Commonweatlh Physical Therapists

Lansdowne Clinic

Olga Arocho, PT

Olga graduated in 1976 from the University of Puerto Rico, where she earned her Physical Therapy Degree and then completed her clinical internship at NYU prior to relocating to Florida and Georgia. For ten years she worked with the Department of the Army for the Exceptional Member Service Program. Her Physical Therapy experience is extensive including pediatrics in which she is certified in NDT.

When Olga returned from Europe she worked in Northern Virginia as an independent contractor for several organizations such as Children’s Hospital, Nursing and Home Health Agencies as well in private practice. She worked for ten years with Dr. Edward E. Lane before joining Commonwealth Orthopedics in 2001.

Currently, she is the Clinic Manager for the Physical Therapy office at Duke St. in Alexandria.

Kristen Kirk, DPT

Kristen Kirk, DPT Kristen grew up in a small town in central PA and was involved in many sports including field hockey, basketball, and track. She attended Juniata College to earn a B.S. in biology and was a starter for the Juniata College basketball team for 3 years. She then attended Slippery Rock University in PA to obtain her doctorate in physical therapy. Kristen became interested in physical therapy when she was a patient due to different sports injuries. She moved to Northern Virginia in July of 2009 and joined Commonwealth Orthopaedics in Lansdowne in September of 2009.

Kristen enjoys doing anything outdoors, including biking, camping, and hiking, as well as playing and watching sports. She also enjoys traveling, previously taking a cross country trip across the US.

Susan Wyatt, MPT

Susan Wyatt, MPT Susan Wyatt was born in Endicott New York and moved to Pompano Beach Florida at an early age. She was active in a number of competitive sports until her early teens when she started focusing on competitive swimming. She was a high school and junior college all-american swimmer, and a Big-8 conference champion at Iowa State University where she majored in exercise science and wellness.

After college Susan moved back to South Florida where she worked as a lifeguard/swimming instructor and a physical therapy aide for a number of years. She then worked as an assistant director of a hospital based wellness program, setting up and monitoring exercise programs for the general public and for the hospital’s cardiopulmonary outpatients. During this time she also competed for several years in master’s level swimming, and sprint to ironman distance triathlons. She decided to continue her education and received a master of physical therapy in 1998 from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. After graduation she moved to Virginia where she worked in an outpatient physical therapy facility, treating primarily a general orthopedic and sports medicine patient population. She enjoys fishing, hiking, and traveling with her family and dogs in her free time.