Susan Stralka, PT, DPT, MS, is a licensed Physical Therapist with over 30 years experience and is currently employed with Baptist Rehabilitation in Germantown, Tennessee. She is a physical therapy clinical instructor at the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences at Memphis. Ms. Stralka has a strong clinical background in orthopaedics as well as managing sensory and motor dysfunctions. She has published numerous journal articles and has presented nationally and internationally on the subjects of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, repetitive stress injury and thoracic dysfunction. Ms. Stralka earned both a B.S. in Physical Therapy and an M.S. in Physical Therapy (Advanced Master’s in Musculoskeletal Disorders) from the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences at Memphis and has completed her DPT program. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, including the Research, Clinical Electrophysiology, Orthopaedic, Private Practice and Hand Sections of the APTA. She is the recipient of the Dr. Arthur Nelson Honorary Lectureship Award in 1993 for lectures on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and co-recipient of the Rose Excellence in Research Award in 1996