
Lisa Altamirano
PT MS CSCS
Clinical Director/Physical Therapist
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Opened Agile Physical Therapy in 2008, fulfilling a personal and professional goal of owning a private practice focusing on personalized treatment for patients, bringing back traditional medical values of service.
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Florida-native, moved to Birmingham to pursue dance at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA) under the direction of Dame Sonia Arova and Thor Sutowski
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Danced with Alabama Ballet; free-lanced in New York City with modern dance companies after graduating from NYU.
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Obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from New York University (NYU), Tisch School of the Arts
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Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
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Director of Physical Therapy and staff PT with UAB Sports Medicine with William P Garth, Jr., MD since 1998
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Certified Pilates Reformer, Chair, and Cadillac instructor with Balanced Body University 2009 - present.
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Developed healthy dancer injury prevention and screening program at ASFA in 2000
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Active in research, lectures and injury prevention, particularly for dancers with local and regional dance companies (Alabama Ballet, Alabama Dance Theatre, Andalusia Ballet, Birmingham Dance Theater, Encore, Birmingham Ballet)
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Treating therapist for Birmingham Broadway series in coordination with Neurosport Atlanta.
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Awards: Who’s Who Among Students in America’s Universities and Colleges for Physical Therapy; the Lew Wasserman Scholarship and the Tisch Dance Merit Scholarship at Rosella Hightower’s Centre de Danse in Cannes, France
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Lisa and her husband, Victor, have three beautiful children.
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Hobbies: sailing, photography, attending cultural events, cooking and spending time with her family.