OUR TEAM
Dr Lorri A Lankiewicz, DPT, MPT, AT, PC, NNC
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Dr. Lorri A. Lankiewicz (DPT, MPT, AT, PC, NNC), living in her passion as an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, professional health coach, teacher and healer is the owner of Balance For Wellness Academy, Inc., Dr Lorri's Health and Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers/Butler. In developing these companies, the programs within and in every day life, Dr. Lorri lives by the words that her late sister Darlene wrote shortly before her death at 15, “My sister Lorri, who is eleven, always reminds me of concern and love. She feels that we should be working on new beginnings instead of reaching endings.”
As a 1990 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh’s Sports Medicine program with a Bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training, Lorri became the first female Athletic Trainer for the Department of Athletics at Duquesne University. While serving in this role, Lorri enrolled in the Master of Physical Therapy program at Duquesne and graduated in 1994 with honors. She began her career as a staff physical therapist in Akron, Ohio and then moved to Columbus, OH to develop an Outpatient PT clinic for a local hospital system and then a Home Care Rehabilitation team. She returned to PA in 1999 to reunite with family and develop Balance For Wellness Physical Therapy (now Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers )in the year 2000. In 2002, Lorri earned a certificate as a Professional Life & Health Coach. “Dr. Lorri” emerged as she completed the requirements for a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at Slippery Rock University in 2006, while Balance For Wellness Physical Therapy Incorporated and continued with consistent growth and profit. Dr. Lorri also completed a certification program in Natural Nutrition in 2007 and then became a certified trainer for the Sam Deep Leadership Academy in 2013. |
Dr Melissa McCue, DPT
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Dr Melissa McCue (DPT) joined Balance For Wellness in 2006 as a PT Technician just prior to beginning her course work to earn a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Slippery Rock University. She graduated with that degree in 2010 and began working as a full time staff PT with BFW. She has continued to rise in the company and is now the Director of Operations with BFW/Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers. Dr Melissa will be providing nutritional supplement advice, therapeutic cupping and deep tissue laser treatments at Dr Lorri's Health. She will also be developing and teaching the Metabolic exercise and nutrition program.
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