Amanda Somers
Amanda graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) with a BS degree in Physical Therapy after graduating from Clemson University. She started her career working for Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia, providing acute care Physical Therapy for post-op orthopedic and trauma patients.
After returning to upstate South Carolina, where she and her husband Steven grew up (Greer), Amanda went to work for Vaughn, Buchanan and Shelley Physical Therapy. For the next seven years Amanda worked as manager in Greer, Spartanburg, and Woodruff as well as assisting other offices. She concentrated on Sports Rehab, Orthopedics, Industrial Program Development, and Medical Management. She also provided sports rehab and athletic coverage to Riverside High School and Woodruff High School. Her treatment style is based on an exercise approach with manual, hands-on treatment. Her continuing education is extensive in orthopedic interventions of the shoulder, knee and ankle. She utilizes a “sports approach” with emphasis on functional activities.
Inspired by the partners of her former employer, Amanda entered the world of private practice and opened Sports Spine & Industrial Physical Therapy and Performance Training Center in February 2002. Since the opening of her first office in Greer, SSI has expanded and opened offices in Simpsonville and Greenville. Amanda and her business partners were named the 2007 SC Small Business Person of the Year, 2006 SC Small Business person of the Year first runner-up, 2006 Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year and SSI earned Blue Ribbon Status for Small Business from the US Chamber of Commerce.
Amanda is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) on the state and national level. She represented the SC Chapter of the APTA as an elected member to the APTA’s House of Delegates and acts as a key legislative contact for federal policy affecting physical therapy. Amanda currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce as Chairman-elect. She is the Immediate Past-Chairman of the Leadership Greer Board of Regents and active in the restructuring of the Junior Leadership Greer Program. She has also recently been nominated by the SC Greenville Legislative Delegation to serve on the advisory board for the Greenville County Schools newly formed Career Partnership Clusters.
You can reach Amanda at the Greer office or email amanda [at] ssi-physicaltherapy [dot] com
