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Lenny Macrina

Physical Therapist
United States

Lenny Macrina has been a practicing physical therapist since 2003 and currently serves as the Director of Physical Therapy at Champion Physical Therapy and Performance in Waltham, MA. His interests include research and rehabilitation of the shoulder, elbow and knee joints. He has successfully treated many orthopaedic and sports medicine related injuries that are both post-operative and non-operative in nature, in recreational athletes to the high-level professional athletes. Lenny is a board certified sports physical therapist by the APTA and a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. In 2010, he was nominated by his peers to be included in the prestigious American Sports Medicine Fellowship Society which includes top fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeons and physical therapists. Along with maintaining a full clinic schedule, he has co-authored various current concept papers, book chapters, research papers and a home study course for the APTA’s Orthopaedic section. He is a peer reviewer for the esteemed JOSPT and has reviewed rehabilitation textbooks and research papers for that journal. Through this research, he has been involved in numerous published articles in journals including: AJSM, JOSPT, Journal of Sports Health, Journal of Athletic Training, CORR, Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine, and many others. He has presented at various national conferences including APTA’s Combines Sections Meeting, ASMI’s “Injuries in Baseball Course”. Lenny received his Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and his Master’s degree in physical therapy from Boston University.