Dustin Dixon

PT, DPT, SCS, Cert. DN
Registered International Sports Physical Therapist

Dustin received a bachelor's degree in health sciences from Louisiana Tech University in 2004 and a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport in 2009. While in physical therapy school, he completed an internship at the prestigious Andrews Institute in Florida. After spending the first three years of his career in general orthopedics, he decided to narrow his focus and pursue additional sports medicine training at Ben Hogan Sports Medicine in Fort Worth. Spending two years in specialty practice there, Dustin became a Board Certified Sports Clinical Specialist before returning home to practice sports medicine in Louisiana.

In the clinic, Dustin has a passion for guiding patients through the rehabilitation process, from the table back to the field of competition—drawing from his own prior experiences in basketball and marathon training alongside more than 10 years of clinical practice. He has helped countless high school, collegiate and professional athletes from nearly all sports return to competition following injury. His dedication to lower quarter injury prevention and functional rehabilitation of the shoulder girdle in the overhead athlete has inspired him to deliver educational seminars to local coaches aimed at preventing injuries and enhancing performance. Dustin previously served as a chief mentor for a physical therapy sports residency program and continues to work alongside surgeons, athletic trainers, pitching coaches, researching clinicians, performance trainers and head coaches to carry out the mission of authentic sports medicine care.

While not at work, Dustin loves spending time with his wife and three sons, enjoying family and the great outdoors.

DEREK WILLIAMS II

Clinical Assistant and Athlete Outreach

With a B.S. in Kinesiology from Southeastern Louisiana University, Derek has always enjoyed being involved in the lives of young athletes, from gymnastics and football to tutoring and after-school care programs. He takes the impact he can have on the youth very seriously and strives to leave a positive imprint within those he is able to reach. As a former rehab patient of Dr. Dixon’s, Derek enjoys motivating patients on their journeys to maximum recovery.

Derek is currently involved in the start-up of a nonprofit organization, Nu Life 704, that dedicated to the revitalization and uplifting of his hometown community of Bogalusa. The organization will be committed to catering to the overall wellness of Bogalusa residents, whether the need is physical, mental, technical, or spiritual.

Derek is looking forward to furthering his education in Sports Psychology with the guidance of mentors he has found through his relationships with Flex Performance Therapy and Limitless Performance Training.

SHERRY WERNER

Ph. D.
Biomechanics Consultant

Dr. Werner is currently a biomechanics consultant and a pitching instructor at the Sherry Werner Fastpitch Academy. She has held faculty positions at the Tulane University School of Medicine, the Department of Physical Therapy at Louisiana State University, Tulane University Department of Biomedical Engineering and the University of TX Arlington Department of Kinesiology. She has held research positions at the United States Olympic Training Center (Colorado Springs, CO), the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, AL, the Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation in Vail, CO, the Tulane Institute for Sports Medicine in New Orleans, LA and and TMI Sports Medicine in Arlington, TX. She also currently consults with Ben Hogan Sports Medicine in Fort Worth, TX. She received a MS degree in Biomechanics from Indiana University in 1989 and a PhD in Biomechanics from The Pennsylvania State University in 1995. She was selected to the COSIDA Academic All-American Softball Team while earning a bachelors degree from Slippery Rock University. Dr. Werner’s research has focused on the effects of throwing motions at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. Past projects include data collection and analysis of Major League Baseball pitchers videotaped during spring training; data collection and analysis of elite softball pitchers during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA; high-speed video analyses of National teams from Australia, Canada and the United States; and an analysis of National Football League quarterbacks videotaped at the Denver Broncos’ practice facility. She also led researchers in collecting high speed video, force plate and muscle activity data from professional golfers at Greg Norman’s annual Shark Shootout golf tournament. More recently her research efforts have been directed toward Big XII quarterbacks and pitchers. Sherry also released instructional windmill pitching DVD’s with Jennie Finch in 2011 and 2014.