Rehabilitation & Therapy Services

Edwin has been a physical therapist for over 35 years. Though he grew up in Ohio, he has spent much of his career in the Pacific Northwest. After completing his undergraduate work in Lincoln, Nebraska, he went on to physical therapy school at Loma Linda University, where he graduated in 1989. He later attended the University of Oregon in their graduate program in exercise and movement science.

He has worked in a variety of settings including acute care, hospital-based outpatient, preventive medicine and skilled nursing. He spent over 10 years in outpatient orthopedics, where he managed clinics in Oregon for a large outpatient group. In 2010 he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he went to work as a lead therapist on the acute inpatient rehab unit at a large community hospital/trauma center and eventually became the rehab services manager, overseeing the acute care, adult and pediatric outpatient and athletic training departments, covering the hospital's two campuses.

With the goal of moving closer to his granddaughters in Oregon, he moved to Washington in 2017, providing direct patient care. His desire to return to leadership and love for Lewis County led him to accept the leadership position at Arbor Health–Morton Hospital in April 2019. He was excited to work with the dedicated team at this growing critical access hospital. He continues to see patients, is a certified orthotic provider and in 2023 became a certified orthopedic manual therapist through ASPIRE OMT Institute.

In addition to work, he loves to be outside and active, hiking, building and training for triathlons. In 2019 he completed his first half-marathon and the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim in a day with his wife. In 2022 he completed his first Ironman 70.3. Edwin has 3 grown children living in the PNW and loves being with his grandchildren. Ed is also actively involved with his church.

Chana earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from Pacific Union College and her master’s degree in physical therapy from Andrews University. During her 20-plus years as a physical therapist, she has worked in a variety of settings including outpatient orthopedics, inpatient acute, pulmonary rehabilitation and home health. Her areas of expertise include orthopedic injuries and surgeries, vestibular disorders and women’s health.

Chana developed the pelvic floor physical therapy program at Arbor Health–Morton Hospital to bring this much-needed service closer to home for the residents of East Lewis County. She became a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist (COMT) through ASPIRE OMT institute in 2023. In 2024, she successfully completed the next level of manual therapy certification through ASPIRE, spinal manipulative therapist (SMT). She particularly enjoys the close relationships and teamwork demonstrated by the dynamic group of therapists at Arbor Health Morton Hospital, and their dedication to expanding the therapy services provided to the community.

With a desire to live in a small town and closer to family, Chana moved to Morton from Texas in 2013. When she is not working, she spends every spare minute with her husband and their children. She enjoys cooking, reading, gardening, skiing, hiking and mountain biking. She is actively involved in homeschooling, as well as church activities including children’s programs and teaching.

Debra received an applied science degree in the arts of physical therapy in 1985. For the past 34 years, she has been working with adult orthopedics, aquatics, geriatrics, acute care, sports medicine, neurological conditions and balance deficits. In addition, she worked with pediatrics in the clinic setting as well as the school setting early in her career.

Debra has been a lifelong learner. She has taken multiple continuing education courses, staying up to date with the latest Physical therapy techniques and evidence-based care. She completed her CAPTCC (Certificate in Aquatic Physical Therapy Clinical Competency) certification in 2021 so that she can better serve the residents of East Lewis County at the therapy pool here at Arbor Health. Debi is passionate about being able to serve the people in her local community by providing excellent care, close to home.

Debra and her husband have lived locally for over 25 years. When not at work, she enjoys family time with her grandkids, camping, cooking, hiking, church activities, going to the beach, and just hanging out on the couch binge watching her favorite TV programs.

Katrine Dahn earned her bachelors in Kinesiology in 2009 from Washington State University, and her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Boston University in 2014. She spent the first nine years of her career working in Inpatient Physical Therapy at large hospitals. While working there, she saw people with a large variety of physical therapy needs, such as those following trauma and orthopedic surgeries, cardiopulmonary patients including post-surgical and heart transplant, and those in the Intensive Care Unit. Her primary focus as a therapist has been early neurological rehab, including working several years as a Neurological ICU lead therapist. She feels the best part of being a physical therapist is helping people get back to the things that are important to them, so they can live their best life!

In 2021, she and her husband moved back to the Eatonville area to be closer to family and to raise their children in a small town. She worked in Puyallup for several years before recently making the switch to Arbor Health where she was excited to join the rehabilitation team at Arbor Health in Morton and serving this close-knit community.

In her free time, Katrine enjoys spending time with her husband and two young children, as well as their two dogs, one cat, and one horse. She enjoys anything that takes her outside, including hiking, horse riding, running, and gardening, as well as curling up with a good book!

Karli earned her Master’s in Occupational Therapy from EWU and has been a practicing occupational therapist for the past four years. Much of her experience has been working with skilled nursing rehab patients but she has also spent time working in Home Health, Industrial Rehab, Hand Therapy, Acute Care and Pediatric Rehab.

Karli recently married in a tiny ceremony on her parents’ back deck, officiated by her father. She and her husband, Perry, just moved to Packwood in the Spring of 2020 and they are very excited to hike, camp, and explore the area.

Karli Devoe was born and raised in Olympia, Wash. After completing her undergrad degree in Race Studies at The Evergreen State College she worked as a Spanish Medical Interpreter for several years. While working as an interpreter with Industrial Rehab clients, Karli concluded that there should be more Spanish-speaking providers in the healthcare field. She began to think about a career change and going back to school. Her younger sister was studying Occupational Therapy at Eastern Washington University and casually mentioned to Karli that she should consider OT, and the rest is history.

Karli is very happy to part of Arbor Health’s awesome rehab team!

Danica Gering graduated from National Holistic Institute of Massage Therapy in 2015. The nationally accredited institute is a leader in massage therapy education. Danica received 900 hours in bodywork, consisting of Swedish, Shiatsu, deep tissue, and myofascial therapy. She is also a Certified Ashiatsu Deep Feet Bar Therapist, specializing in barefoot massage, and has been practicing as a licensed massage therapist for nine years.

In 2015, Danica volunteered at Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, where she applied sports massage to athletes from around the world. For over 40 years, this triathlon has been in the iconic city of San Fransico. It consists of running, swimming, and bike riding, attracting World Champions, Olympic Medalists and the best amateur triathletes from 50 states, and over 50 countries.

Danica enjoys spending her time with her family, walking there three dogs, and being entertained by her four cats. She spends her winters snowboarding, and teaching snowboard lessons at White Pass Ski Resort. She and her family also like to mountain bike, and swim in the Tilton River. She has grown an interest in gardening, silversmithing, and flow arts, but most of all enjoys being a bonus mom to her 11-year-old daughter.

Danica is from the Willamette Valley of Oregon and has lived in Morton since 2016. Massage has grown to be a driving force in her family's self-care regimen. She is grateful that her daughter had an awareness of bodywork at a young age and hopes it will grow with the years to come. She is ecstatic to be part of a team that values massage as a component to healing.

Michelle Herron graduated from Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy and Massage in 2006. Bodymechanics was based out of Capital Medical Center in Olympia, where Michelle was trained in injury treatment, hospital massage and sports massage. Upon graduation, Michelle opened her own business called Metamorphic Wellness. She also continued her education and certifications including medical massage, intraoral massage, certified personal trainer, health and life coach, functional nutrition through the Utah school of nutrition, and NRT-nutrition response testing through Ulan Nutrition Systems. She is currently working on an associate’s degree through Faith Christian College.

Michelle was born and raised in Lewis County. She and her husband live in Silver Creek on a small hobby farm. She has four children and six grandchildren. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her family and friends, riding her horses (including competing in barrel racing), attending church, gardening, hiking and hunting.

Kaylee earned her associate degree as an Occupational Therapy Assistant from the Renton-based PIMA Medical Institute in 2015. While earning her degree, she completed fieldwork in hand therapy, industrial rehabilitation and pediatrics. Kaylee specializes in geriatrics and spent the last seven years prior to coming to Arbor Health primarily working in a skilled nursing facility where she treated a variety of orthopedic and neurological disorders. Kaylee enjoys client-centered therapy, integrating patients’ hobbies and interests into their recovery, making therapy enjoyable while increasing their independence in daily activities. As a member of the National Board of Occupational Therapy and Washington Occupational Therapy Association, she continues to learn new and improved techniques to reduce pain while increasing function.

During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and her two children. Kaylee can likely be found at the baseball field or a basketball game watching her children do what they love. She also enjoys tending to her vegetable garden, cooking and hanging out with her three German shepherds.

Kaylee is a Lewis County native, raised in Mossyrock. She is excited to provide services to her community at Arbor Health.

Joshua Munter, PT, DPT has been practicing physical therapy since 2019, specializing in orthopedic physical therapy. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Washington State University (2015) and then his Doctor of Physical Therapy from Regis University (2019). He then went on to complete a one-year Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency through Saint Louis University and SSM Health. In recognition of his advanced knowledge and training, he became a Board- Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist granted by the American Physical Therapy Association (2021) and most recently earned his Certification in Orthopedic Manual Therapy through Aspire OMT (2025).

Joshua provides care for people who experience a wide range of conditions, and he is passionate about empowering people to achieve their goals. He is also an advocate for patient education, ensuring that people understand their condition and helping them to learn effective management strategies for returning to their favorite activities, managing their pain, and improving their safety in the community. His commitment to teaching also extends to future Physical Therapists through his adjunct teaching responsibilities with Augustana University's entry level Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

Outside of his work, Joshua enjoys spending time with his wife, their child, and their animals. His personal interests include weightlifting, cooking, traveling and outdoor recreation.

Lynn has been a practicing speech-language pathologist since 1996 and arrived in Washington ready to share her experience with the rehab team and patients at Arbor Health in 2024 as a traveling SLP, spending a summer with her husband nearer to their grown children in the Pacific Northwest. After only a few months, they decided to make a permanent move to the area.

Originally from New York state, Lynn earned a Master of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at The University of Texas in Austin in 1995 where she also began her career in a long-term care setting before moving to Kansas with her young children and her husband to be closer to his family.
In and around Lawrence, KS, Lynn has worked primarily with adult patients in inpatient hospital, rehabilitation, skilled, and outpatient clinic settings, as well as most recently in home health services for over ten years. She has had additional experiences providing speech therapy services in the public schools, adult day program and home settings through PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) and a brain injury program, as well as in academic and clinical teaching at The University of Kansas. She truly enjoys helping people throughout their recovery following disruptions to communication skills including speech, voice, language and cognitive-communication, and is a strong advocate for maximizing her patients’ abilities to participate in functional and social communicative interaction. Lynn also has experience in clinical and instrumental swallowing assessment and treatment.

When not working, Lynn enjoys time outdoors exploring the area, walking, hiking, or working on their home property, as well as reading, puzzling, and spending time with her husband, Mike, and their adult children.

Brett Nirider has worked as a pediatric physical therapist for over 43 years, graduating from the University of Kansas in 1980. His primary areas of focus have been children with complicated neuromuscular diagnoses and children with sensory processing dysregulation. He loves problem solving in a collaborative format, working alongside the children, their families, and other healthcare professionals involved in their care.

Brett obtained his pediatric certification in Neurodevelopmental Treatment in 1986, and became an instructor in NDT. He continues to teach locally through Mary Bridge Children’s Therapy Services in Puyallup and Tacoma, as well as teaching for nearly 20 years throughout China and since 2019, in small communities in southern Morocco where access to care is extremely limited.

Working as a per diem employee at Arbor Health, Brett will be contributing towards building a pediatric component of care for the families of Morton and rural Lewis County. This is a unique opportunity to share a long and extensive career helping children with movement challenges with a community that desires to provide better care for local families.

In his spare time (which has increased recently due to “semi-retirement”), Brett enjoys long distance bicycling, hiking, running, gardening, playing with grandchildren, cooking, and being part of a caring church community.

Lacey Ross earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from Eastern Washington University (EWU) in 2008 and her Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree from EWU graduating in 2011. She spent her first year working at an inpatient rehab facility (stroke unit lead), and then moved back to the west side of the state and into the outpatient physical therapy setting. In 2018, Lacey became a board-certified orthopedic specialist with the APTA. After 10 years working in the Centralia area, she and her family made the move back to Mossyrock where she was born and raised. She is excited to be back in this community and to be working at Arbor Health!

Lacey enjoys the variety of diagnoses she gets to see in an outpatient setting. She was previously in an office that was closely related to an orthopedic surgery center and enjoys helping people navigate pre-operative and post-operative rehabilitation. Lacey is excited to be able to provide sports rehabilitation here at Arbor Health; getting student athletes back to their activities, and helping adults stay active at all ages is what she especially enjoys. She just completed her ImPACT Trained Physical Therapist (ITPT) credential and will be working with local schools and student athletes to provide pre- and post-concussion screening and treatment services.

When she is not working, Lacey spends her time with her husband, their two young children, and her dog, Bailey. She enjoys running/weightlifting, hiking and being outdoors, gardening, reading, and crafting/knitting. She and her husband are involved in coaching youth sports, and this keeps the family very active and busy. In 2022, Lacey and her husband completed one of their bucket list items by finishing the New York City Marathon.