Janet Oehl, PT
Janet graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. Her greatest treasures are her faith and her family. She and her husband who is a retired Marine have three grown children, a daughter-in-law, and two miniature Schnauzers. Janet loves the mountains, walking on the beach and traveling: especially to see her children. Janet's favorite thing about physical therapy is working with and educating parents to empower them to help their children develop to their greatest potential. After 38 loving years of dedication to the treatment of children Janet has retired; however, she continues to run our equipment clinic once a month and leads our continuing education program for our physical therapist twice a month.
Anna Franklin MS, OTR/L
Anna was born and raised on the Delmarva Peninsula. She received her master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. She has worked with children in varied locations since 2011. She is grateful for the opportunity to share her knowledge and skill with children and families to help them learn and thrive. Anna is married to her highschool sweetheart, and God has blessed them with four children. Their life is full of adventures -- daily! Anna loves to explore the world with her family, and cook/bake their favorite meals. When she finds freetime, Anna takes the chance to run the neighborhood with their German Shepherd, swim laps in a pool, or craft!.
Lindsay Lane, DPT
Lindsay is from Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, and attended Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA to receive her doctorate in physical therapy in 2020. She moved to North Carolina after being offered a job working at JZ Mann at Pro Step, and the close proximity to the beach is an added bonus to getting to work the CUTEST and most fun kids ever! She loves working with children of all ages, and especially enjoys treating our young athletes and orthopedic patients. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, exercise, and watching any and all Disney movies!
Description Coming Soon!
Joanne MacNeil, DPT
Description Coming Soon!
Description Coming Soon!
Leah Hansen, OTR/L
Melissa Beatson, MA, CCC-SLP
Melissa, originally from Delaware, graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2014 with a Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She was a middle and high school Language Arts and English teacher prior to that and obtained a bachelor’s degree in English Education from the University of Delaware in 1999. She has provided services to the pediatric population in both the school system and private settings. Her hobbies include playing and watching different sports, particularly softball and baseball, as well as reading, cooking, and spending time with her dogs and cat. She is a huge animal lover and fosters animals when she has the opportunity. What she likes most about working at our company is the therapists understand the essential role that families play in all aspects of our services, from assessment through treatment.
OLIVIA A. TAYLOR, MPT, DPT
Founder, Owner & President of Pro Step Therapy
Olivia, a native of Richlands, NC, is a physical therapist and also the owner of Pro Step Therapy. She has been providing physical therapy services to our community since 1998. She opened Pro Step Therapy in 2007. Olivia graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina State University in 1986 with a BA degree in Accounting. She practiced as a Certified Public Accountant from 1989 to 1996. In 1996, she changed career paths and went to East Carolina University receiving a Masters in Physical Therapy in 1998. Olivia has an interest in both Geriatrics and Pediatrics. She has attended many continuing education classes through the years to include subjects such as osteoporosis, fall prevention, yoga, strength training, sensory processing disorders, taping classes and lower extremity bracing classes. In 2006, Olivia graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When Olivia is not working, she enjoys singing in the church choir and playing keyboard/organ for Richlands United Methodist Church (RUMC). She has recently taken a role as the Children's Choir Director at RUMC. She also enjoys leisure time with her family and friends at White Lake, NC. Olivia has four pets: one Persian cat "Chubbs", and three dogs: "Scooby", "Leila" and "Biscuit".
ANTHONY MOSS, DPT
Anthony Moss is a North Carolina Licensed Physical Therapist who attended local East Carolina University and began his career in 2014 in Goldsboro, NC. He specializes in general sports medicine and orthopedics, post-operative rehabilitation, and the evaluation and management of athletic injuries. His clinical interests include the rehabilitation of recreational and competitive athletes, including but not limited to runners and overhead athletes.
Anthony is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (Sports Section) and North Carolina Physical Therapy Association.
Ciera Macri, PTA
Patricia "Tricia" Fisher, MPT
Tricia is from Concord, NC. She did her undergrad at NC State University followed by PT school at Western Carolina. Tricia has two wonderful children and one fur baby golden retriever. Her hobbies are boating, gardening, working out, and cooking. She especially loves going to the sandbar on her boat and watching her dog Ripley get the most attention as she lays on a float in the water. Tricia states, "I became a pediatric PT because I enjoy building such wonderful relationships with the kids and their families, and seeing the kids reaching their goals is so rewarding, and I feel blessed to be able to be a part of that."
Leah Gore, MSOT, OTR/L
Leah was born and raised on the west coast of Florida. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Florida and her master in occupational therapy from Adventist University of Health Sciences in Orlando, FL. She moved to NC when she met her husband and they now have two children together. Leah has worked in a variety of OT settings including inpatient and outpatient hospital, schools, and pediatric outpatient. Leah has a passion for empowering families to feel confident in helping their children grow, specifically in the area of feeding. She is currently pursuing her IBCLC. In her free time, Leah enjoys anything outside and LOVES spending the day at the beach with her family.
Pro Step Therapy
Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy
Serving Children and Adults
Description Coming Soon!
ERIN NOLAN, PT, DPT
Erin obtained her doctorate of physical therapy from Creighton University in 2006. For the past decade she has worked with the pediatric population in a variety of settings including home, clinic, hippotherapy, aquatic, early intervention and intensive formats. She also is a certified educator of infant massage. Her hobbies include reading, running, attempting crafts, and zumba. She enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs.
Jordan Osborne, COTA
Description Coming Soon!
KATHERINE BEATTY, PT, DPT
Kate graduated in 2010 from the University of Buffalo with high honors and a degree as a Doctor of Physical Therapy. While in school Kate completed clinical rotations in acute care, subacute care, outpatient orthopedics and school based pediatric physical therapy. She fell in love with working with children and worked as a school based physical therapist from July 2010 until August 2012 in Buffalo, New York. Kate moved to Jacksonville, North Carolina in August 2012 and worked in school based physical therapy there until June 2015. While working as a school based therapist Kate also began working for Pro Step Therapy in February 2014 providing outpatient pediatric clinic based physical therapy and some in home pediatric PT. Kate enjoys working with children and left the school system to work more closely in the outpatient setting with infants and children. Kate treats in our Richlands Clinic location primarily. Kate has attended continuing education courses on bracing, torticollis, yoga, brain gym, kinesiotaping, and a wide variety of other topics. She additionally has her certification in CPR/First AID for adults, infants and children. Kate is a clinical instructor for our company and has taken on several physical therapy students providing them with knowledge and creative thinking when working with the pediatric population. Kate is married and has a large family 5 daughters and 3 stepchildren whose ages range from 17 years to 1 year old. When not at work Kate enjoys spending time with her family and going to the beach. Kate has experience in gross motor delays both professionally as a therapist and personally as a mother.
Ann Leggieri, COTA/L
CONNIE CARLTON, SLP
Connie was born in New Bern, North Carolina and was raised as an army “brat”, traveling throughout her childhood. She attended the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland where she received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education and Hood College in Frederick, Maryland where she received a master’s degree in elementary education. She earned her second master’s degree in communication disorders from the State University of New York at New Paltz. In 2000 she moved to the family farm in North Carolina where she started a farm based speech and language therapy practice focusing on animal assisted therapy. This year the farm has achieved Century Farm status, recognized by the state of North Carolina as a farm that has remained in the same family for 100 years. Plans are in the works to expand the farm to welcome agri-tourism events and visitors. Connie has three beautiful daughters, a granddaughter, and is married to Steve, a registered nurse at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern. Her interests include reading, arts and crafts, horses, and alpaca farming.
Description Coming Soon!
Michelle Brown, COTA/L
Michelle was born and raised in Greenville, SC. She attended Greenville Technical College and later graduated from Brown Mackie College of Greenville, where she obtained her Associates Degree in 2016. Michelle moved to Jacksonville, NC in June of 2016, where she began her career working with children. Michelle has worked with children in various settings that include school settings, home health, and clinical settings. Michelle is married to Charlie and has one son who is currently in the USMC.
Abigail Metzdorff, MS, OTR/L
Abigail was born in Ohio but grew up here in Jacksonville (graduated from Richlands High School in 2014). She went to High Point University for a Bachelors in Exercise Science with a concentration in Health and Wellness, minor in Biology and Psychology (graduated from there in 2018). Abi then went to Walsh University in Ohio for OT school (graduated from there in 2020). She has a cat named Scout and loves sports, spending time with friends and family, movies, animals, and kiddos of course. Abigail is most interested in pediatrics when it comes to OT. Her end goal when in school was to end up doing OT in the NICU (still is the end goal really). She became an OT because she was torn between becoming a teacher or a neonatal nurse and saw how widespread the OT profession was from trauma (family member experienced) to kiddos with developmental delays (family friend). She felt that OT was a good mesh between teacher and health care provider and she could have one degree with endless job opportunities and various areas of work.
KRYSTEN HARRIS, MS, OTR/L
Krysten was raised in Rhode Island, looking to pursue her passion for helping others, she attended American International College in Springfield, MA. She obtained her Bachelors degree in Occupational Science and went on to receive her Masters in Occupational Therapy. She graduated from Alvernia University in Reading Pennsylvania in 2011. Krysten worked with both children and adults during her fieldwork. She began working at a skilled nursing facility where she stayed for a year until she started doing traveling therapy to gain new experiences and work with a variety of age groups. Krysten moved to NC where she traveled around the state and found a position serving veterans at the Veterans Home in Kinston, North Carolina. Krysten enjoys being a part of the Pro Step Therapy team and working with a variety of age groups and abilities as well as working close to home to be near her husband and children.
Nancy Parker, MS, CCC-SLP
Lora Joiner, MS, OTR/L
Lora Joiner has worked as an occupational therapist since 1997 and has over 25 years of experience in the field of occupational therapy. She did her undergraduate work at Purdue University and graduated with her master's in occupational therapy from the University of Indianapolis. She has worked in a variety of settings to include acute, inpatient rehab, outpatient rehab, teletherapy, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and early intervention services. It was through early intervention that Lora found her love of pediatrics. Lora has extensive knowledge and adapts her treatments to a child’s specific needs including children with sensory needs, trauma, autism, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hypotonia, hypertonia, chromosomal disorders, and emotional regulation issues. Lora is excited to be back in North Carolina with her husband and two children after living in California, New Mexico, and Japan for the past ten years.
LaMya Williams, COTA
ERIN BOSTIC MOSS, DPT
Erin Moss has been a North Carolina Licensed Physical Therapist since 2014. She graduated from East Carolina University in 2014 with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. She attended University of North Carolina Wilmington and graduated in 2011 with a Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science. Erin is also Trigger Point Dry Needling certified. Trigger Point Dry needling is the use of a monofilament needle inserted into a trigger point (knot in a muscle) to improve movement and pain. She enjoys working with both children and adults and has experience in orthopedics, post-operative rehabilitation, and the evaluation of management of the pediatric population. When not at work, Erin enjoys spending time with her family and being outdoors.
Description Coming Soon!
Kristen Megleo, DPT
Kristen is originally from Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University in 2010 with a Bachelor's in Kindesiology and earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2013 from Grand Valley State University. She relocated to Jacksonville, NC in 2013 to start her career here at JZ Mann working in pediatrics. Military life took her away to Virginia Beach from 2016-2020 where she worked doing a combination of clinical work and Early Intervention. In 2021 she came back to NC and rejoined the staff at JZ Mann at Pro Step. When Kristen is not here working, she is entertained at home with 3 toddlers of her own (1 year old twins and a 3 year old) and 2 energetic bulldogs. The enjoy getting outside as often as possible - parks, beaches and walks! When her house is quiet, she also enjoys reading and baking. Kristen loves working as a pediatric PT because she enjoys getting to add a creative spin on achieving goals while also watching children's personalities develop and add some fun to each session.
Mary Ann Ramsey
Description Coming Soon!