1. Drew Russell Chad Nelson, Physical Therapist Natalie Varel, Physical Therapist Assistant Sports Rehabilitation & Physical Therapy 10777 Nall Avenue, Suite 320

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

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10. 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.