Carly Matichak Stock, PT, DPT

Carly Matichak Stock, PT, DPT has had the pleasure of working in the realm of pediatrics, including school-based, multi-disciplinary clinics, research, outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation settings. She currently practices in the Harford County Public Schools in Bel Air, Maryland. Carly was a faculty mentor in the pediatric residency program at Kennedy Krieger Institute responsible for the school-based and muscular dystrophy components. Speaking engagements have included multiple national and international opportunities including Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, Kinetic Connections, and Periodic Paralysis Association. Publications have involved muscular dystrophy research. Carly is passionate about forming meaningful relationships with children and families she serves and offering creative evidence based therapy services.

• School Based Assessment and Service Delivery Models
• Muscular Dystrophy in the Pediatric Population
• Chronic Pain in Children
• Transition from Childhood to Adult in Individuals with Disabilities
• Effect of Gross Motor Intervention on Academics
• Research in Physical Therapy

• Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy- Every Single (One) Tour, Baltimore MD April, 2016.
• Prince Georges County Public Schools Speaker, Using Evidence in Neuromuscular Disorders in the School System Landover MD, January 2016.
• Periodic Paralysis Association Speaker- International Conference, “Making Moves”- Guidelines for Exercise and Aquatics Orlando FL, October 2015.
• FSH Society Speaker, Adaptive Sports Baltimore MD, November 2013.
• Kinetic Connections Speaker, School verses Clinic Based Physical Therapy: Similarities and Differences Baltimore MD, November 2011.
• CPTA Fall Conference Poster Presenter, Personal research on The Relationship Between Chronic Low Back Pain and Lower Abdominal Strength presented at annual CPTA Fall Conference , Hartford CT, November 2008.

• Bone Health in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy: A Cross-Sectional Study. MUSCLE & NERVE, 18 FEB 2017
• Validity of the 6 minute walk test in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. MUSCLE & NERVE, Volume 55, Issue 3, March 2017

• 5 Ways to Make a Positive Impact in Children with Progressive Neuromuscular Diseases: What to do when physical decline is expected?