Deborah Clarke, PT, DPT, CIDN is a Physical Therapist at Premier Physical Therapy Services. Deborah (Debbie) earned a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. Debbie earned her Master of Physical Therapy and Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati.  She is currently working toward a Certification in Craniofacial Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine.  Debbie has worked in outpatient, orthopedics for over 15 years in a variety of settings and has been with Premier Physical Therapy Services for over 8 years.  This experience has allowed her to gain extensive knowledge in treating a wide variety of orthopedic and neuromuscular diagnoses.  While Debbie enjoys treating a variety of pathologies in the outpatient setting, she has a special interest in headaches, TMJ dysfunction, spine pathologies, and chronic pain syndromes.

Debbie gained her certification in Integrative Dry Needling in 2017 and utilizes this approach along with extensive manual therapy skills to treat patients with a global perspective.  She also has a specialty in Myofascial Release and Mulligan Techniques along with a certification in Selective Functional Movement Assessment.  Utilizing a comprehensive approach with many forms of manual and evaluative techniques, Debbie develops a treatment plan for the whole person understanding the connection along the entire chain.  Debbie feels the best approach to patient care is a collaboration between patient and therapist working together to reach optimal results.