Sports Medicine

Kelly Klingler – DPT, ACLS

Kelly attended BYU-Idaho for his undergraduate education. He went on to receive his doctorate in physical therapy (DPT) at Touro University Nevada.

He focuses on sports medicine, orthopedic rehab, and wound care. He is wound care certified (WCC).

When he was a senior at Madison High School in Rexburg, Kelly went snowboarding one day at Targhee Resort, where he had an accident and fractured his femur. A rod and screws were placed in the bone, and he spent a lot of time after that with an excellent physical therapist. This experience was what initially made him interested in the field.

Kelly loves to spend time with his family, including his four children, in outdoors activities – mountain climbing, skiing, snowboarding, and rafting.

Heath Hicks – LPTA

Heath did his undergraduate work at Ricks College in Rexburg, achieving his therapy degree from Idaho State University in Pocatello. He later graduated with a BS from BYU-Idaho in Rexburg. He completed his WCC (wound care certification) in 2018.

Heath specializes in acute care, sports medicine, athletic training, and wound care. Having been raised in a medical family, combined with a lifelong love of sports, Heath naturally gravitated toward the physical therapy field.

An active member of the Madison High School Sports Medicine Team, Heath loves to participated in all manner of athletic activities with his family, including camping, four-wheeling, hunting, snowmobiling, and skiing. He lives with his wife of 19 years, along with his four children, in the Hibbard area.

Dirk Andreasen, MPT

Dirk attended both Ricks College in Rexburg and Brigham Young University in Provo, completing a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science. He then went on to get his master’s in physical therapy from Idaho State University in Pocatello in 1992, graduating with honors.

Dirk has always had a love for human anatomy and physiology, with an emphasis on how the body moves, and how each part works in cooperation with the others. While still a young boy, he received a book on anatomy from his dad. He began to teach himself the names of the bones and muscles. His first actual experience with physical therapy took place at Madison Memorial 38 years ago, where he worked as a volunteer.

Dirk heads the 16-person Therapy Services department at Madison Memorial Hospital. His experience includes the following:

Assistant coach, offensive line (Sugar-Salem high school football team)
Back and neck rehabilitation
Functional movement screen expert (certification)
Madison Memorial sports medicine outreach program (director)
Neurologic rehabilitation
Online adjunct instructor for BYU-Idaho (anatomy and physiology)
Outpatient orthopedics
Wound care

He loves to build things with wood. He spends his spare time at his home in Sugar City with his four grown children and two granddaughters doing yard work, going fishing, and working on his Land Cruiser.

Taylor Zolecki – Athletic Trainer

Taylor received her bachelor’s degree from Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. She then got her master’s from Montana State University in Billings.

In her sophomore year of high school, Taylor was stricken by a stress fracture in her foot. After missing soccer for three weeks, she began rehab and found that she loved the idea of taking care of others within an athletic setting.

She is certified in the Graston Technique, and being still young in her career, she’s actively looking to further her skills in manual therapy techniques.

Taylor lives with two wonderful yet spoiled cats. She’s engaged to be married, in April. She enjoys singing, dancing, cooking, painting, and playing video games.

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