Sports PT residency Programs

Before I start, I'd like to say that I really love my job. I don't make a lot of money and I don't work a lot of hours, even though the hours I do work are annoying and mostly incompatible with family life.

The reason I prefaced with this is because I keep seeing people saying that people that complain about AT just chose the wrong profession. I vehemently disagree. We should be paid a premium for the amount of family/social life we give up. But that's not the case. Why?

  • Too young to parse the difference between work/everything else
  • Want to get into pro sports
  • Mostly a boring (if you're lucky) job and then you save someone's life/prevent a catastrophic injury; it's a rush to help an athlete with an acute injury. Everyone else is freaking out, but we know what to do, and we do it well- it can be, if not addicting, than extremely appealing, to be a hero

Tbh I completely love interacting with my kids. I like teaching them about proper mechanics, lifts, illnesses. I like talking to them about relationships; with parents, coaches and SOs.

I don't believe AT is a sustainable profession on its own. We dicked around for a lot of years and now we're trying to play catch-up. Too late. We still don't have recognition amongst many physician groups. Not to mention the anti-AT sentiment amongst PT, APT, SchoolNurses etc.

tldr Long winded answer, I love my job and discourage anyone that expresses an interest in it

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