George J. Beneck

George J Beneck, PT, PhD, OCS-Emeritus, KEMG is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at California State University, Long Beach. He received the B.Sc. in Physical Therapy at Temple University (1984), M.Sc. in Biomechanics at Michigan State University (1991), and Ph.D. in Biokinesiology at the University of Southern California (2010). He has 18 years of full-time orthopaedic clinical practice experience and 30 years of experince teaching entry-level orthopaedic physical therapy coursework, and more recently, musculoskeletal imaging. He has served on numerous research committees, most notably as the research committee chair of the AOPT Imaging SIG. Using ultrasound imaging as research tool, his research examines how muscle performance and joint motion are altered in association with musculoskeletal pain disorders and explores how ultrasound imaging is being integrated into physical therapy practice and the potential benefits of its use.