West Coast Physical Therapy is located in the Laguna Niguel Medical Plaza at the intersection of Crown Valley and Forbes Roads. The clinic is approximately 3800 square feet and includes a full gym, a therapeutic pool, and full locker room facilities. The gym has a cardiovascular center which includes treadmills, recombinant bicycles, and an upper arm bike to help work on endurance and conditioning of both the upper and lower extremities, as well as a cable system that can be used to work all areas of the body. Balance and core strength training are addressed with therapy balls, a Bosu Platform, balance disks, as well as a KAT dynamic balance trainer. For those individuals with significant difficulty walking or transferring out of their wheelchair, we also have parallel bars to help with this type of functional training.
For patients that are unable to exercise on land due to significant pain, recent surgery, weakness, or balance impairment West Coast Physical Therapy has one of the few indoor pools in South Orange County that is specifically designed for rehabilitation purposes. Our private therapy pool is equipped with whirlpool jets to help relax sore muscles and treat aching joints. It also contains an underwater treadmill that can be adjusted for slow walking, but also has the ability to handle up to a 6 mph jog. The aquatic facility is enclosed and is completely separate from the rest of the clinic. It is designed for private or semi-private use under the guidance of a licensed therapy professional. There are never more that 3 patients in the water at any one time.
Other amenities of the clinic include full locker rooms which include shower facilities in addition to private lockers.
All therapy at West Coast Physical Therapy is provided by licensed physical therapists. There are three doctors of physical therapy currently on staff, one of which is a board certified orthopedic clinical specialist. Every member of our staff that treats adult patients is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association.
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| Staff Biographies
Mark L. Callanen, DPT, OCS
 Mark L. Callanen, DPT, OCS has been an out patient physical therapist since 1999 and received his Doctor of Physical Therapy in August 2007. He has been board certified from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist since 2003. He currently directs West Coast Physical Therapy where he oversees all day to day functions in addition to working with a variety of patients and athletes, specializing in disorders of the neck and back. He has taken extensive continuing education courses with regard to both the Osteopathic approach to spinal dysfunction, as well a the Maitland-Australian approach to treatment of peripheral and spinal joint dysfunction. Dr. Callanen will be working on publishing his graduate thesis in 2008 on the topic of evaluating and treating disorders of the sacroiliac joint. In addition to actively treating patients, Mark also is currently serving as CEO of a web based exercise program where he serves as the clinical expert overseeing all exercise related content on the site. Prior to becoming a physical therapist, he served as personal trainer at the University of Arizona. His interests include playing golf and spending time with his family.
Andrea S. Callanen, MPT
 Andrea S. Callanen, MPT is a pediatric physical therapist with over 10 years of physical therapy experience, 8 of which have been dedicated to working with pediatric and adolescent patients in a variety of settings. She received her bachelors degree from the University of Notre Dame, where she was a two-time varsity letterman in women's soccer. She obtained her Masters in Physical Therapy from Shenandoah University, Located in Winchester, Virginia. She has taken continuing education courses in the areas of: torticollis, pediatric sports injuries and rehabilitation, NDT, spasticity management and kinesiotaping.
Andrea has worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) in acute care and rehabilitation settings. AT KKI her focus was on treating children who suffered traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and other neurological disorders. During that time she worked with patients treated by world renown pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson. Upon relocating to Southern California, she worked 4 years at Children's Hospital of San Diego treating in the outpatient, acute care, and school district settings. Her patients' ages ranged from birth to 21 years.
Currently Andrea is the head of West Coast Physical Therapy's pediatrics program located in Mission Viejo where she treats children from birth age through adolescents. Some of the diagnoses she addresses include: torticollis, plagiocephaly, developmental delay, abnormal gait, cerebral palsy, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, and various other neurological and genetic developmental disorders. Additionally, she addresses a variety of sports and orthopedic related injuries for adolescent athletes and is able to design individualized weight loss programs for children suffering from obesity. Andreas currently resides in Mission Viejo.
Maria D'Urso, DPT
 Maria D'Urso graduated from University of Southern California in 2005 with her Doctor of PHysical Therapy degree, since then she has been a licensed physical therapist practicing at West Coast Physical Therapy, specializing in general orthopedics and pediatrics. Maria works with patients of all ages, ranging from infancy, young athletes, to the adult population. Her internships included out-patient orthopedics and pediatric facilities. At Performing Arts physical therapy, she worked with professional dancers and while at Knight physical therapy she had the opportunity to be a teaching assistant at Mount Saint Mary's for a clinical orthopedics class. In addition, Maria is a certified Pilates Instructor, and has been training since 2001. She enjoys working with a wide variety of diagnoses, such as; sport specific injuries in the young athlete, torticollis, post surgical, developmental delays, general spine, shoulder, ankle knee, and hip pathologies.
Kathy Larson, PT
 Kathy Larson received her degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California. She has worked in the therapy field since 1973; practice and continuing education emphasis has been on out-patient orthopedic issues (TMJ, spine, shoulders, knees, ankles, etc.)
Outside the world of physical therapy, other interests include playing violin in an orchestra and quartet, visiting in hospitals with a golden retriever therapy dog, and when time permits, rollerblading.
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October | 2008
