Veatrice Cook, PT, MA, has practiced physical therapy for over 45 years. Her practice settings range from pediatrics to geriatrics. As a clinician and supervisor she was: owner and manager of three private practice outpatient clinics, East and South San Antonio Physical Therapy Clinic, and Mobile Physical Therapy; Director of physical therapy at Austin State School; Regional Clinical Director of physical therapy with SunDance Rehab Corporation, a long term care provider; staff clinician at several home health agencies that served the geriatric population; and for the past 19 years she has supervised physical therapy services for TeamCareRehab Corporation, currently serving as Director of Rehabilitation.
Ms. Cook received a BS degree in physical therapy from Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas and MA in Special Education from the University of Texas, Austin, Texas. As a clinician, she has maintained her skills through numerous continuing education courses, with special training in the John F. Barnes’ Myofascial Release Approach. Ms. Cook has been an instructor of several education courses, with a special emphasis on Prevention and Wellness, and has served as a guest lecturer at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas and the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. As a clinician, she has served as Clinical Director for many aspiring therapists, who have now become clinical educators themselves.
As a community activist, Ms. Cook has served on numerous boards and nonprofit organizations. The following boards are just a few of the many that she chaired or was a member: YWCA of San Antonio, City Transportation Advisory Board; the Casey Family Program Advisory Board; the American Academy of Physical Therapy (a Founder); the Texas Network of Minority Physical Therapist; the Edwards Ministerial Association; the United Way Foundation Board of San Antonio; the American Physical Therapy Association; the Texas Physical Therapy Association; the San Antonio Women’s Chamber of Commerce; and the Oak Hills Rotary Club of San Antonio.
Numerous awards and honors have been presented to Ms. Cook over the years for her service to others, with the following highlighted: inducted into the San Antonio’s Women’s Hall of Fame; the Leadership Award from the American Academy of Physical Therapy, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Texas Woman’s University, Denton. Texas, where she was the first physical therapy alumnus to receive this award.