Saltzer Health Opens New Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic

Saltzer Health has opened a new fully equipped physical therapy and rehabilitation clinic at Ten Mile & I-84 in Meridian, Idaho.

The clinic is located at 875 S. Vanguard Way in the Saltzer Health Ten Mile Medical Campus, a new four-story building that also houses a medical imaging center, physician clinics, a 24-hour urgent care and same-day surgery center. The surgery center is a joint venture between Intermountain Healthcare and community providers. 

Saltzer Health is an Intermountain Healthcare company.

The 2,100-square-foot, outpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation clinic is led by Jenn Backs, a longtime local clinician and manager who is board-certified in sports physical therapy.

Backs focuses on the treatment of orthopedic injuries and injury prevention in athletes of all ages and competition levels. Her areas of specialty include post-operative rehabilitation, injury prevention, adaptive and overhead athletics & activities, and hip pain/pathology. 

Previously, Backs served in clinical and leadership roles at St. Luke’s Health System where she worked as a clinic manager and physical therapist in outpatient adult rehabilitation. She also served as program director for the APTA-accredited sports physical therapy residency program.

She also worked as a staff physical therapist and sports physical therapy resident at Proaxis/ATI Physical Therapy in Greenville, S.C.

Backs earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a doctorate in physical therapy at St. Louis University Doisy College of Health Sciences in St. Louis, MO.  Upon graduation, she completed residency training in sports physical therapy at Proaxis Therapy in conjunction with Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas.

For more information about the physical therapy and rehabilitation clinic, please see saltzerhealth.com or contact the clinic at 208.960.0930.