Messiah University Doctor of Physical Therapy facilities
Messiah University's Doctor of Physical Therapy program is housed at Winding Hill, a state-of-the-art 37,000 square-foot educational center, located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, just a few miles from the state capital of Harrisburg and Messiah's main campus. While you are a student in Messiah’s DPT program, you will have the opportunity to complete your course and lab work in a technologically advanced learning environment, custom-designed to your curriculum. Messiah also partners with Phoenix Phyiscal Therapy to offer an onsite PT, OT and AT clinic.
Learn more about Phoenix PT, OT and AT at Messiah University Winding Hill.
Tour the Winding Hill DPT facilities
Cardiovascular lab
The cardiovascular lab at Winding Hill provides in-house opportunities for students to learn and practice their skills with all the equipment one would encounter in an outpatient PT or cardiovascular rehab clinic.
Cadaver lab
Winding Hill features a fully equipped state-of-the-art cadaver lab for full dissection and anatomical study.
Musculoskeletal lab
Students learn and practice hands-on assessment and intervention skills as part of the patient/client management model.
Pediatric lab
DPT students will have use of a fully equipped lab with sensory integration equipment, climbing wall, indoor play gym and other therapeutic equipment.
ADL apartment
Students will learn how to perform transfers and how to teach patients to perform activities of daily living (ADL).
Dedicated research and study rooms
Winding Hill has dedicated space for small-group study and research rooms with equipment to assess and measure balance, gait patterns and functional movement.
Clinical sites
Messiah’s DPT program offers you the opportunity to complete clinical education experiences locally, regionally and potentially out of state.
Cafe @ Winding Hill
The Café @ Winding Hill is open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., with varying schedules during academic breaks and summer months. The café offers freshly prepared breakfast and lunch entrees, soups, salads, sandwiches and a wide variety of convenience foods and beverages.