilitation setting• In-service Presentation: Use of Isometrics to Reduce Pain Prior to Gait Training or Functional Mobility

Gainesville, Fl

10 Week Affiliation in a university hospital affiliated outpatient clinic• Treated adults and adolescents with complex chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and complex orthopedics in an outpatient setting • Managed 50% caseload of primarily complex patients with a focus on complex chronic pain• Used aquatic therapy to treat patients with orthopedic and neurological diagnoses• In-service Presentation: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Exercise Considerations

Wilmington, De

6 Week Clinical Affiliation• Treated patients in an outpatient setting alongside an MDT certified clinical instructor with a clinical focus on treatment of the spine• Opportunities to observe aquatic therapy

West Chester, Pa

I was selected as an Academic Leader to lead weekly sessions offering supplemental instruction for high-risk courses, leading groups of up to four students. Tutoring sessions included a focus on content, learning styles, and study skills

James is a Michelin Guide recommended restaurant serving local seasonal fare. Responsibilities included managing the dining room during service which required the ability to manage expectations, multi task, problem solve and maintain an excellent rapport with a diverse clientele. A background working in hospitality allowed me to hone skills in time management, organization, and customer service.

Greater New York City Area

I performed with a variety of choreographers in the tri-state area including Marjani Forté, Wallie Wolfgruber and Kristin Kapustik among others. Additionally, I produced, choreographed, and performed in short film projects in collaboration with other artists

Greater New York City Area

Responsibilities included teaching new employees their job responsibilities and duties, managing front of house employees during dinner service, balancing nightly sales reports and closing the restaurant.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to maintaining and ordering inventory for the store, training new employees, aiding in the organizing of events, managing off site events, responding to customer feed back, filing, answering the phone, organizing the garden space, and managing the floor for the restaurant.

• Responsible for assisting the dance program manager through filing, data entry, distributing flyers to various venues, performing research and assisting children’s ballet classes.• Other tasks included space maintenance, the oversight of informal showings often serving as a liaison between artists, volunteers, and office personnel.

• Responsibilities included supervising children from ages eight to eighteen as well as teaching children and adolescents a variety of skills and life long lessons. • I also built leadership skills facilitating them through exercises that built trust and community. As a counselor I built lasting relationships with these children while serving as a mentor figure.

• I worked there periodically during the summer months between 2003 and 2004• Responsible for data entry, filing, mailing lists, and office organization.

• Duties included training new employees while getting them oriented to the store as well as facilitating in service training for existing employees for a staff of 40.• I also handled money both on the cashier level and the office clerk level and dealt with customer complaints using effective communication skills.

Doctorate, Physical Therapy/Therapist, 3.85

Activities and Societies: Class President and President of the Steering Committee, Dance Kinesiology Lab Instructor, Volunteered.

Bfa, Dance

Activities and Societies: Dance Repertory Theatre, Wesley Foundation, Mentor with the Boys and Girls Club• Graduated Cum Laude • Member.