Fairbury

Husker Rehab Occupational Therapist

Melissa Cromer, O.T.

Melissa Cromer has been employed by Husker Rehabilitation as an Occupational Therapist for the past 15 years and resides in Fairbury, NE with her husband, Greg Cromer and their three children.

Melissa grew up in the heartland of NE and Graduated from Grand Island Northwest. She attended Hastings College where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychiobiology. Upon graduating from Hastings, Melissa was accepted into the Occupational Therapy Program at Washington University in St. Louis and completed her Master’s degree in 1993. Remaining in the St. Louis area for 2 years she was employed by a small hospital in Crystal City, MO and later worked in an outpatient clinic before moving back to Fairbury, NE. Currently she keeps busy working part time at both Fairborn and Beatrice locations of Husker Rehab and enjoys treating patients all ages geriatric to pediatric. Melissa’s main area of treatment is upper extremity pathology including shoulder, elbow, wrist and finger and pelvic floor therapy for men and women. During her free time she enjoys outdoor activities such as golfing, gardening, running and biking.

Physical Therapist, Director of Rehab Services

Greg Cromer, M.S.P.T.

Greg has been with Husker Rehab since its founding in 1995.  He was raised in Utica, NE where he participated in sports and school extra-curricular activities.

It was in high school where he was introduced to PT after sustaining a back injury. Following high school he attended Hastings College where he participated in Football and majored in psychology and biology.  Upon graduation from Hastings College with his Bachelor of Arts degree he was accepted into the Washington University Medical School program in Physical Therapy. In 1991 he graduated with his Master of Science in Physical Therapy degree and began his professional career at Jefferson County Rehabilitation and Sports Clinic in Crystal City, MO just outside of St. Louis.  While at Jefferson County Rehab and Sports he was responsible for on-field medical coverage for 6 high schools. In addition to his duties at these high schools he was in the clinic seeing a full load of patients and supervising 2 PTAs. In 1995 Greg and his wife Melissa moved back to Fairbury NE and launched Husker Rehabilitation and Sports Clinic initially contracting all PT, OT and speech therapy services to the local hospital.  In 1999 Greg and his partner Mike Zalman opened the first Lincoln clinic followed by the Beatrice location 2 years later. Over the next 20 years Ryan Wade was added as a partner, the Fairbury clinic moved to a location downtown and additional clinics were opened in Nebraska City and Lincoln.

Greg enjoys working with all ages and diagnoses utilizing several different manual treatment approaches.  Emphasis of treatment is placed on diagnosing and treating postural faults and imbalances. He has been certified in dry needling, LSVT and Graston technique.  His approach to treatment focuses on hands-on manual therapy, progression of therapeutic exercise and development of a home exercise program to allow his patients to progress as their individual condition allows.

Greg and his wife Melissa currently live south of Beatrice and have 3 grown children Kalee, Jensen and Alec. In Greg’s spare time he likes to golf, camp, fish and work in the yard.

• Bachelor of Arts degree in psycho-biology from Hastings College, Hastings, NE
• Master of Science in Physical Therapy from Washington University Medical School Program in Physical Therapy, St. Louis, MO
• Community involvement: Fairbury Teammates, Rotary Club of Fairbury, Fairbury Concert Association, Fairbury Area Girls Softball Association, Fairbury Chamber of Commerce, Fairbury Country Club, Beatrice Country Club

PTA

Devan Schmidt

Devan graduated from Fairbury Jr/Sr High School in 2009. He attended college at SCC in Beatrice NE, while playing basketball for the SCC Storm. He received his PTA degree at SCC in Lincoln, NE.

He became interested in Physical Therapy after being treated by Greg Cromer at HR for all of his sporting injuries. His goal is to provide the best quality of care for all patients at Husker Rehab.

Office Manager

Tracey Hanson

Tracey was born and raised in with 4 brothers and 1 sister in Northeast Nebraska. She has been married for 12 years and lives in De Witt. 

She was employed as an LPN for 17 years before a back injury caused her to change her profession. She went back to school at Southeast Community College in 2018 Lincoln and received an Associate’s degree in the Office Professional Program with a medical focus. She started part time at Husker Rehab in 2019 in the billing department while attending SCC. In October 2020 she started part-time as an Office Manager in Fairbury while assisting other Husker Rehab locations with billing and authorizations. In October of 2021 she was office manager of the Fairbury location.

Office Assistant

Amanda Snook

Amanda was born and raised in Fairbury Nebraska. She has an older sister and a younger brother. Amanda and her husband have been married for 16 years and together they have three sons, Daxton, Jace, and Wesley.

Amanda started PT with Greg in 2018 after she suffered a spinal cord injury from a car accident.

In January, of 2020, she was crowned Miss Wheelchair Nebraska. She is a peer mentor for
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. She started working at HR in October,
2021 as an Office Assistant.

Amanda enjoys spending time outdoors with family and friends, fishing with her boys, and
attending her sons sporting events.

DPT

Jensen Cromer

Jensen grew up in Fairbury Nebraska where she participated in softball, basketball and track. Upon graduation from Fairbury High School, she attended Newman University in Wichita, KS where she competed in softball and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 2017. 

After graduation from Newman, she attended the University of Nebraska Medical Center where she studied and pursued a career in Physical Therapy. In May 2021, she completed the program with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree and became officially licensed in December 2021. Jensen is excited to become more involved within the community and build trusting relationships with her patients. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family and her dog Molly.