North Edmond, OklahomaPhysical Therapy Central

Meg was born and raised in Oklahoma City. She graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School in 1994, where she participated in track, cross country, and basketball until a knee injury her freshman year. During rehab following three knee surgeries, she became interested in physical therapy. She attended Pepperdine University graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science in Sport Medicine in 1999. She then graduated from Hardin Simmons University with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2006. She passed the Orthopedic Certified Specialist exam in 2015, a distinction limited to less than 5% of actively practicing physical therapists. She enjoys treating a variety of orthopedic diagnoses with special interest in runners and yogis. She will begin a fellowship program in orthopedic manual physical therapy through Evidence in Motion in 2016 and is looking forward to continuing to learn how to further serve her patients.  Meg is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association (OPTA). She is currently serving as co-chair for the Western District of the OPTA.

When not in the clinic you can find her on her mat in a yoga class, out for a run, snow skiing, wine tasting, hanging with family and friends at a music festival, playing with her pups, fundraising for the OK Central Humane Society, or fundraising for the MS Crawfish Boil Foundation.

As a physical therapist at Physical Therapy Central, Meg would like you to know that she is a compassionate professional committed to achieving your personal goals.

Jenny was born and raised in Shreveport, Lousiana. She received a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, in 2012 and a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport in 2015. Her interest in a career in physical therapy began when she was a teenager. She worked as a lifeguard at Holy Angels, a residential center for the developmentally disabled, in Shreveport, LA. She assisted developmentally disabled and wheelchair-bound residents in pool activities, which she found rewarding. Jenny is a current member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association (OPTA), Louisiana Physical Therapy Association (LPTA), and Oklahoma City Midtown Rotary.

She began her career as a neurological outpatient therapist at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, LA, where she worked heavily with brain injury, stroke, amputee, and spinal cord injury patients. She went on to work at Shriners Hospital for Children – Shreveport where she analyzed pediatric patients’ gait utilizing Vicon computer technology. She also brings pediatric experience from The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Bethany, Oklahoma, where she gained experience in the Pediatric Medical Rehabilitation Unit and short-term care stay unit. During her time working with children, she became well versed in identifying medically necessary equipment for children with disabilities and worked with cerebral palsy, brain injury, and spinal cord injury patients. She chose Physical Therapy Central to advance her skills in the orthopaedic field. She enjoys working with the dance, running, and soccer communities because she grew up playing competitive sports herself. She plans to receive her orthopaedic clinical specialty certification, dry needling certification, and manual therapy certification in the near future.

She enjoys teaching yoga in the community. She completed her 200-hour registered yoga teacher training in 2016 at Free to Be Power Yoga in New Orleans, LA. Her teacher training was heavily focused on the Baptiste style of yoga. After clinic hours, you will find Jenny at yoga class, social runs, and exploring Oklahoma City.

Erin hails from a small rural town in central Missouri. She attended the University of Missouri graduating with both a Bachelor of Health Science and a Master of Physical Therapy in 2006. She married her high school sweetheart in 2007, and they began traveling the country for his active duty military career. She has practiced in multiple states including: Missouri, New York, Iowa and Oklahoma, serving both military and civilian patient populations in outpatient orthopedic settings.

Erin and her husband have now settled in Edmond OK with their young son. Erin plans to complete her certification in the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment of the Spine and pursue her specialty in orthopedics from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She has experience in treating all orthopedic diagnoses with special interests in treatment of the spine, chronic pain and treating military veteran populations.

Outside of the clinic you will find Erin with her husband, son, and dog Sherman visiting family and friends all over the US.  She enjoys yoga, hiking, spending time outdoors, church, and cooking with her family and friends.

Christy was born and raised in The Woodlands, Texas (a suburb north of Houston), along with an identical twin sister and two older sisters. Growing up, Christy participated in numerous sports including competitive swimming, gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, basketball, softball, and cross country. She attended The Woodlands High School where she lettered four years as a dancer on The Woodlands High School Highstepper dance team.

Christy discovered her interest in physical therapy in seventh grade after a sports injury that required her to participate in rehab. In high school, she pursued learning more about physical therapy by completing an internship at a local hospital with an adjacent outpatient physical therapy clinic.

Christy attended The University of Oklahoma for her undergraduate studies and graduated with distinction in 2008 with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Studies. She earned her Masters of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Oklahoma’s Health Sciences Center in 2010 where she was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll. Christy continued to work full time while she completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree and finished a one and a half year Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency program through Evidence in Motion in June of 2013. Through this program, Christy has received advanced education in orthopaedics. Christy then became Board Certified in Orthopedic Physical Therapy in 2014, a distinction limited to less than 5% of actively practicing Physical Therapists. Her areas of interest in physical therapy include outpatient orthopaedics, manual therapy, sports injuries and rehabilitation, pediatric physical therapy, and spinal dysfunction.

Christy is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association and is on the executive committee of the Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Western District of the Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association as an elected officer in promoting leadership, education, and networking for the profession.

Outside of work, Christy volunteers to provide physical therapy services for sporting events for athletes. She volunteers on the medical staff for local marathons in Texas and Oklahoma. She has also volunteered on the medical staff since 2008 for the Endeavor Games held in Edmond, OK, for athletes with physical disabilities. She also had the opportunity to volunteer as part of the medical staff for the World Sitting Volleyball Championship in Edmond, OK in 2010.

Christy married the love of her life on July 13th, 2013. She now enjoys living in Edmond, OK, with her husband. She also frequently visits her parents in Edmond, her twin sister in Boston, MA, and her older sisters who live in Denver, CO, and The Woodlands, TX. In her free time, Christy loves spending time with her husband, her family, and her friends. She loves running outside for exercise and participating in races including events at the annual OKC Memorial Marathon. Christy enjoys health/fitness, the outdoors, water skiing and wakeboarding, snow skiing/boarding, dancing, cooking/baking, and being involved at her church.

As a therapist at Physical Therapy Central, Christy would like you to know that she is a compassionate professional who is committed to achieving your personal goals.

Darren Mize was born and raised here in Edmond with an older brother. Darren grew up with scouting, earning his Eagle in 1995 with Troop 1 here in Edmond. He played trumpet, French horn, mellophone and baritone in the Edmond Memorial and North High School bands, and he learned to play guitar, bass guitar and piano independently during his high school and college days.

Darren found his calling to physical therapy after being injured in a crash in 2000. He earned his Associate of Applied Sciences degree in Physical Therapy in 2005 at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, Oklahoma, where he volunteered with Student Support Services and made the Dean’s List and the President’s Honor Roll. He went on to study at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin and completed a semester abroad in Stockholm, Sweden, studying History and International Studies. With a lifelong interest in language, he has studied German, Swedish, Latin, Old English, Icelandic, Japanese and Spanish.

Darren’s career in PT began in 2005 at a skilled nursing facility in Neosho, Missouri, and has included acute care, inpatient rehab, home health therapy, military medicine, outpatient therapy, and agency work. He was trained in joint mobilizations and manual therapy techniques at the US Navy hospital in Okinawa. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association.

Darren’s other pursuits include woodworking, gardening, kayaking, hiking, camping, archery, and beekeeping. He volunteers with the Boy Scouts of America, Society for Creative Anachronism, and the non-partisan Rank The Vote campaign. He is a member of the Central Oklahoma Beekeepers Association and the founding Administrator of Firestorm Honey Guild, a local non-profit focused on traditional beekeeping.

Darren married his high school sweetheart Crystal in 2020. They met in the high school band and dated during his junior and senior years, then parted ways, and found each other again twenty-three years later. They live in the house his grandparents bought when they first moved to Edmond in the 1960s. Crystal is a nurse with a long career with Cancer Treatment Centers of America and a 2020 recipient of the Daisy Award for excellence in nursing. Darren and Crystal enjoy family camping trips, and at home they care for dogs, rabbits and honeybees. Darren has three stepdaughters, two in college and one in middle school.