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Drew Russell Chad Nelson, Physical Therapist Natalie Varel, Physical Therapist Assistant. Sports Rehabilitation & Physical Therapy 10777 Nall Avenue, Suite 320. Chad Nelson, Physical Therapist. Kansas State University: Undergraduate Degree in Human Biology - 4.5 years
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Drew RussellChad Nelson, Physical TherapistNatalie Varel, Physical Therapist Assistant Sports Rehabilitation & Physical Therapy 10777 Nall Avenue, Suite 320
Chad Nelson, Physical Therapist • Kansas State University: Undergraduate Degree in Human Biology - 4.5 years • KU Med: Physical Therapy - 2.5 years • He was an athlete that wanted to work with athletes • He gets to treat a Multitude of Patients and Diagnoses
Natalie Varel, Physical Therapist Assistant • Missouri Western State University: Undergraduate degree in Health and Exercise Science – 4 years • Missouri Western State University: Physical Therapist Assistant – 2 years
Job Requirements • Physical Therapists generally work 40 hours per week but it varies depending on the Physical Therapist how many days they work per week. • Physical Therapists – Evaluates, plan and cares the treatment for the patient, along with determining if physical therapy is right for the patient, and sometimes perform the treatment • Physical Therapist Assistants – Perform the treatments prescribed by the Physical Therapists
Job Trends • Challenges: • Patients that are lazy and don’t want to do treatment or home exercises • Increasing documentation • Knowing proper documentation according to new laws • Staying up to date on reimbursement from insurance • Rewards: • Get to be active and not behind a desk • Get to help people who are injured • Get to be creative on treatments for patients • Great people person job • Unspecified or varying career paths for Physical Therapists
Equipment • Physical Therapists use resistance bands the most for physical therapy because they are the cheapest and most effective way to treat a patient but have a lot of different equipment that they can use for treatments.
Miscellaneous (cont.) • They don’t have any specific uniforms that they must wear. It is pretty casual, they are just not allowed to wear jeans until Friday.