Faculty

Dr. Lynn Snyder-Mackler
University of Delaware

Dr. Snyder-Mackler is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Physical Therapy in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware. She is an internationally recognized clinician and clinical researcher in sports and orthopedic rehabilitation. She is a Board Certified Sports Physical Therapist who maintains an active Sports Physical Therapy practice at the University of Delaware and serves as a rehabilitation consultant to collegiate, amateur and professional teams. She served as Head Trainer for the beach volleyball venue at the 1996 (Centennial) Olympic Games in Atlanta. She concentrates her clinical practice and research in the areas of knee and shoulder rehabilitation, and electrical stimulation of muscle. She has authored many research publications in the areas of knee and shoulder rehabilitation and neuromuscular electrical stimulation and regularly speaks to national international audiences on these topics. She was named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association in 2003. Her research has won several major awards helping patients and practitioners and answering critical questions in sports and orthopedic rehabilitation.