Healthworks Rehab & Fitness
Ryder Witherell is an experienced Physical Therapist with a career spanning over three decades. Currently employed at Healthworks Rehab & Fitness since May 2023, Ryder previously held positions at EDELMAN SPINE & ORTHOPAEDIC PHYSICAL THERAPY and MOUNTAIN STATE PHYSICAL THERAPY, specializing in outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine rehabilitation. Ryder served in the United States Air Force for nearly 18 years, where responsibilities included outpatient orthopedics and serving as a flight commander. Additional experience includes roles as a Senior Physical Therapist at University Hospital Augusta, GA, and as an Exercise Physiologist focusing on cardiac rehabilitation. Ryder holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine and multiple degrees from West Virginia University, including a Master's in Exercise Physiology and a Bachelor's in Secondary Education and Teaching Biology/Chemistry.
This person is not in the org chart
This person is not in any teams
Healthworks Rehab & Fitness
HealthWorks Rehab & Fitness is primarily owned by West Virginia University Hospitals, Mon Health System, and John C. Spiker. HealthWorks Rehab & Fitness was founded in 1979 in Morgantown, WV as Morgantown Physical Therapy Associates (MPTA) by John C. Spiker and Sam Kegerreis. Sam moved on to new endeavors in 1980 and John persisted in his pursuit to provide quality therapy services to the surrounding communities. MPTA grew in numbers over the next ten years which necessitated four location moves in the Morgantown area and the hiring of many more outstanding clinicians. Programs were founded upon a sports medicine approach to musculoskeletal injuries with emphasis on a functional return to activity as soon as possible. This concept has continued to be developed and remains as our treatment philosophy today. The foundation was laid. Jack Brautigam joined the MPTA “team” as a partner in 1989. This was also the time that MPTA began providing inpatient physical therapy services located at Monongalia General Hospital. We continue to provide this service today. The desire to serve the surrounding communities gave birth to our five satellite offices; the first in Buckhannon, WV (1990), the second in Smithfield, PA (1992),the third in Fairmont, WV (2000),the fourth in Blacksville, WV (2005), and the fifth in Cheat Lake, WV (2006). Our “home clinic” is located in Morgantown, WV where John C. Spiker still serves as President/CEO and Jack Brautigam serves as Vice-President. Today, HealthWorks continues to be dedicated to the needs of our surrounding communities. With a cooperative spirit, we continually evaluate these needs and strive to fulfill them with the implementation of new programs. We look forward to a future providing many more years of exemplary service in rehabilitation and fitness for the benefit of the community.