WSPT Staff Spotlight: Pranali Gogri
Posted by
Jeni P. on Wed, Dec 21, 2011 @ 12:49 PM
Pranali Gogri is an amazingly talented member of the WSPT team. As a physical therapist, Pranali has been able to pursue her goal of working in the medical field. Physical therapy stood out to Pranali because it is a fun profession that allows her to care for people of all ages. She is also in love with Physical Therapy because it embodies the Act of Caring - every day she feels she makes a difference in a patient’s life.
Born and raised in Mumbai, Pranali attended the prestigious K.E.M. Hospital and graduated from their Physical Therapy program in 2008. She then decided to pursue a Masters in Physical Therapy at the University of Indianapolis. She graduated with an Ortho major and entered the WSPT family. Her areas of specialization are Orthopedic Manual Therapy, Kinesiotaping, and she also loves working with runners.
Pranali believes, while rewarding, Physical Therapy can be a very complicated and challenging profession because no two patients, even those who present with the same injury, are exactly the same. The treatment of individual patients cannot be based on textbook examples, as every person has their own unique medical history, motivation level, and personality. She says, “You have to constantly assess the progress of every patient, and revise the goals in treatment.” Her attention to the individual needs of her patients is what has given her such a wonderful reputation among those coming to WSPT.
In the year and a half she has been at WSPT, Pranali has come to call us her “second family.” She believes that WSPT, “Takes care of the patients as a team, and that is rare to find.”
In her spare time, Pranali enjoys reading both fiction and non-fictions novels. She is also very active, using the TRX suspension trainer because it engages and works out the entire body. Her future goals include running a half or full marathon in 2013, and she is extremely excited to begin training in 2012. Her mantra is, “To eat right, stay active, be motivated, be optimistic!”
