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Owensboro Health Outpatient Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy

Owensboro Health Regional Hospital
1201 Pleasant Valley Road, Fifth Floor
Owensboro, KY 42303

Hours of Operation:
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Pleasant Valley Medical Office Building
Owensboro Health Outpatient Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy

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Services

Occupational Therapy

  • Adaptive equipment training for dressing, bathing and feeding
  • Fine/Gross motor education for functional tasks
  • Neurological rehabilitation (Ex. Stroke, CVA, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis)
  • Upper body range of motion and strength

Physical Therapy

If an injury or illness has caused a physical limitation or loss of function, outpatient physical therapy can offer a personalized treatment plan to restore your health, wellness, and performance. Many techniques are used with the goals of decreasing pain or stiffness and increasing strength, flexibility, and function. Physical therapists help their patients to adapt to assistive devices and provide education to help you manage your physical condition.

Services and treatments provided at this location include:

  • Balance and fall prevention training
  • Blood flow restriction training (BFR)
  • Dry needling
  • Neurological and stroke rehabilitation
  • Orthopedic conditions including joint replacements
  • Parkinson’s/LSVT “Big”
  • Pelvic rehabilitation
  • Running analysis
  • Soft tissue mobilization and cupping
  • Sports medicine therapy (including FMS and Y balance testing)
  • Vestibular and post-concussion therapy

Speech Therapy

If injury or illness has caused a limitation or loss of function, outpatient speech therapy can offer a personalized treatment plan to restore your communication, cognition, and swallowing to maximize quality of life. Speech therapists help patients meet their full potential for safety and independence through individualized treatment plans tailored to each patient’s needs and goals.

Services provided at this location include:

  • Swallowing
    • FEES (Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing)
    • VFSS (Video Fluoroscopic Swallow Study)
    • NMES (Neuromuscular electrical stimulation)
    • MDTP certified clinicians (McNeil Dysphagia Therapy Program)
  • Voice: To help individuals with a variety of voice disorders including:
    • Vocal nodules or polyps
    • Vocal cord dysfunction or paralysis
    • Chronic cough / irritable larynx syndrome
    • Resonance disorders
    • Hyperfunctional or hypofunctional voice
  • LSVT certified clinicians (Lee Silverman Voice Therapy for Parkinson’s)
  • Cognition: Strategies to improve cognitive functioning or compensations to increase independence/safety with memory, attention, problem solving, reasoning, and sequencing
  • Rehabilitation from stroke, brain injury, neuromuscular disorder, or progressive diseases (ALS, MS, MG, dementia, GBS, MSA, Parkinson’s, brain tumors, etc.)
  • Language – expressive/receptive (aphasia)
  • Dysarthria: Improve articulation through intervention to improve function and compensatory strategies
  • Apraxia
  • Laryngectomy
    • Presurgical: prepare patient for changes
    • Post surgery: electrolarynx training
    • TEP (voice prosthesis) management
  • Tracheostomy
    • Education on changes
    • Changing TEPs and education
    • Aid in obtaining HMEs and materials
  • Head and Neck Cancer: Aiding in changes to voice and swallowing as result of surgery or radiation
  • Speech Generating Device: AAC (alternative augmentative communication device) to aid in communication

Our Providers

Physical Therapy Team


Meri Childress
Meri Childress, PTA 
  • Rock Tape Therapy
  • Manual Therapy Techniques
  • Hesch Method Sacroiliac Joint experience
  • Soft Tissue Mobilization
  • Myofascial Mobilization
  • FMS Level 1 trained
  • Myofascial Decompression (Cup Therapy)
  • Blood Flow Restriction Therapy
  • Sports-related injuries
  • Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science, Indiana State University, 2012
  • Associate of Applied Science in Physical Therapy Assistant, University of Evansville, 2015

Dianna Coffman
Dianna Coffman, PTA 
  • Rock Tape Therapy
  • Manual Therapy Techniques
  • Soft Tissue Mobilization
  • Blood Flow Restriction Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Acute level early intervention
  • Applied Associates in Science Madisonville Community College – PTA degree, 2007

Marie Etienne
Marie Etienne, PT, DPT 
  • ASTYM certified
  • SFMA level one certified
  • Restriction Based Approach Lumbopelvic Manual level one certified
  • Women's Health Specialist
  • Herman and Wallace Pelvic Floor level one certified
  • Herman and Wallace Postpartum rehab certified
  • Evidence in Motion Functional Dry Needling level one certified
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of Evansville, 2019

Natalie Gray
Natalie Gray, PT, DPT 
  • Integrative Dry Needling Level I Certification
  • Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist
  • FMS certified Level I and II
  • Y balance certified
  • Smart Cuffs Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) certification
  • RunDNA Level I&II certified running gait analyst
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of Evansville, 2013

Sabrina Johnson
Sabrina Johnson, PT, DPT
  • Kinesiotaping
  • Manual Therapy Techniques
  • Vestibular Specialist
  • Concussion Therapy
  • Hesch Method Sacroiliac Joint Specialist
  • ASTYM Certification
  • Myopain Dry Needling Level I Certification
  • Myofascial Mobilization
  • FMS certified Level I
  • Myofascial Decompression (Cup Therapy)
  • Smart Cuffs Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) certification
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of Indianapolis, 2015
  • B.S. in Physical therapy, Tennessee State University, 1992

Nathan Reffitt
Nathan Reffitt, PT, MPT 
  • Integrative dry needling certification 1
  • Smart Cuffs Blood Flow Restriction certification
  • LSVT BIG certification
  • Master of Physical Therapy from University of Kentucky, 2000

Grant Tichenor
Grant Tichenor, PTA 
  • Myofascial Decompression (Cup Therapy)
  • Blood Flow Restriction Therapy
  • Rock Tape Therapy
  • Soft Tissue Mobilization trained
  • Acute level early intervention
  • Applied Associates in Science Madisonville Community College – PTA degree, 2023

Speech Language Therapist

Katie Lynn, CCC-SLP

  • Lee Silverman Voice Therapy certified
  • McNeil Dysphagia Therapy Program certified
  • Graduated with Master’s Degree and Speech-Language Pathology in 2018