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Benjamin Ott grew up in Orange County playing sports such as basketball and volleyball. He went to college at California State University, Long Beach where he received his Bachelors and Masters in Kinesiology and Sports Psychology. He thoroughly enjoyed working with athletes both physically and mentally to help them pursue excellence in their sport. During this time, he fell in love with physical therapy and continued his education at Concorde College in Garden Grove, CA and received his Physical Therapy Assistant Degree. He completed a year-long manual therapy mentoring program in CA before moving out to Steamboat Springs Colorado to continue his Functional Manual Therapy training under the direct mentorship of the developers of Functional Manual Therapy. He takes a global approach to treatment to address each patient’s mechanical capacity, neuromuscular function, and motor control inefficiencies across the entire kinetic chain, utilizing soft tissue and joint mobilization, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF), and postural re-education. He has a passion for learning new techniques and skills to deliver the best care to his patients.

EDUCATION

• Physical Therapist Assistant Degree (Concorde Career College)
• Masters in Science Kinesiology (California State University, Long Beach)
• Bachelor in Science Kinesiology (California State University, Long Beach)
• Certified Assistant in Functional Manual Therapy

Outside of his professional pursuits, he is passionate about staying active through basketball, volleyball, martial arts, and weightlifting. He also enjoys unwinding with video games in his free time.