Our Staff
Dan Swanner, MA, PT
Dan Swanner lives in Ojai with his wife Krista and their three children. Dan played college basketball at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. He graduated from Westmont in 1989 with an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology. He and Krista then moved to New York where Dan attended Touro College to obtain another Bachelor's degree in Health Science and a Master's degree in physical therapy, graduating in 1993.
Dan first worked at the Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara, where he was promoted to director of outpatient physical therapy. In 1995, Dan and Krista moved to Ojai to raise their children Ryley, Drew and Brody. Dan started Swanner Physical Therapy in an effort to bring excellence in physical therapy to the Ojai Valley.
Dan is a certified Mulligan practitioner and has been practicing as an outpatient physical therapist his entire career. He has attended many continuing education courses on the spine, the shoulder, the knee and soft tissue mobilization and manual therapy techniques. He specializes in treating shoulder dysfunction, joint replacements, as well as lower back pain, neck pain and headaches.
Dan enjoys golfing, playing basketball and coaching his children in soccer, basketball and volleyball. He can often be found hiking, riding his mountain bike or horseback riding in the hills surrounding the Ojai Valley.
Carol Leandro, MPT
Carol graduated in 1993 from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Aquatic Biology. She then joined the US Peace Corps and spent two years in the Carribean working as an environmental educator.
Upon her return to the states, she was accepted to California State University Northridge's Physical Therapy Program in 1997. She earned her Masters Degree with distinction in 2000.
Since her graduation, she has worked with Dan Swanner at Swanner Physical Therapy concentrating on outpatient physical therapy.
Carol is a certified Mulligan Practitioner and her continuing education courses include Mulligan's "Nags and Snags" for the Lower and Upper Quarters, and the Follow up Mulligan Course, The Running Course, and Lumbar Segmental Stabilization.
Carol lives with her husband Ken and daughter Carly in Ventura, CA.
Away from the office, Carol can be found playing with her daughter Carly, running the hills in Ventura, doing yoga, and having fun with the Active Mom's Group of Ventura.
Joanna Schindel, MPT
Joanna Schindel currently lives in Ojai with her husband Ron and their daughter Hannah. She was born and raised in the Ojai Valley and graduated from Nordhoff High School in 1993.
Joanna moved to San Fernando and attended California State University at Northridge, where she received a Bachelors degree in Health Education and her Masters degree in Physical Therapy. She then returned to Ojai and began working at Swanner Physical Therapy.
Joanna established the aquatic physical therapy program and the complete decongestive lymphedema therapy program at Swanner Physical Therapy. Both of these programs are the first of their kind to the physical therapy patients of the Ojai Valley.
Joanna has attended many post-graduate courses in manual therapy, including treatment of lymphedema. More specifically, lymphedema in the post-breast cancer patient.
Joanna loves to enjoy the Ojai Valley with her family and dog Rudy. She enjoys all outdoor activities: walking, hiking and attending her husband's soccer games.
Maureen Barrett, OTR, CHT
Maureen Barrett graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1979 with a Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy. Internships allowed Maureen to travel to the west coast where she met her husband, Tony. In 1988 Maureen, Tony and their three children moved to Ojai.
Maureen has had a wide variety of work experiences since beginning her career in Occupational Therapy. She specialized in the area of Pain Management for approximately ten years and became a Certified Biofeedback Therapist. During this time she worked in St. John's Pain Management program as well as a privately owned pain management clinic. She has experience in home health, acute care and rehabilitation.
Maureen is a Certified Hand Therapist and began in hand therapy in 1992. She provides therapy for conditions such as arthritis, cumulative trauma and hand injuries as well as post surgical care. Some of her services include custom splinting, wound care, modalities, functional retraining and progressive activity programs.
Maureen joined Dan Swanner in 1998 and continues to enjoy working at home in the Ojai Valley with Dan and his amazing staff.
