A physical therapist is an educated, licensed health care professional that specializes in restoring/improving patient’s mobility and reduce pain. Physical therapists receive a doctoral level degree and must take a national exam in order to practice. Our physical therapists will design and oversee the treatment plan and goals for each individual patient at MPTS.
A physical therapist assistant must be a graduate of a PTA accredited program and pass an educational specific licensure examination. As a physical therapist assistant they are educated to make assessments and clinical judgments during treatment sessions to ensure the highest quality and safest treatment interventions for patients. Our PTAs will work with patients instructing exercises, providing physical agents to reduce pain, progressing treatment plan and goals under the direction of our physical therapists.
Meet our Team
Dr. Wisinski is a licensed physical therapist and owner of Midwest Physical Therapy Services. She is a Board Certified Specialist in Women’s Health. She received her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) from Des Moines University, Iowa. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the physical therapy program at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, in 1986, and received her BS at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, in 1984. A native of Nebraska, she returned to the state in 1987 to set up her practice. She serves in elected positions in both the Section on Women’s Health, and in the Nebraska Chapter, of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Dr. Wisinski has received certification in lymphedema drainage and orthotics casting as well as specialized training in manual therapy techniques for the spine and pelvis, and training in functional Dry Needling. Click here for more information. She has spent over 25 years specializing in Women’s Health. She routinely lectures at area medical programs and provides seminars to medical professionals around the country. On a state level, she has been honored with the Mary Ellen Sackseder Award, by the Nebraska Chapter, APTA. On a national level, she has been recognized by the National Association for Continence as the Continence Care Champion, and by the APTA as the Outstanding Physical Therapist/Physical Therapist Assistant Team Award.
Laura joined the MPTS team in 2019. She is a native of Council Bluffs. She attained her Masters in Physical Therapy from St. Ambrose University in Davenport Iowa. She has been practicing for the past 19 years in a small town rural hospital in Iowa. Her background includes all levels of care from acute hospital stays, skilled and home health care and outpatient orthopedics. She has experience treating incontinence symptoms, pelvic pain, and pre-prostatectomy pelvic floor strengthening programs as well as myofascial release and Graston techniques. Laura enjoys treating patients as a whole and educating them on what is normal for the human body. In her free time, Laura enjoys spending time with her family, exercising, cooking, and reading.
Nicole received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Creighton University where she took a special interest in pediatrics and pelvic floor. She participated in Creighton’s pelvic floor specialty tract in addition to taking post-graduate pelvic courses. She spent 16 weeks training one on one at Midwest Physical Therapy via a clinical internship. She also has experience working with neurologic patients, vestibular patients, and post-surgical total joint replacement patients. She moved to Omaha in 2021 and loves being a part of the Nebraska community. She loves working with her patients to reach their goals and to assist them in ensuring that their symptoms do not keep them from participating in their hobbies. In her free time Nicole enjoys spending time with her family and dogs, reading, and being outdoors.
Kareena is an Omaha native with a passion for physical therapy. She graduated cum laude in 2016 from Clarkson College with an associate’s degree in Physical Therapist Assistant. Kareena has been a part of the MPTS team since 2017. She loves building relationships with her patients and seeing their symptoms improve through stretching, strengthening, manual techniques and more. She enjoys spending time with her family and dog, especially outdoors.
Trinity is an Omaha native and she received her Associates in Physical Therapy Assistant from Clarkson College. She spent a clinical rotation at Midwest Physical Therapy receiving one on one training in pelvic floor physical therapy. She enjoys educating her patients so that they have a better understanding of their pain and their body as a whole and then working to get them back to their previous lifestyle. When Trinity is not working with patients she enjoys being outdoors, cooking and spending time with family.
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Ava is from Omaha, Nebraska. She is currently a freshman attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln majoring in Nutrition, Exercise, and Health Science on the Pre-PT track. She is a member of Pre-PT Club, Campus Red Cross Club, and the sorority Delta Delta Delta. Outside of school, Ava enjoys reading, volunteering, and hanging out with family and friends.
