Physical Therapy in Torrington
Since the 1980s
Maletta Pfeiffer Physical Therapy has led the field in first-class PT care in Litchfield County for over 40 years. Two locations. Fourteen providers. A team built on depth, not volume.
The Practice
Maletta Pfeiffer Physical Therapy was founded in the early 1980s on a straightforward belief: physical therapy should go as deep as the injury, not stop at symptom management.
Four decades later, that belief still drives how the practice operates. We're not a chain. We don't rotate through patients on a 15-minute timer. The providers who work here were trained at Connecticut's universities, built their careers in Litchfield County, and in several cases have been treating patients at the same location for 20+ years.
We've led the field in first-class Physical Therapy care in Litchfield County and the surrounding areas for over 40 years and will strive to maintain that standard. That's not marketing language. It's the practice's own words, written by the people who run it.
"We have led the field in first-class Physical Therapy care in Litchfield County and the surrounding areas for over 40 years and will strive to maintain that standard."
Managing Partners
PHOTO: Daniel Albanese PT
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Daniel Albanese, PT
Managing Partner, Peck Road
UConn-trained, managing the Maletta practice since 2007. NEUBIE certified. APTA member. Named to CT Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 in March 2011. An acknowledgment from the state that the next generation of Torrington's healthcare leadership was choosing to stay and build in Litchfield County, not leave.
Dan took over a 20-year practice and kept its identity intact while adding specialized capabilities: NeuFIT/NEUBIE therapy, vestibular concussion rehab, and a provider roster built on depth of credential rather than headcount.
Credentials
PT | NEUBIE certified | APTA member | UConn BS 1997
PHOTO: Richard Boulli Jr. MSPT
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Richard Boulli Jr., MSPT
Managing Partner, Alvord Park
Sacred Heart-trained, at the Alvord Park location since 2000. Orthopedics and return-to-sport specialist with 25+ years treating Litchfield County athletes and post-surgical patients. NEUBIE certified. APTA member.
Rich built the Alvord Park clinic into a referral destination for orthopedic hand surgeons and sports medicine physicians throughout the county. A reputation earned through outcomes, not marketing spend.
Credentials
MSPT | NEUBIE certified | APTA | Sacred Heart BS 1997 / MS 1999 | At Alvord Park since 2000
Serving Both Patients and Country
Heather Miranda, PT DPT COMT
Heather Miranda has been a physical therapist at the Peck Road clinic for over two decades, and a member of the US Army Reserve since 1995. Those two careers have overlapped in ways most clinicians never experience.
She served as Officer in Charge of Physical Therapy from 2002 to 2023, during which time she was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2023, she took on her current role as Field Hospital Commander of the 405th Field Hospital, responsible for the clinical care and operational readiness of a full military medical unit.
Back at Peck Road, she holds Functional Dry Needling Level 2 (the advanced certification), Graston Technique, ADApt certification, SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment), and Orthopedic Manual PT (COMT). She's also an APTA Clinical Instructor.
The Army gives her patients something most clinicians can't: an understanding of what it means to treat pain and movement dysfunction at scale, under pressure, and without margin for error.
PHOTO: Heather Miranda
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Education: Quinnipiac BS 2000 · Boston U DPT 2008
Orthopedic: EIM COMT 2014
Dry Needling: Level 2 (advanced)
Other: Graston · ADApt · SFMA
Military: US Army Reserve 1995 to present
Current role: Field Hospital Commander, 405th Field Hospital (2023 to present)
Community & Reach
Maletta Pfeiffer maintains a statewide referral network and an active community presence, including the Thera Show. It's an annual event that reflects the practice's commitment to physical therapy education and community health in Litchfield County.
Multiple providers hold memberships in the Vestibular Disorder Association. The practice accepts most major insurance plans and has treated patients across Torrington, Winsted, Litchfield, Watertown, Thomaston, and the wider northwest Connecticut region for over four decades.
Meet the full team in person.
Call either location to schedule your evaluation.