Jennifer Celso PT, MPT, DPT, PhD

Overview

Dr. Celso is a Kansas Licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy with over 24 years of experience and is a Board Certified Women’s Health Specialist through the American Physical Therapy Association’s Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She is also a Certified Manual Physical Therapist through the North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy and Dry Needling certified through Kineticore, American Academy of Manipulative Therapy, and Professional Pelvic Health Consultants. Jennifer is a practicing clinician that is dedicated to treating women and men for urologic, colorectal, and pelvic pain conditions as well as women for pregnancy related musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

Jennifer earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Health Service, Organization, and Policy in 1999 followed by a Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy in 2001 from Wichita State University. She completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree from Northeastern University in Boston, MA in 2009 and completed her PhD Dissertation titled, “A comparison of overall function between postpartum women with and without diastasis rectus abdominis,” at Texas Women’s University in Dallas, Texas in 2023.

Areas of Research Interest

• Diastasis Rectus Abdominis (a separation in the abdominal muscles that commonly occurs during and after pregnancy)
• Urinary Incontinence
• Pregnancy and Post-partum related musculoskeletal dysfunction

Areas of Teaching Interest

• Dry Needling
• Women’s Health
• Differential Diagnosis: Screening for Medical Referral
• NPTE Board Preparation

Working Papers

• A Comparison of Overall Function between Postpartum Women with and without Diastasis Rectus Abdominis
• The Effects of Two Abdominal Exercises on Diastasis Rectus Abdominis in Postpartum Women
• Reliability and Validity of Ultrasonographic Measurements of Diastasis Rectus Abdominis in Postpartum Women and Normal Population

Areas of Service

Jennifer serves on the Wichita State University, College of Health Profession’s Interprofessional Education Committee and is an American Physical Therapy Association Kansas Delegate.