Deb Torraca
DPT, CCRP canine rehabilitation pioneer and owner of Wizard of Paws Physical Rehabilitation in Connecticut; Director of Animal Health Programs for Multi Radiance Medical.
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Jul 7, 2026
Erin ScottHOST
And so I believe you started working in, like, the human physical therapy field, and then were like, "Oh, animals probably need this too." Or, or how did that all come about?
Deb TorracaGUEST
So I started in the human field, and I was like, "Wait a second," you know? We're doing all this stuff on people.
Deb TorracaGUEST
I'm like, that's cool, but, you know, while I'm practicing stuff and my roommates got tired of being guinea pigs, and I turned to my family pet.
Deb TorracaGUEST
And I remember asking one of my professors, I was like, "Why don't, like, we do these things on dogs?" And I remember her plainly saying, "Deb, it's a dog.
Deb TorracaGUEST
Like, we're never gonna get to that point." And I remember, like, fast-forwarding probably 15 or 20 years, and I was speaking at a conference, and I bumped into her.
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