Dorian Saint-Danic PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

A passion for helping athletes navigate the return to play continuum.

• Licensed Physical Therapist, State of California, July 2016
• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), NSCA, November 2022
• Emergency Medical Responder, Novasport, May 2023
• Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) – Level 1 Certification, November 2019
• Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS), March 2018
• CPR by American Heart Association for BLS, June 2024– June 2026
• University of Southern California Orthopedic Residency, August 2016 – September 2017
• CrossFit Level 1 Certified Trainer (CFL1-Tr), April 2017
• Functional Movement Taping (FMT) Basic and Performance, March 2016
• Myofascial Decompression (MFD), Level 1, September 2014

• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Physical Therapy Association, Orthopedic Section
• American Physical Therapy Association, Research Section
• California Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Special Interest Group (COMPTSIG)

• Athletic Low Back Pain: A Principles Based Approach to Conservative Management & Return to Sport, November 2025
• David Grey Rehab: Foot, Ankle, Achilles, October 2025
• Evidence in Motion - Elevate Sports Medicine Symposium, August 2025
• ACL From A to Z Course and Mentorship, August 2024
• Elite Basketball Rehab Conference, July 2024
• The Athletic ACL: A Framework for Rehab to Return to Sport, June 2024
• Sloptimal Loading, Realistic ExRx in Rehabilitation, Sep 2023
• Elite Basketball Rehab Conference, July 2023
• Moment Foundations Course, May 2023
• Hip and Knee: Complex Understanding for Simple Solutions, June 2022
• Foundations of Practice, June 2022
• Rethinking the Big Patterns: Resistance Patterns, May 2022
• Blueprints Course, R2P Academy, June 2021
• DNS Exercise 1, May 2021
• Medical Screening for the Physical Therapist, University of California – San Francisco, January 2020
• Mind Meets Movement, Movement Meets Mind, Mind 2 Movement Foundation, November 2019
• The Athlete Movement System: Upper Quarter, The Movement System, May 2019
• Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) – Level 1, Functional Movement Systems, November 2018
• The Athlete Movement System: Lower Quarter & Spine, The Movement System, October 2018
• Level 1 Blood Flow Restriction Training, Smart Tools, August 2018
• Manipulation of the Spine, Thorax, & Pelvis, Essentials of Spinal Manipulation, March 2018
• Foundations of Strength & Conditioning for Physical Therapists, MobilityWod, September 2017
• Sports Concussion Institute, 11th Annual National Summit on Sports Concussion, June 2017
• Keck School of Medicine at USC, 2017 USC Spine Symposium, April 2017
• USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
• Hypothesis Driven Movement Analysis and Skill Restoration in the Injured CrossFit Athlete, November 2016
• Osteopathic Approach to Manipulation, September 2016
• Update on the Shoulder: Diagnosis and Management, September 2016
• Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Seminar – Upper and Lower Quarter, August 2016 – October 2016

• SF Sport and Spine, Outpatient Orthopedics, San Francisco, CA, March 2016 – May 2016
• Clinical instruction under Christy Eschborn, PT, MPT, OCS
• UCSF Medical Center, Inpatient Acute (Orthopedics/Spine/Plastics), San Francisco, CA, July 2015 – September 2015
• Clinical instruction under Jennifer Ramos, PT, DPT
• STAR Physical Therapy, Outpatient Orthopedics, New York, NY, May 2015 – July 2015
• Clinical instruction under Keith Rosello, PT, DPT, SCS, CKTP
• San Luis Sports Therapy, Outpatient Orthopedics, Paso Robles, CA, May 2014 – July 2014
• Clinical instruction under Jeff Atkins, PT, DPT, OCS

• APTA Combined Sections Meeting Skills Session, Resistance Based Training in the Management of Tendinopathy, Feb 2025
• Prehab Physical Therapy, Director of Education, July 2022 – August 2025
• Aspire Physical Therapy and Performance, Physical Therapist Clinical Mentor and Residency Mentor, July 2020 – July 2022
• Presidio Sport & Medicine, Physical Therapist Clinical Mentor, March 2019– June 2020
• Clinical mentor role providing a 1-hour/week didactic and clinical mentoring session to new graduates of physical therapy programs
• Clinical instructor to 3rd-year student from University of California San Francisco / San Francisco State University for 12-week rotation
• USC – Health Sciences Campus, Human Subjects IRB Proposal, August 2016 – August 2017
• Comparing the Product Efficacy of Incrediwear Recovery Sleeves and Sham in the Post-Operative Recovery of Orthopedic Procedures
• USC – Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, Lecture and Lab Teaching Assistant
• PT 530: Therapeutic Exercise, Winter/Spring 2017
• PT 514: Musculoskeletal Anatomy, Fall 2016
• USC – Keck School of Medicine, Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery Rounding, Summer 2017, Fall 2016
• Raymond Hah, MD (Spine)
• Seth Gamradt, MD (Shoulder/elbow/knee)
• Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic – White Memorial Medical Center, Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery Rounding, Spring 2017
• John Itamura, MD (Shoulder revision/elbow arthroplasty/upper extremity trauma/complex arthroscopic/infection)
• UCSF Evidence Based Practice, Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, September 2015 – March 2016
• The Effectiveness of Bone Marrow Concentrate Therapy in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
• UCSF Human Performance Center, Honors Research Project, September 2015 – March 2016
• Biomechanics of Individuals with Isolated Patellofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis during Sit to Stand