ACHIEVE MANUAL PHYSICAL THERAPY - Key Persons
Martha has been with Achieve since 2015, and is the primary point of contact.
She keeps the trains running on time and we appreciate her very much!
Rachel is originally from Dallas, but journeyed to Austin in 2007 to attend and play collegiate soccer for St. Edward's University. After sustaining a few sports related injuries herself, Rachel found her passion for physical therapy. She graduated from St. Edward's in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with a Pre-Physical Therapy emphasis. She then went to Texas State University for graduate school and graduated with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2014. She has worked as a Physical Therapist in Austin since 2014 and began working at Achieve Manual Physical Therapy in August of 2016. Rachel will begin pursuing a clinical fellowship through The Manual Therapy Institute in the fall of 2017.
In her free time, Rachel enjoys spending time with her family (including her fur-babies) and watching sports, especially football and futbol.
Samantha was born in Austin, Texas and received a BS in Exercise Science from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. She then completed her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2014 from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Samantha is an Orthopedic Certified Specialist, earned after finishing a residency at Honor Health in Phoenix Arizona and she is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic and Manual Physical Therapy. Samantha is passionate about physical therapy because it uses movement to help people reach their full potential.
When she is not working, you can usually find her running, biking, or spending time with her husband and Vizsla puppy.