Marie Charpentier (PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, FAAOMPT, LAT, ATC) joined UTSA’s Sports Medicine Staff, as part of a partnership with UT Health San Antonio, in August 2018 and works primarily with the football program; however, she offers rehabilitative services to all student-athletes at UTSA as the in-house physical therapist.
Charpentier is a native of Richmond, VA, and graduated from the University of Virginia in 2003 with her Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicine. She then moved on to Virginia Commonwealth University to complete her Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2006. Charpentier then completed the Kaiser Permanente Orthopedic Residency program (2008) and Kaiser Permanente Manual Therapy Fellowship in Sports Rehabilitation (2010). Charpentier is certified in Manual Therapy, Sports and Orthopedic Regenerative Dry Needling Level 1 and Running Gait Analyst Level 1.
She has previously been awarded the Southeastern District of the Texas Physical Therapy Association Excellence in Clinical Education. Charpentier is also a certified yoga instructor with a passion for helping athletes regulate their nervous systems and optimize stress resiliency through mind-body practices.
Charpentier enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and doing yoga. She says her favorite superhero is She-Ra.