Oro Valley

Leslie received her clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the Duke University School of Medicine in 2003. Since that time, she has practiced in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient therapy, and home health care environments. She has been actively involved in clinical research, administration, program development, professional compliance, and quality assurance. She became a certified lymphedema therapist through the Lymphology Association of North America in 2006 and earned her Master’s in Business Administration in 2016.

Frank joined Proactive after becoming a Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University at Buffalo and is an Orthopedic Resident under the Foothills Sports Medicine Group, working towards becoming a Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist. He initially graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from the University at Buffalo in 2016. Frank is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Frank’s passion is running, and he has spent a significant amount of time in and out of school learning gait analysis techniques, coaching philosophies, and programs to help runners get the most out of their individual stride. He enjoys working with athletes of all ages to improve their performance and bring them back to their sport, healthy and pain-free.

Paige is from Buffalo, New York, and has been in Tucson for over a year. Paige has been practicing as a PTA for four years and graduated from Villa Maria College in 2015. She enjoys treating athletes, especially runners and swimmers but also enjoys working with patients after they have had joint replacements. She enjoys coming up with challenging exercises in agility, balance, coordination, and strength. She is constantly learning new skills to help her patients, such as; taping, gait/run analysis, manual therapy, and blood flow restriction. She assesses runners’ forms, so they are pain-free and lifelong runners.

Angela chose physical therapy as her career path after her father had his hip replaced, and she watched him go through PT. She likes to treat patients with neurological pathologies, such as strokes, balance, and Parkinson’s disease.

Sandra, a native of Tucson, graduated with a PTA degree in 2019 from Pima Medical Institute. In 2015, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Public Health from the University of Arizona. Sandra developed a passion for physical therapy while working as a student athletic training technician in Arizona Athletics’ sports medicine department. Her special interests include general orthopedics, hand therapy, lymphedema, and golf rehab.