Kelly Hernandez, PT, DPT

Pediatric Therapy, Physical & Occupational Therapy

Accepting patients beginning 08/18/2025
Practices In: Westmont
Patients Seen: Ages Newborn–21
My favorite part about being a phys­i­cal ther­a­pist is help­ing my patients grow and achieve their goals, see­ing the impact it has in their every­day life is a reward in itself. I enjoy build­ing trust with my patients and get­ting to know more about what moti­vates and dri­ves them in order to help them work towards get­ting back to activ­i­ties of dai­ly liv­ing, sport, or recov­er­ing from injuries.
Professional Certifications
Basic Life Support (BLS), Licensed Physical Therapist
Languages
English, Spanish
Clinical Interests
I have had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to treat the pedi­atric pop­u­la­tion rang­ing from 0 – 21 years with a vari­ety of devel­op­men­tal and ortho­pe­dic con­di­tions, such as devel­op­men­tal delay and torticollis/​plagiocephaly. I thor­ough­ly enjoy build­ing a con­nec­tion with the chil­dren and their fam­i­lies and assist­ing them in achiev­ing big devel­op­men­tal mile­stones such as crawl­ing, walk­ing, jump­ing and more. Addi­tion­al­ly, I have tak­en course cer­ti­fi­ca­tion to treat Pelvic Health (stress/​urge uri­nary incon­ti­nence) for adults and look for­ward to being able to help indi­vid­u­als return to enjoy­ing every­day activ­i­ties and achieve their goals with­out pelvic dys­func­tion get­ting in the way.
Personal Interests
When not in the clin­ic, you can often find me curled up with my cat read­ing a book, tend­ing to my gar­den, cro­chet­ing, or baking/​cooking some­thing yum­my. I love try­ing new recipes and my favorite cui­sine is Mediterranean/​Middle Eastern.
School
Bradley University Graduation Date: 2018 Degree: Kinesiology and Health Sciences