Todd S. Ellenbecker, MS, DPT, SCS, OCS, CSCS, is a physical therapist and clinic director of Physiotherapy Associates Scottsdale Sports Clinic in Arizona and is the vice president of medical services for the ATP World Tour. He received his bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse in 1985 and a master’s degree in exercise physiology from Arizona State University in 1989. He completed his doctor of physical therapy from MGH Institute of Health Professions in 2006. In addition, he is certified as a sport clinical specialist and orthopaedic clinical specialist by the American Physical Therapy Association. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and was named their Sports Medicine Professional of the Year in 2003. Dr. Ellenbecker is the chair of the International Tennis Performance Association Certification Commission and a certified USPTA tennis teaching professional and was the chairman of the USTA National Sport Science Committee for more than a decade and still serves as a committee member. Todd is also the national director of clinical research for Physiotherapy Associates. In 2007 he received the Ron Peyton Award by the Sports Physical Therapy Section and in 2008 was the recipient of the Samuel Hardy Educational Merit Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Ellenbecker serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy and Sports Health. He has conducted and published research primarily on upper-extremity athletes as well as shoulder and elbow rehabilitation. He is the author of several books, including Strength Band Training (Human Kinetics, 2011) and Effective Functional Progressions in Sport Rehabilitation (Human Kinetics, 2009).
Ellenbecker lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife, Gail.