Nicole has been a practicing physical therapist for 23 years, and more than 16 of those have taken place in the world of Pediatrics.

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She received her physical therapy degree from Daemen College in Buffalo New York in 1997.
Nicole worked as a traveling physical therapist when she first graduated and ended up in Wilkesboro, North Carolina and never left.

She has worked in different settings such as skilled nursing home, Outpatient orthopedic, acute care hospital setting, wound care clinic, burn Clinic, neuro rehab setting, and finally landed in Pediatrics and has been here ever since.

Her husband, Tom Ford, is the co-owner and a Physical Therapy assistant. They have 3 daughters.