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Catherine S. Mormile, DPT, OCS, OTR/L, is a doctor of physical therapy, occupational therapist, and Board Certified Orthopaedic Specialist in Physical Therapy, and a published national author on TMJ/TMD disorders, head and neck pain, and head and neck orthopaedic dysfunction. She has 23 years of experience in the profession. Using extensive clinical experience and principles of academic excellence, she has written and published a new TMJ/TMD textbook titled: "Temporomaandibular joint disorders: One name for two diagnoses". Within this book, she is the first physical therapist to objectively present the fact that the disorder TMJ/TMD is really two distinctly separate diagnostic entities; one being a painful condition of the muscles of the head and neck; and the other affecting the structure and function of the temporomandibular joint itself. Prior to the book, she has written and published a home study course for physical therapists titled "Evaluation and treatment of the temporomandibular dysfunction from a multidisciplinary perspective", as well as several TMJ/TMD health promotional articles for new media outlets. She has also written and published several articles in physical therapy publications on the importance of maintaining high professional competencies and behaviors in order to seek excellence in patient care.
She has also been honored to be selected in 2006 as a recipient of a State of Alaska Legislative Citation for continuing to serve the public's needs after encountering the many challenges associated with being carbon monoxide poisoned in a shelter tent while competing as a musher in the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

Following devastating injuries on the Iditarod and seeking the positive road to recovery, Dr. Mormile has talked as a keynote speaker about "Finding your own trail to success" to groups of all ages.

In 2009, Dr. Mormile again faced a life threatening challenge. A lump she found in her breast turned out to be early-stage cancer. Approaching this diagnosis with her typical positive and assertive attitude, she again forged her own trail to success. As a new cancer survivor she is looking forward to taking victory laps over cancer for herself and others by advocating with her patients for early detection and treatment of cancers as well as participating in fund raising walks and runs.

Although head and neck orthopaedics are Dr. Mormile's most sought after specialty areas, as an orthopaedic specialist, she also evaluates and treats all very difficult spinal and extremity injuries of the shoulders, arms, legs, and ankles/feet. She incorporates tailored and personalized exercise health promotion, and self-help strategies into each patient program to maximize treatment success and well-being. According to the physical therapy code of ethics, she is available to consult with and mentor generalist physical therapists regarding difficult patient cases.

Donald A. Mormile has a B.S. and M.S. in Physical Therapy. He enjoys over 30 years of expertise and dedication to the profession. He specializes in specialty rehabilitation cases of orthopaedic, neurological, or long-term and chronic nature. He gives the one-on-one, personalized care in a private setting that is much needed for adequate patient recovery, personal validation, and sense of well-being. He is especially skilled in dealing with the various needs of patients experiencing work-related injuries. The scope of his expertise ranges from clinical evaluation of worker's compensation injuries, therapeutic management, and exercise interventions as well as return to work and work preparedness programming. He gains professional satisfaction from watching an injured worker regain function, fitness, and return to gainful employment.
He is also in the unique position to offer highly professional and scientific return to work and pre-employment testing services that are highly reliable and statistically valid according to all U.S. Labor Department standards.

In addition, Donald is Alaska's exclusive provider of the CRT Testing System.

Together, Dr. Catherine and Donald Mormile have been co-owners of Mormile Physical Therapy in Anchorage, Alaska for 23 years. They have lived in Alaska since 1985. They both are avid outdoor enthusiasts as they live a somewhat rural Alaskan lifestyle in Palmer, AK, north of Anchorage in the company of their many Alaska husky dogs and 3 cats. They both love the many recreational aspects of dog ownership in Alaska. Since they have met, they have shared a love of hiking, jogging, biking, and camping. They have both competed in and completed the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in the past and were both ideally fit for the rigors of the trail but because of a tragic and unfortunate accident involving carbon monoxide poisoning in one of the Iditarod's shelter tents and less than satisfactory response to Catherine's immediate injury by the Iditarod Trail Committee, Don and Catherine are no longer involved with this organization and have sought other more worthy recreational outlets for their dogs and themselves.

They have been happily married for 26 years and look forward to many more as they work, look for adventure, and play in beautiful Alaska together.

Come and see us. We are Alaskan grown and Alaskan owned. We run a small, personalized clinic, and our treatment rooms are quiet and private. We emphasize health promotion, wellness and prevention, and we are the only specialized TMJ/TMD physical therapy clinic in Anchorage and one of the few in the Nation. With the addition of Catherine's book access to her expertise, help, and insight are a drive and/or only mouse-clicks away