Dr. Dana Jill Hindman, PT, DPT

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Get to know Sports Physical Therapist Dr. Dana Jill Hindman, who serves patients in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Being a sports physical therapist, Dr. Hindman is a part of the Sports Physical Therapy staff at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Massachusetts General Hospital is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and a biomedical research facility. The Sports Physical Therapy staff at the hospital consists of a multidisciplinary team of physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and athletic trainers.

Prior to her current endeavors, Dr. Hindman worked at Concentra Medical Center in San Francisco, Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, Palo Alto Veterans Association Hospital in Palo Alto, Colorado Sport and Spine Cente-Aspen Creek in Colorado Springs, as well as Boston University Physical Therapy Center and Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. 

A member of the American Physical Therapy Association, she earned the Community Service Award from Greenwich Academy in 2008 for her outstanding four-year work in the community service field. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences from Boston University in 2012, followed by her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the same educational venue in 2015. At present, she is studying to obtain her Master of Business Administration degree from the Questrom School of Business-Boston University, where she is expected to graduate in 2022. 

Physical therapy, also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions that, by using evidence-based kinesiology, electrotherapy, shockwave modality, exercise prescription, joint mobilization and health education, treats conditions such as chronic or acute pain, soft tissue injuries, cartilage damage, arthritis, gait disorders, and physical impairments typically of musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, neurological, and endocrinological origins. Physical therapy is used to improve a patient’s physical functions through physical examination, diagnosis, prognosis, physical intervention, rehabilitation, and patient education. Sports physical therapists offer comprehensive services to meet the occupational therapy and sports medicine needs of patients. 

Some words of advice by Dr. Hindman for young women working towards achieving their dreams is “Push forward even if it’s something you’ve been told you’re not very good at or is unattainable for financial reasons or anything else. Get into a situation where you can learn as much as you can. Even if it seems unattainable or unrelenting, you can push past it and get where you want to be.”

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