Welcome Karla Wente- Our Newest Team Member

Legacy Physical Therapy is excited to once again be partnering with Washington University Program in Physical Therapy for their Women’s Health Physical Therapy Residency. Karla Wente PT, DPT, CLT is the new Women’s Health Physical Therapy resident. She will be at Legacy Physical Therapy treating patients on Tuesdays and Fridays. We are very happy to have her with us this next year. [...]

Karla is a physical therapist with a strong desire to treating men and women with pelvic and abdominal dysfunction, as well as lymphedema, fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis. She received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis in 2013, and is currently the Clinical Resident in Women’s Health at Washington University in St. Louis for the 2013-2014 year. Karla received the prestigious Beatrice Schulz award for outstanding performance in clinical education in May 2013.

Karla is an active member in the APTA and the Section on Women’s Health. She has pursued coursework in treating pelvic floor dysfunction through Herman and Wallace Rehabilitation Institute, in treating the pregnant patient via coursework through the Section on Women’s Health, as well as in evaluating and treating patients with lymphedema through the Klose Training and Consulting Lymphedema Therapy Certification Courses.
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At the end of her clinical residency, Karla will sit for the APTA specialist certified board exam to become a women’s clinical specialist (WCS). She hopes to serve women and men with these special conditions throughout the lifespan. Additionally, she hopes to pursue teaching to promote the specialty profession to future therapists.