Penny Domm, BS, MS, AT, C, DC Chiropractic physician
Dr. Mary Ann "Penny" Domm is co-owner of Aspen Chiropractic Clinic in Portland, OR. For more than twenty years, she has dedicated her life to caring for others through the practice of massage therapy, athletic training and chiropractic medicine. She currently maintains a busy and highly respected practice that is devoted to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Penny Domm is a 2005 member of The Heritage Registry of Who’s Who.
Penny Domm grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York, where her mother's tireless commitment to community service influenced her dedication to the healing arts. Penny Domm learned the value of complementary and alternative medicine through the experience of her rural upbringing. Her family raised their own food and cared for their animals, and the family doctor was a chiropractor.
Penny Domm is an accomplished athlete and scholar. She learned to snow ski as soon as she learned to walk. Penny Domm earned USTA National Junior Ranking (tennis) as a teenager and went on to attend Ithaca College (NY) on a soccer scholarship. She also played tennis in her freshman year and distinguished herself for four years on the Ithaca varsity crew team. She is an avid golfer.
In 1994, Penny Domm received her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic College- Los Angeles (CA). She began her healing arts career with a Massage Therapy Certificate from the Morris Institute (NJ). In 1984, she received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and Health from Ithaca College (NY) and the following year, she completed dual graduate degrees: Master of Science, Exercise Physiology (Athletic Training) and Master of Science, Sports Psychology (1985). Her dissertation is the seminal work in the field of sports-injury rehabilitation. [See Fisher AC, Domm MA, Wuest DA. Adherence to sports-injury rehabilitation programs. Physician Sportsmed.1988;16(7):47-52.]
In the capacity of Athletic Trainer, Certified and Chiropractic Physician, Penny Domm has worked with the following sports teams: New York Giants Football, U.S. Women's Soccer, U.S. Women's Pro Volleyball, Portland Forest Dragons (Arena Football) and Portland Power (Women's Pro Basketball). In her chiropractic practice, she works with Olympic athletes and other athletes involved in range of professional and recreational sports: baseball, crew, cycling, distance running, football, ski racing, softball, tennis, track and field.
For more than 15 years, Penny Domm has been a dedicated volunteer of her professional services to sports and philanthropic events in California and Oregon: AA Sports Limited events, California AIDS Ride, City of Ventura Corporate Games, GSGRA Regional Rodeo, TAC Ultra Marathon and The City of Los Angeles Marathon. In 2004, Penny Domm served as Medical Coordinator for the Bridge to Bridge Run, Hood to Coast Relay, Race for the Roses, ADA Summit to Surf and TYR Women's Triathlon.
Since 1986, Penny Domm has been awarded three academic appointments at WASC accredited colleges: Associate Professor of Exercise Science and Physical Education, Montclair State University (NJ), Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, West Coast University (CA) and Staff Clinician and Adjunct Faculty Member, Western States Chiropractic College (OR).
Penny Domm is a member of the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs.
Articles by this Author
Do you need back surgery?
- By Dr. Penny Domm
- Archived 03/10/2007
- Chiropractic medicine
Recent research predicts that 1 in 2 or 50% of North Americans will choose a chiropractor for treatment of back pain. I have practiced chiropractic for 10 years and my professional experience reflects this finding.
Plantar Fasciitis
- By Dr. Penny Domm
- Archived 06/1/2007
- Chiropractic medicine , Diet & Exercise
So, you have pain on the bottom of your feet, and you were diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. When you try to explain this to someone, all you can remember is that it's called "plantar- something." Well, I can help you with this; the words can be broken down easily to explain the condition. Plantar means bottom of the foot. Fascia is fibrous tissue that supports muscle and skin. The suffix, -itis, means inflammation. Put them all together (after you drop the "a" from fascia) and you have a word that is also a diagnosis, inflammation of the supporting tissue on the bottom of the foot. Easy, right? Easy, perhaps, if you don't suffer from the condition. Plantar fasciitis is very painful and it can take a long time to heal.
Concussion: not just a bump on the head
- By Dr. Penny Domm
- Archived 07/21/2008
- Chiropractic medicine
Many of us hear the word concussion and can't imagine it ever happening to us. Statistics show that most of us have suffered a mild concussion at least once on our lives but didn't know that the headache we felt after that "fall" meant that we had a concussion. Most concussions are considered mild and resolve within a day or two. Those are the ones that we forget about until 10 years or so later when getting evaluated for "headache" by our physician and the questionnaire asks, "Have you had any serious head trauma?"... Please note that any and all head trauma is potentially serious.
