Dr. Riegger-Krugh

Dr. Cheryl Riegger-Krugh has contributed to the profession of physical therapy since 1971, when she graduated from The Ohio State University. Her experience includes being a practicing clinician, and teaching in 5 physical therapy programs prior to returning to her home state in 2007 and joining the faculty in the Division of Physical Therapy at Walsh University.

After earning her Bachelor of Science degree and practicing physical therapy, Dr. Riegger-Krugh completed both her Master of Science in Physical Therapy and her Doctor of Science in Applied Anatomy and Physiology at Boston University. During the Boston years, she joined the faculty at Northeastern University and then the faculty at the Institute of Health Professions at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1986, she taught with the faculty at West Virginia University and in 1989 joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1995, she became a faculty member at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. During these affiliations, she has taught courses in anatomy for physical therapy and medical students, applied anatomy and clinical biomechanics, the biomechanics component of movement science, surface palpation, and musculoskeletal histology. Dr. Riegger-Krugh currently teaches Human Anatomy at Walsh University.

Dr. Riegger-Krugh has been active in the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association, most significantly as a past president of the Animal Physical Therapy Special Interest Group. She also is a member of the Education Section. Professional memberships outside of physical therapy include the American Society of Biomechanics and the Association for Rheumatology Health Professionals.

Dr. Riegger-Krugh considers her most creative contributions to physical therapy as development of the Surface Palpation Guide (SPG) that is embedded within the VH Dissector, which was developed from the Visible Human Project, and the Canine Anatomy and Biomechanics monographs for the Animal Physical Therapy Special Interest Group. Her clinical, scholarly, and research interests are in the areas of osteoarthritis, lower limb skeletal malalignment, analysis of functional movement tasks, the investigation of the effectiveness of using the VH Dissector and SPG for clinician review of surface palpation and for patient education, and canine rehabilitation.