Overview

Dr. Celso is a Kansas Licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy with 20 years of experience and is a Board Certified Womens Health Specialist through the American Physical Therapy Associations Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She is also a Certified Manual Physical Therapist through the North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy and Dry Needling certified through Kineticore.

She is passionate about teaching the new generation of physical therapists and feels honored to mentor other licensed therapists in their journeys through this wonderful profession. Jennifer practices at the  Integrated Center for Therapy as a clinician that is dedicated to treating women and men for urologic, colorectal, and pelvic pain conditions as well as women for pregnancy related musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

Jennifer earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Health Service, Organization, and Policy in 1999 followed by a Masters Degree in Physical Therapy in 2001 from Wichita State University. She completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree from Northeastern University in Boston, MA in 2009 and completed her PhD Dissertation titled, A comparison of overall function between postpartum women with and without diastasis rectus abdominis, at Texas Womens University in Dallas, Texas.

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Academic Interests and Expertise

Women's health physical therapy including: pregnancy, postpartum, and pelvic floor therapy

Areas of Research Interest
  • Diastasis Rectus Abdominis (a separation in the abdominal muscles that commonly occurs during and after pregnancy)
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Pregnancy and Post-partum related musculoskeletal dysfunction
Areas of Teaching Interest
  • Professional Practice
  • Women's Health
  • Differential Diagnosis: Screening for Medical Referral
Working Papers
  • A Comparison of Overall Function between Postpartum Women with and without Diastasis Rectus Abdominis
  • The Effects of Two Abdominal Exercises on Diastasis Rectus Abdominis in Postpartum Women
  • Reliability and Validity of Ultrasonographic Measurements of Diastasis Rectus Abdominis in Postpartum Women and Normal Population
Areas of Service

Jennifer serves on the 蹤獲扦 University, College of Health Profession's Interprofessional Education Committee