Rate My Professor Michael Zarro

A board-certified Sports Clinical Specialist since 2015, Zarro holds additional certifications as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, APTA Credentialed Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medical Responder, and in dry needling, blood flow restriction training, dynamic neuromuscular stabilization, and spinal manipulation. He earned the International Olympic Committee Diploma in Sports Physical Therapy in 2017. His research focuses on sports physical therapy, including ACL reconstruction outcomes, return-to-sport testing, roles of physical therapists in collegiate athletics, bone stress injuries, running injuries, post-concussion syndrome, throwing injuries, and tendinopathy management. Key publications include "Hop to It! The Relationship Between Hop Tests and The Anterior Cruciate Ligament - Return to Sport Index After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in NCAA Division 1 Collegiate Athletes" (International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 2023), "Roles And Responsibilities Of The Physical Therapist In Collegiate Athletics: Results Of A National Survey" (International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 2022), "Single-Leg Vertical Hop Test Detects Greater Limb Asymmetries Than Horizontal Hop Tests After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in NCAA Division 1 Collegiate Athletes" (International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 2021), and "Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Tendinopathy in Athletes: A Review of the Conservative and Rehabilitative Options" (Hand, 2022). Zarro received the MedStar National Rehabilitation Network Hero Award in 2017 and Alumni of the Year from the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science in 2023. He chairs the Professional and Collegiate Sports Special Interest Group of the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy, serves as Maryland State Legislative Representative, and reviews manuscripts for journals.