Staff - Frontier Place

At Hertel & Brown, Each Patient is the Most Important Person on Our Team!

Founders Aaron Hertel and Michael Brown are Erie natives, and in addition to the entire team, offer high quality rehabilitation services for all patients’ physical therapy needs. We treat every body like family and we’d like you to meet ours:

Frontier Place | Sterrettania Office | Summit Office at Family First Sports Park

Aaron Hertel, MPT, Cert. MDT

Aaron Hertel

McKenzie® Certification - for treatment of neck and back pain, bulging discs and sciatica.
Manual therapy techniques:
- Joint mobilization for frozen shoulders and restricted joints.
- Muscle energy techniques for the sacroiliac joint.
Patella-femoral pain program for treatment of knee pain.

Michael Brown, MPT, CSCS

Michael Brown

Certified strength and conditioning specialist.
Vestibular rehabilitation for treatment of patients with vertigo, balance disorders, and BPPV.
Treatment of patients with lymphedema.
Aquatic Therapy programs for total joint rehabilitation.

Julie Johnson, DPT

Julie Johnson

Women's Health
Neural Mobilizations
Vestibular Rehabilitation
Aquatic Therapy

Jeremy Bowes, Physical Therapist Assistant

Jeremy Bowes

Continuing Education in the McKenzie Method for the treatment of the lumbar and cervical spine.
Specialized in Aquatic Therapy.
7+ years of outpatient physical therapy experience.

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Leah Schuyler Frontier Place Manager	Patty Berchtold Billing Specialist