Joan McLoud, PT
Joan was born in Boston Massachusetts and grew up in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. After earning her first B.S. Degree in 1984 from West Virginis University she moved to north Florida. She worked for Baptist Medical Center downtown in the Cardiac Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy department as an Exercise Physiologist. She then helped them develop and implement the Employee Wellness program. She decided to further her education and achieve a second B.S. Degree in Physical Therapy at Hogeschol Enschede, Netherlands-1995. Joan has had a variety of patient care opportunities including in-patient, out-patient and ER at Aspen Vally hospital, Hudson Valley, NY and Long Island, NY. She found climbing 14-thousand-foot mountains in Colorado to be challenging and this led her to climb Kilimanjaro and Base Camp Mount Everest.
She has been practicing for 30 years, 20 years for JOI at the beach before joining the Rebound Rehabilitation team. She uses her experience to improve the treatment of her patients. She has earned continuing education in Mulligan concepts, McKenzie techniques, micro current, Graston techniques, sports medicine, and pre and post op surgical care. Being back in Atlantic Beach, FL for 22 years she enjoys living at the beach, cycling, swimming, paddle boarding and spending time with friends and family.