Lynden Family Physical Therapy

10/21/2024

Welcome Emmi!

Emmi was born and raised on a farm on the outskirts of Lynden. She graduated in 2022 from high school at Lynden Academy while receiving her certificate in Social Media Marketing through Bellingham Technical College. After graduation, Emmi attended Bible School in Sweden and Colorado.

Emmi began working at Lynden Family Physical Therapy in July of 2024, after returning home from Colorado. When she is not in the office, she happily spends her time with friends and family, going on hikes, at church, playing pickleball, or traveling!

02/15/2024

At LFPT our goal is to help you meet your goals! We love to see our patients back doing what they love. This week we are happy to celebrate Grace making a full return basketball after her knee surgery. She put the same dedication and hard work she shows on the court into doing her home program and PT sessions and it shows! Proud of her efforts and proud to be a part of her journey to Keep Moving!

12/22/2023

Merry Christmas and happy holidays from LFPT!

10/20/2023

Can you tell we are growing? LFPT is also excited to announce the addition of a new PTA, Kendra Ohligschlager.
Kendra was born & raised in Lynden, WA. She attended Skagit Valley College after high school to play softball and from there transferred to Western Washington University to study kinesiology. In 2021 she attended the PTA program at Whatcom Community College. Shortly after graduation, she got married to her now husband, Dalton and then joined Lynden FamilyPhysical Therapy in June of 2023 to start her PTA career.

All of her life she has loved being involved in sports, being active, camping and enjoying the outdoors with her friends and family. She has always loved helping people and trying to bringing light to peoples lives when they are going through challenging times, which is what drew her to becoming a PTA.

10/17/2023

LFPT is also excited to welcome Saylor Tarrell to our office staff.

Saylor was born and raised in Lynden. She graduated from Lynden High School and Whatcom Community College earning her Associate of Arts degree. Following graduation, she attended Torchbearer’s Bible School in Greece and Sweden and traveled throughout Europe. She joined LFPT in June 2023, and loves it! When she’s not in the office, you can most likely find her spending time with her friends and family, in the gym, or going on some sort of little adventure.

10/09/2023

LFPT is excited to welcome Melissa Rus as our newest front office coordinator!

Melissa grew up in the small town of Eatonville, WA. She is the oldest of three girls. She attended Western Washington University. Melissa has two boys, Caleb and Eli, who attend Lynden schools. They are church members at NCCTK. The Rus family moved to Lynden 9 years ago and absolutely love living here and being part of this community.

10/02/2023

Jacob grew up in burlington, WA. He went to Arizona to obtain his bachelor of science from Grand Canyon University and continued on to The University of Montana where he earned his doctorate in physical therapy.

Jacob spent two years in Arizona working in an outpatient clinic treating a variety of injuries. He enjoys working with lower extremity injuries.

Jacob's hobbies include fishing, hunting, hiking, camping, and running. He also enjoys playing basketball, tennis, and pickleball!

He has a beautiful wife and a daughter whose adventurous spirit keeps him on his toes.

Helping people return to participating in what they enjoy is part of what makes Jacob love being a physical therapist.

04/18/2023

09/20/2022

LFPT is excited to welcome Mark and April VanderHulst to our team! Mark is a DPT and April is a PTA, both will bring valuable experience and new areas of expertise to our team.

Mark grew up on a dairy farm in New Mexico and then Idaho. He earned his Bachelor of Health Science degree from Boise State University followed by his Doctorate in Physical Therapy degree from the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. He is brought to Lynden by his wife April, who grew up in Lynden.

His favorite hobbies are playing golf, basketball, volleyball, wake surfing, and snowboarding. He also enjoys actively caring for his 3 young kids with April and traveling to see family. Mark has earned a certification in LSVT BIG for treating individuals with Parkinson’s disease.

Mark comes from a line of dairy farmers and enjoys the farm but has a stronger passion for helping people return to the things they enjoy doing.

April grew up in Lynden playing soccer at Lynden Christian. After a knee injury in high school, she rehabbed with Lynden Family Physical Therapy. This revealed a path to fulfill her passion of helping others. She is excited to be back in Lynden helping others reach their goals and return to what they enjoy at Lynden Family PT.

April earned her Physical Therapist Assistant degree from Pima Medical Institute in Mesa, Arizona. Then she worked at an orthopedic and pelvic health physical therapy clinic in North Dakota as her husband, Mark, earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Outside of work April stays busy caring for her young family of three kids with Mark.