Deanna Camilo PT, DPT
Deanna Camilo
PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Deanna received her Bachelor’s of Science in biology from Georgia Southern in 2009, where she swam on the women’s club swim team. She began her swimming career at the age of six in Griffin, Georgia and has continued to serve the Southwestern Swimming Division as a coach and guest lecturer since graduating from Georgia Southern. She received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Mercer University in 2014, completed Mercer University’s Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency program in 2015 and Fellowship in Orthopedic Manual Therapy in 2018. Deanna is also a Board Certified – Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS), a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (FAAOMPT), and a certified Movement Links Specialist (MLS).
Her clinical specialties include the assessment and treatment of unresolved pain, treating pregnant and post-partum women, manual therapy, dry needling, and complex movement analysis. She has served the physical therapy community as an elected member on the executive board of the Physical Therapy Association of Georgia. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association- Orthopedic Section and the American Academy of Orthopedic and Manual Therapists. Deanna has presented on topics related to injury prevention in adolescent athletes, post-concussive syndrome, specialty techniques for the treatment of myofascial dysfunction, and movement analysis. Deanna has served as an adjunct faculty member at Mercer University and has co-authored several chapters for the most recent edition of the Travell and Simons Trigger Point Manual.
Outside of work, you can find Deanna playing with her daughter, Carolina, discovering new singer/songwriters at Eddie’s Attic, enjoying the outdoors with her dog, Hampshire, and spending time at the pool with her husband, who is a swim coach.