Our Team

Joseph R. Maccio obtained his Doctor of Physical Therapy from Downstate Medical Center in 2008. He previously worked at Premier Physical Therapy in New York, New York and spent a year as a travel physical therapist with Arnica Travel Therapy. He had assignments in Chicago, Albuquerque, and Portland, OR before returning home. In July 2013 he completed his diploma residency program in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (Dip. MDT) through McKenzie Institute International. Joe is the primary author of “Directional Preference of the Wrist: A Preliminary Investigation,” as well as “The Application of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in Lateral Epicondylalgia,” which is published in The Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. He has also published several other peer-reviewed papers studying arm pain after a failed cervical fusion, as well as hip and foot/ankle pain. Most recently, he has published “Directional Preference of the Extremity: A Preliminary Investigation”, which evaluated predictive factors identifying extremity pain that is resulting from the spine. In August 2016, he was a platform presenter at the 2016 MDT Conference of the Americas in Miami and has contributed to seven other published articles as well as seven poster presentations. He is also the Clinical Instructor for a MDT-specialty internship through Sage and Springfield Colleges, as well as peer mentor on several other peer-reviewed manuscripts. Joe enjoys skiing, mountain biking, and travelling in his free time.