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Work History
Education
Skills
Qualification And Career Highlights
Projects And Publications
Workshops And Courses Attended
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Nikita Mantri

Physiotherapist

Summary

Passionate Physiotherapist committed to helping patients manage pain and injuries. Skillful in monitoring results and prescribing exercises for long-term health with emphasis on patient education. Communicative and reliable professional well-versed in collaborating with other health care practitioners to promote overall well-being of the patient.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Physiotherapist

Rehoboth Physio and Paincare Clinic
06.2022 - Current
  • Provide assessment, treatment and exercise prescription to all age group of patients and to facilitate recovery to the pre-injury status in clinic and home care set-up
  • Tailored therapeutic interventions for diverse populations including athletes, geriatric patients and individuals recovering from surgical procedures / traumatic injuries or musculoskeletal pain
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure comprehensive care for patients with complex conditions like joint replacements with ligament repairs etc.
  • Cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with pulmonary problems like COPD, post- COVID lung fibrosis, OSAS and cardiac problems like CABG, metabolic syndrome etc.
  • Promoted patient self-management through education about injury prevention, proper body mechanics, and home exercise programs and remained involved in aftercare and follow-up for each patient served.
  • Performed various physiotherapy techniques such as kinesiotaping, Mulligan's mobilization, Shacklock neurodynamic mobilization, dry needling, pilates on various patients as per plan of care
  • Utilized advanced therapeutic modalities such as dry needling, electrotherapy (shockwave therapy, magnetotherapy, TECAR therapy, use of medium frequency currents) to augment treatment effectiveness and expedite patient recovery.
  • Aided patients to use assistive devices such as canes and walkers/rollators by performing demonstrations, administering manual exercise and providing motivation.
  • Display excellent time management skills to provide quality time-bound sessions, also ensuring compliance of the patients
  • Observed patient safety, risk management, and infection control policies and procedures
  • Maintain clinical data and treatment records like patient progression notes etc and written and verbal communication with the referral doctors or GP about the patient's progression

Clinical Physiotherapist

Cayman Rehab Services Clinic
12.2021 - 05.2022
  • Evaluating, planning and delivering of physical therapy treatment programs to meet the needs of individual patients in clinic and home-care set up
  • Constructed personalized physiotherapy treatment plans to increase functionality and strength for patients recovering from surgery, or any medical issues like stroke etc with follow uo sessions
  • Reduced recovery times by utilizing evidence-based practices in the delivery of physiotherapy services
  • Maintaining patient records in the software and have the knowledge of health insurance process including the billing procedure like making invoices, using different software and claims approval or denial, etc.

Independent Clinical Physiotherapist

Fit Forever Physio Pilates Clinic
06.2020 - 11.2020
  • Worked in the above outpatient clinic to provide evaluation, treatment and exercise prescription to facilitate recovery to the pre-injury status of the patients
  • Independently evaluated & rehabilitated patients with various musculoskeletal disorders on one to one basis, delivering exercise programs and follow-up sessions
  • Performed various physiotherapy techniques such as Myofascial Release, Kinesio taping, Mulligan's mobilizations, Shacklock neurodynamics and electrotherapy on various patients as per plan of care
  • Maintained treatment records & clinical data, patient progression and self-managed the clinic for a couple of weeks.

Head of Department and Senior Cardiac Physiotherapist

Ram Mangal Heart Foundation Hospital
01.2018 - 12.2019
  • Worked in inpatient and outpatient hospital setup to provide plan of care and exercise treatment to all cardiac patients to increase their exercise capacity thus improving quality of life post-surgery
  • Customized phase 1 and phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation programs for all the in house post-surgical patients like CABG, valve replacements, congenital heart defect correction, pulmonary thromboembelectomy etc
  • Customized phase 3 cardiac rehab program with telemetry in outpatient department
  • Pediatric cardiac rehabilitation post surgical procedures like repair of congenital heart diseases, etc
  • Provided physical therapy assistance to patients with orthopedic problems post cardiac surgery such as frozen shoulder, upper back and neck pain, etc
  • Conducted group therapy programs in hospital to facilitate patient participation in exercise programs
  • Facilitated patient education and family members counseling by giving lectures on and about the progression of cardiac diseases and its treatment plan
  • Interacted with other medical team members for patients treatment programs
  • Managed operations & guided the hospital management to set up the cardiac rehabilitation department
  • Documented patient's daily treatment plan of care & progression in the software.

Consultant Cardiac Physiotherapist

Hardas Heart Care Clinic
03.2017 - 12.2018
  • Worked in an outpatient clinic set up to counsel and prescribe exercise programs for cardiac disease patients
  • Counseling and risk stratification of all cardiac & metabolic syndrome patients
  • Customized phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation programs for all the post-surgical patients like angioplasties, TAVR procedure, pacemaker implantations, heart failure etc
  • Part of the Hardas Heart Foundation community health programs for cardiac health awareness like conducted exercise and cardiac exercise workshops in Cardiac Spa Series for all patients

Clinical Physiotherapist

Inlaks and Budhrani Hospital
09.2016 - 02.2017
  • Worked in a multispecialty hospital setup (IPD, OPD,ICU) and provided physical therapy on a daily basis for various musculoskeletal & neurogenic conditions for all adults, paediatric and geriatric groups
  • Rehabilitated patients having a wide variety of medical conditions such as musculoskeletal disorders and pain like rotator cuff tear, Bell's palsy, stroke, Parkinson's disease, joint replacements, post cardiac surgery patients, paediatrics like cerebral palsy on one on one basis
  • Maintained and documented patient's daily plan of care & progression in the hospital software.

Education

Masters in Physiotherapy (MPTh) in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiotherapy -

Sancheti Institute & College of Physiotherapy (MUHS)
Pune, India
10.2013 - 2016.05

Bachelors in Physiotherapy (BPTh) -

M. A. Rangoonwala College of Physiotherapy and Research (MUHS)
Pune, India
09.2008 - 2013.05

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) -

S.M. Choksey Junior College
Pune, India

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) -

St. Mira's English Medium School (Secondary)
Pune, India

Skills

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Qualification And Career Highlights

  • Masters in Physiotherapy (MPTh-Cardiovascular and Respiratory), India. (Ranked 1st in the state university)
  • CPAM registered physiotherapist in Cayman Islands since 2.5 years
  • Published an article on cardiac rehabilitation in the International Journal of Therapies and Rehabilitation Research in January 2016 edition.
  • 7.5 years of combined experience as a clinical physiotherapist in India and Cayman Islands.
  • Able to perform assessment, plan short-term & long-term goals and develop evidence-based treatment plan for the patients.
  • Complete knowledge of medical terminology and experience in using software to document patient care plan & invoicing, insurance billing in private clinics and hospital set-up in accordance with Cayman Islands regulations.

Projects And Publications

  • MPTh Dissertation (Published Paper): "Effect of respiratory muscle training as an adjunct to conventional therapy in phase I cardiac rehabilitation for median sternotomy patients.", International Journal of Therapies and Rehabilitation Research 2016; 5 (4):224-233
  • BPTh Internship project: "Additive effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation trunk training on conventional treatment in patients with chronic mechanical low back pain."
  • BPTh Final Year project: "Balance evaluation in elderly population by using BEST (Balance Evaluation Systems Test)"

Workshops And Courses Attended

  • 10th Annual Women's Health Conference 2022, Grand Cayman
  • Level 1 online Clinical dry needling course (September 2022, Prime physio UK)
  • CPE on 'Obstructive Pulmonary Disease' (21st November 2019, Sancheti College of Physiotherapy, Pune)
  • National Workshop on Cardiac Rehabilitation (April 2019, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore)
  • CME on 'Respiratory update' (29th August 2018, MIMER Medical College, Talegaon Dabhade)
  • Dr. Snigdha Mehta's Pre and Postnatal workshop (September 2017, Mumbai)
  • CME on 'Continuing Physiotherapy Education in ICU' (6th February 2016, NMIMS, Mumbai)
  • Spirometry Workshop (11th August 2015, Chest Research Foundation, Pune)
  • International Symposium on Exercise Science and Health Promotion and presented a scientific paper (6th and 7th February 2015, Manipal University, Manipal)

Timeline

Clinical Physiotherapist

Rehoboth Physio and Paincare Clinic
06.2022 - Current

Clinical Physiotherapist

Cayman Rehab Services Clinic
12.2021 - 05.2022

Independent Clinical Physiotherapist

Fit Forever Physio Pilates Clinic
06.2020 - 11.2020

Head of Department and Senior Cardiac Physiotherapist

Ram Mangal Heart Foundation Hospital
01.2018 - 12.2019

Consultant Cardiac Physiotherapist

Hardas Heart Care Clinic
03.2017 - 12.2018

Clinical Physiotherapist

Inlaks and Budhrani Hospital
09.2016 - 02.2017

Masters in Physiotherapy (MPTh) in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiotherapy -

Sancheti Institute & College of Physiotherapy (MUHS)
10.2013 - 2016.05

Bachelors in Physiotherapy (BPTh) -

M. A. Rangoonwala College of Physiotherapy and Research (MUHS)
09.2008 - 2013.05

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) -

S.M. Choksey Junior College

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) -

St. Mira's English Medium School (Secondary)

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