Emily Ferree received her B.S. in kinesiology from USC in 2013. During her time as an undergrad Emily competed as a walk-on athlete and graduated at the top of her major department. Emily went on to receive her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at USC where she earned three merit scholarships from the division, became a USC Town and Gown Scholar, earned the division’s Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award, was awarded the Order of the Golden Cane, which is USC’s top honor for clinical excellence and leadership and graduated at the top of her class. 

Emily has clinical experience working with professional athletes in the NFL, MLB, NBA, MLS, NHL, USTA and PGA. Emily is currently our clinic director of rehab and sports performance. In this role she directs in season and off season programming for our athletes, provides rehabilitative and return to sport care and directs our state of the art biomechanics lab. Emily performs biomechanical movement analysis evaluations using some of the latest technology in the industry to treat high-level athletes and complex sports injuries. Emily’s work in the biomechanical analysis of baseball pitching and hitting has earned her national recognition presenting at several medical and baseball conferences throughout the country as well as educational seminars for multiple major league organizations. Emily is also a certified manual therapist and enjoys combining her knowledge of movement and neuromuscular training with manual intervention to achieve optimal performance and recovery.

Emily joins the Movement First team with a passion for the use of movement analysis in injury prevention and sport specific rehab. Emily is particularly interested in using biomechanics not only to treat and prevent injury, but also to improve performance in athletes to ensure their ability to continue to compete at the highest level possible.