Note: If you’re interested in knowing the research behind the efficacy of blood flow restriction for clinical populations and therapeutic purposes, be sure to check out my article: Blood Flow Restriction: Evidence and Uses For Injury Rehabilitation, where I provide an overview (consisting of large amount of findings within literature) towards using BFR within the clinic. Also, this article you’re …
The Difference: Physical Therapist vs Physical Therapy Assistant
Many people often times wonder what the differences are between a physical therapist (PT) and a physical therapist assistant (PTA). While they both work in a collaborative fashion and in ways that are designed to help patients through their rehabilitative process, there are important differences between the two. Physical therapy assistants hold an associate’s degree and carry out treatment interventions …
Students: Here’s How to Dominate Studying at Home for Major Success
Well, Covid-19 has screwed things up for pretty much everyone on the planet. If you’re currently a student, you can no doubt relate to this as you’ve probably felt its impacts throughout a number of ways (both academic and non-academic). One of the biggest challenges students are now facing is in regards to being unable to spend much (or any) …
Ten Reasons to Become a Physical Therapist for Your Career
Making the decision to pursue a specific career can be an intimidating process. It can take time and effort to know whether or not it’s something you can truly see yourself doing. Then once you decide to pursue it, there’s a lot to figure out and a lot to accomplish in order to see it through and make it happen. …
Ten Mistakes New Physical Therapy Graduates Often Make
We all make mistakes, and I am certainly no exception to this. While I’ve learned so much over the years in regards to everything that pertains to my physical therapy pursuits, one of the biggest things I’ve learned is this: The more we love something and the greater our passion towards it, the greater our desire becomes to help others avoid …
The Functional Movement Screen: Why New PT Grads Should Know It
The functional movement screen (FMS) is a great certification and system that I often encourage new PT graduates to pursue if they’re planning on working in outpatient-based orthopedics settings. There’s many reasons for this, which I will cover within this article. The FMS is a great piece of arsenal for the recent PT graduate to have in their “toolkit”. It …
How Long (and What Does it Take) to Become a Physical Therapist?
Becoming a licensed physical therapist within the United States is an amazing achievement, and one that takes a lot of dedication and patience among other things. If you’re wondering how long it takes to become a licensed physical therapist and what one must go through, then this article has you covered! The short answer is that it takes seven years …
The CSCS Certification for Physical Therapists: Is it Worth Getting?
A common question I am often asked by new and aspiring physical therapists is whether or not a CSCS designation is worth pursuing. While the CSCS designation is not specific to the field of physical therapy, physical therapists working with active and athletic populations often hold this designation as it helps to convey the notion that the individual has a …
In-service Presentation & Topic Ideas for PT Students: Ten Great Ideas
Ahh, the good ol’ mandatory in-service presentation. Yes, it’s something that all PT students get to do for each one of their clinical placements. If you’ve come to the point in your PT journey where you’re on a clinical rotation and you’re in need of some in-service and presentation ideas, this article should hopefully help you out. This article contains …
PT School Tuition & Fee Calculator: Free Excel Spreadsheet
* To download the free tuition spreadsheet, please scroll down to the bottom of this post, where you will find a link to open and download the Excel file * As a student, it’s important to know just how much your academic program is going to financially cost you. While having a clear understanding of not just the grand total of your …