Top Rated Physical Therapists in Columbia, Howard County, MD

Dr. Alreen Day Alfonso is known to many as “Day” and has been in an outpatient physical therapy practice for over 15+ years. Dr. Day is the co-owner and co-founder of BEAT Physical Therapy. Her passion for working with patients inspired her to open her practice along with her husband John, who is also the financial manager of the company.

Dr. Day is a Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist. This is a recognition for physical therapists with advanced clinical knowledge, experience, and skills in Orthopedic physical therapy given by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

As a Certified Integrated Manual Therapist (CIMT), she is a trained specialist to assess whole body dysfunction using current evidence-based treatments. She is experienced in the use of muscle energy techniques, myofascial release and advanced joint mobilization and manipulation. Through the years, she gained extensive knowledge and practice in performing rehabilitation of post-operative patients including treatment of rotator cuff repairs, joint replacements, spine fusions, ACL and Meniscus surgeries, Achilles tendon and other muscle repair surgeries, amongst others.

Dr. Day is a “double certified” Trigger Point Dry Needling Practitioner in Maryland serving Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and Howard County, and has been performing the procedure since 2012. She works with patients with varying conditions from a headache to plantar fasciitis using this technique. She received her dry needling training and certification from MyoPain Seminars and KinetaCore.

She also works with a lot of chronic pain patients by utilizing trigger point dry needling, Kinesiotaping and manual therapy. Along with the help of her patients, she thoroughly assesses all the possible factors affecting pain chronicity, which includes, but not limited to, physical activities, sleep patterns, diet, water intake and stress management. This helps her address all the possible causes of chronic pain and aids in proper treatment and referral to appropriate medical professionals.

She performs selective functional movement assessment for athletes, runners, and active individuals to prevent and treat movement dysfunctions. This is done by giving corrective exercises and providing a full rehabilitation program including home exercises and injury education. Dr. Day is one of the few practitioners in Maryland to be certified in performing Blood Flow Restriction Therapy (BFRT) using an FDA approved device to improve strength and promote muscle hypertrophy for return to sports training.

She completed her degree in Doctor of Physical Therapy at Arcadia University, Glenside, PA. She recently became a Certified Kinesiotaping Practitioner (CKTP). Dr. Day is completing her pelvic floor certification through APTA Women’s Health Section. She is also completing a series of courses provided by NAIOMT to attain her Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapy (COMT) certification.

Dr. Day is also a certified clinical instructor to multiple physical therapy and physical therapy assistant programs in Maryland. 

In 2019, the American Institute of Balance grants Dr. Day as a Certified Vestibular Rehabilitation Practitioner.

In her spare time, she loves spending time with her family, working out, reading and binge watching.

• Member, American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
• Member, Orthopaedic, Private Practice, and Maryland Chapter Sections of APTA
• Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapists (AAOMPT)
• Member, American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS)
• Member, National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)