Our Staff

Teresa Johnston, PT, ATC and Owner

Teresa became familiar with physical therapy as a high school athlete after enduring several sports-related injuries. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from Middle Tennessee State University she worked as a research assistant at Vanderbilt University and coached gymnastics while also working on her athletic training certification through an internship program. Teresa then went on to earn a Physical Therapy degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Teresa has several professional distinctions including being a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and serving on the Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, the Board of Physical Therapy Provider Network, and the Board of South College's PTA program. She has been published in The Orthopedic Clinics of North America and in Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy.

Outside of the clinic Teresa is a competitive endurance horse racer and she enjoys traveling around the country with her four-legged friends. She also enjoys mountain biking and hiking.

Amy Myers, PT

Amy received her Bachelor's of Physical Therapy degree from East Tennessee State University in 1997 and a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Des Moines University in 2007. Amy has worked extensively in outpatient orthopedic clinics in east Tennessee, Seattle and Atlanta. She returned home to join the Foothills team in 2006.

Amy's training includes advanced course work in Maitland's, manual therapy, training in vestibular rehabilitation, treatment and certification in Ergonomic Assessment (CEAS). She is also a Credentialed Clinical Instructor. Amy has worked with injured athletes from a broad spectrum of sports including high school football, collegiate basketball and marathon runners. Her areas of special interest inÂclude treatment of running injuries and the female athlete.

Personally, Amy enjoys being active with running, biking, and hiking and has completed four marathons.

LaDawn Wolfe-Carr, PTA, ATC

LaDawn is a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant and has worked for Foothills since graduating from South College in 1999. In addition to her PTA degree, LaDawn received a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1994, and then returned in 2004 to complete her Athletic Training Certification.

LaDawn is the clinical coordinator for our Outreach and Volunteer programs and she has been instrumental in the Aquatic Therapy program. She has solidified her clinical skills through continuing education in manual therapy techniques in the Maitland and Mulligan approaches and has a special interest in sports specific rehabilitation. Recently LaDawn was recognized by the American Physical Therapy Association when she received the National Award of Recognition of Advanced Proficiency for a Physical Therapy Assistant.

In her free time LaDawn enjoys family, friends, cooking, wine and a competitive spirit.

Cedric Thevenard, PTA

Cedric is a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant and graduated from Roane State Community College in 1995. He has worked in a broad range of orthopedic outpatient settings, pain management and lymphedema clinics. He is a certified lymphedema therapist and has completed additional continuing education in the Maitland Approach to Manual Therapy and Integrative and Complete Decongestive Physiotherapy Techniques.

Cedric is originally from France and he enjoys spending time with family, travel, reading music and playing chess.