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Joe Farrell, PT, M App Sc., DPT, FFAAOMPT
Senior Clinical Faculty
 
• Bachelors of Science Degree in Education; Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. 1974
• Certificate in Physical Therapy; Northwestern University Physical Therapy School, Chicago, Illinois. 1976
• Post Graduate Diploma in Manipulative Therapy; Curtain University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.1979
• Masters of Applied Science in Health Sciences; Curtain University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. 1981
• Doctor of Physical Therapy; Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. Boston, Massachusetts. 2007.

In 1982 I was recruited to become a clinical faculty member of the Kaiser Physical Therapy Residency Program in Manual Therapy after presenting a research paper at the National APTA conference in Anaheim, California. At that point in time my wife (Edie) was pregnant with our first child and we were living in South Bend, Indiana. Edie was concerned about moving California since it was too far from our families. Well, in January 1984 I joined the clinical faculty and Edie, our 6 month old daughter and our dog Tucker moved to California. We settled in Castro Valley and lived there for 10 years, then moved to our current residence in Danville, CA in 1994.

Professionally I have been very active in Physical Therapy. I have served on the Board of Directors of the Orthopaedic Section, the Board of Directors of the International Federation of Manipulative Therapists and was a founding Fellow and first president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT). I have owned my physical therapy practice (Redwood Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Inc.) with Edie since 1987. Over the years with my colleagues at my practice, I taught a year long manual therapy program for 18 years while continuing with my teaching and consulting for the Kaiser Fellowship program.

Edie and I now have two grown daughters who are college graduates and currently working in the business world. One daughter lives in New York City while our youngest daughter lives in San Francisco. During their formative years both daughters played competitive soccer and became avid skiers and snow-boarders. In the early years of their soccer careers, I coached numerous teams, however, once they achieved the competitive/traveling team status, Edie and I became spectators of hundreds of games. As a family we spent as much time as we can at our mountain home at Lake Tahoe enjoying golf, snow skiing and hiking.