Melissa Susan North, PT

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Get to know Physical Therapist Melissa Susan North, who serves patients in O’fallon, Missouri. 

Melissa is a physical therapist serving O’Fallon, Missouri and the surrounding community. In order to remain up to date in her field, Melissa remains an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). The APTA is an individual membership professional organization representing more than 100,000 members They seek to improve the health and quality of life of individuals in society by advancing physical therapist practice, education, and research, and by increasing the awareness and understanding of physical therapy’s role in the nation’s health care system. 

Physical Therapy is a health care profession that treats conditions of musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, neurological and endocrinological origins. As a physical therapist, Melissa North can treat multiple conditions with exercises, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, joint mobilization, heat, ice, massage and more. She will create a treatment plan based on the patient’s specific injury or condition, and might target a specific body part or body system based on the individual. 

Due to her many years of expertise in the field, Melissa attributes her success to seeing her patients improve in their health and giving her best each day and trying to bring variety to her treatment approach and incorporate the patient’s goals. 

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