Ann Porretto-Loehrke graduated with a BS in PT from Marquette University in 1994 and a post-professional DPT from Drexel University in 2007. She became a CHT in 2002 and earned a manual therapy certification in 2003. Ann has a passion for learning and clinical teaching and has been continuing education instructor for the 16 years. From her manual therapy training, Ann uses a systematic approach to evaluating and treating her patients, which is illustrated in the “Clinical Manual Assessment of the Wrist” published in the 2016 Special Edition on the Wrist in the Journal of Hand Therapy and Chapter 55: “Therapist Management of Compression Neuropathies of the Elbow” in the most recent edition of the Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity, published in 2021.