Dain Hampton, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT

Biography

Dain Hampton, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT has been practicing orthopedic physical therapy since 2003 and has worked at Illinois Bone and Joint Institute since 2012.  He is currently the Facility Manager at Buffalo Grove, treating patients and overseeing daily operations. 

Dain enjoys treating any orthopedic or sports related condition but has a special concentration in cervical, thoracic and lumbar conditions as well as shoulder problems.  His area of concentration utilizes manual therapy treatment that includes differential diagnosis, joint, soft tissue and/or neural mobilization followed by specific, individual exercise progression.  Dain continually reassesses treatment to help the patient return to their highest level of function.  Dain’s manual therapy background is through the Maitland-Australian and Ola Grimsby approaches.  Dain also utilizes trigger point dry needling in his treatment approach to help decrease pain and improve mobility.  He is currently the head of the manual therapy special interest group through IBJI and has taught continuing education classes about manual therapy, spinal dysfunction and differential assessment. 

Dain played many sports growing up including baseball, swimming and soccer as well as playing rugby in college.  The injuries sustained playing sports increased his understanding of the rehabilitation experience and has helped form his treatment approach.

Education

Certifications

• Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist (COMT), 2009, Maitland-Australian Physiotherapy
• APTA Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS), 2011
• Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist (COMT), 2016, Ola Grimsby Institute

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