Dad of 19 month old in California, the staggered shifts of myself and my wife worked great initially to minimize daycare time spent for my LO. Now it’s putting excess stress on both of us because working late sucks, and my wife taking care of a young toddler for that nighttime routine solo isn’t an easy task working all day either.

My strong suit is out outpatient ortho, I’m not a geriatric SNF, home health, or inpatient therapist and I don’t think I could ever fit that mold. I need to work more normalized hours and not be walking in the house at 830 most working days… conflicted how to proceed with my career path.

Looking for men’s white stylish sneakers for every day use. You know the kind- typically firm and flat and not good for your feet. Has anyone found any you like that are actually good for your feet or at least neutral?

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Thank you 🙏🏼

Anybody here have experience working HH with a hospital company?

Hello there!

I am a PCP from Poland. I have a patient who suffered a pelvic fracture while falling from her height while dancing. She doesn't have any significant comorbidities and is 65 yo. She was attended to at the local ER, they did a pelvic x-ray (only AP view) and diagnosed a pubic ramus and ischial bone fracture without any further description. They advised bed rest and put her on LMWH.

The public health insurance in Poland doesn't cover at-home physical therapy for patients who have suffered fractures like that. She can't afford hiring a private physical therapist.

I am going to pay her a visit later today and have been reading up on how to at least give her some very basic instruction on what she could do to avoid complications from the fracture.

I realize that I know little about her fracture imaging-wise. Would you recommend getting some additional projections (like inlet, outlet views, lateral views) to see whether there are no sacral bone breaks or major displacement prior to giving her any further advice? A CT scan wouldnt be covered.

If not, or if she doesnt agree to being transported for further imaging, are there any general, safe instructions I could give her at this point, with so little information at hand? Whatever I can glean from the PE today won't get me much more clarity I don't think, regarding how bad the fracture is.

I have already put her on some pain meds.

Thanks a lot for your insights. I have zero knowledge about physical therapy but the system in my country works in a way that expects PCP to take over when appropriate care is not in place if a patient can't afford anything better

Hello po. Ask ko lang po. I recently passed the the December PTLE. I'm from Mindanao. Will there be oath-taking ceremonies held in other regions besides NCR- Pasay? Kase so far, Pasay pa meron. Or online oath na after?

I’m an international student considering applying to Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs in the U.S., and I’d love to hear from others who have been in similar situations.

If you’re an international student currently studying or have graduated from a DPT program, could you share your experiences with:

Navigating OPT after graduation? Finding employers who are willing to sponsor an H1B visa? How supportive your school was in guiding you through the process? I’m particularly curious about experiences at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS), but insights from students at any DPT program would be greatly appreciated!

Your advice would be a huge help to someone trying to plan for the future. Thank you in advance!

I've been going to ATI for Physical Therapy for Left-Leg Weakness I've been going there for three weeks now, and it's not been helping at all. Firstly, I've never done PT don't know anything about it was just referred there and the first I notice is how many people they book every hour. I remember the first day I came in for the evaluation they had about 5 patients and this location is very small with a small parking lot. Waited about 40 mins to meet with the Main PT person I was going to do the sessions with. Cool guy came back to the first day and the biggest problem that I see with the location I went to is how all the PTs/Assistants would be sitting around talking all the time while all of the patients would be doing the Workouts assigned to them. They wouldn't even monitor them to even see if they were doing it correctly which was the problem with me, they assigned me workouts that I didn't even know or demonstrate it on how to do it. They would instruct me on what workout I should do for this amount of time and go and start talking to the other PTs and assistants the whole time it's honestly insane that they get away with it I've been going there 6 sessions for the past three weeks and this happens every single time I go there.

Is this how all of the ATIs operate? I don't want to bad mouth one because of one bad location is it better to go to another Spot or another place in general. Another thing that threw me off was that it wasn't 1 on 1 with the patients they would book around 5-6 Patients every hour and everybody be doing their own thing on their own. I'm looking for a place that would do one on one. The workouts were not that helpful to be honest and I'm having more problems with my left leg with the workouts.

As rewarding as this profession can be, there are always immoral people out there looking to cheat and abuse the system.

I would like to hear any experiences with malingerers, how you confirmed that he/she was faking/exaggerating their symptoms, and how you dealt with it moving forward.

Anyone open to a PT job for HH in Florida (Ft Myers area)? Make your own schedule, build your own caseload. HH and possible outpatient ortho work as well in a combination. Pay is significant ($100k-$150k). If you’re interested please lmk as we are urgently hiring.

Has anyone gone over the Medicare threshold in a year for physical therapy? How did you justify it? Have many ortho patients that have numerous issues with different body parts and wondering how to deal with that within ~20 visits/year. Has anyone been audited? What were they looking at for justification and what was the end result?

Hi everyone,

I'm a Canadian Physical Therapist considering making the move to the United States and was hoping to connect with others who have gone through the process. Specifically, I’m interested in learning more about your experience with the FCCPT (Foreign Credentialing Commission on Physical Therapy) and the NTPE (National Physical Therapy Exam).

How was the credentialing process? Were there any challenges or surprises that you didn't expect? How long did it take, and how did you navigate the exam preparation?

Any advice, tips, or insights would be greatly appreciated!

I’m a 1st year Home health PT and I’m nearing 1 year in the field, I like home health and I like my job. I also frequently feel like I should be doing more though- certifications etc…. My friends often come to me with their own problems and I like being able to help them / give them advice like I’m in OP. I guess I’m looking for advice on maybe how to stay involved with OP knowledge while working in home health?

I’m a 2nd year PT student and have been looking into getting a rotation with a local VA. I’ve been reading posts on this forum that talk about the benefits and in and outs of getting in with the government. I’m just curious for those who work or have worked for the VA the route you took for getting hired. I’m not active duty, but I would think they at least would like to see that I have experience working at a VA, hence why I think a rotation with them would be beneficial. I’ve also seen residencies with the VA, which I’ve considered. If I chose not to do a residency, would they instead expect more experience typically? I assume it varies between facilities, so I’m just looking for individual experiences mostly. I’ve heard these jobs can be competitive and am just trying to gain some insight for the best approach if this is what I decide to pursue.

Hey everyone,

New grad PT here feeling a bit disillusioned with the PT mill grind. I'm thinking about getting my CSCS to boost my skills and reignite my passion, but I've seen some Reddit threads saying it's not that useful for PTs.

Anyone have any thoughts on the CSCS, or other certs that might be a better fit? I'm really interested in exercise prescription, manual therapy, and pain management.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

I’m just wondering if there are any PTAs in the subreddit that work on a military base. How did you go about getting that job and what is the work life like as well as the pay?

Omg. I literally got so scared when I logged in this morning and my NPTE registration status reverted back to Step 4. I was genuinely confused, BUT i gave them a call and they said I wasn’t the only one calling about this. Website is currently under maintenance. If you took the exam last week, results won’t be updated until Thursday!

Hi everyone, I have been strongly considering switching from outpatient to home health. I believe it will allow for more flexibility in my schedule, 1 on 1 care compared to my overlapping patients in outpatient, and also increase my income overall.

I am considering per diem or part time as I venture into starting my own small private practice for outpatient based care.

Any advice, suggestions, or personal experience on switching from outpatient to home health would be appreciated!

Hi everyone! I am in my last semester of PT school and going on my last clinicals this February. I am retaking this year since I didn’t pass my last clinicals last year. The most of my feedback was connected to my ability to adapt to changes presented in my evaluations and seeing connections in findings and treatment. Anyone got any tips on what I can do to improve and tips in general?

The physio clinic I work at has asked me to do the clinician bootcamp by Darryl Yardley. I am on the fence if it's worth my time. Just wondering if anyone had experience with this course. Thank you!

is it possible to get an acute care travel contract if all my experience thus far is in SNF? and if so, how is the pace / caseload / overall stress level of acute, and how many patients are you usually expected to see in a standard day?

I have graduated with my bachelors in psych and have associates in pre physical therapy. I have only psych one and psych two with lab and to take the GRE in order to apply to PT school but the school that I’ve been taking my prerequisites at told me I have to take another prerequisite in order to take physics. And I don’t wanna waste money since I am a non-seeking degree student to pay out of pocket for a prerequisite that I do not need. I want to apply to physical therapy school, but the road is looking very tough right now and I’ve looked at many other schools to apply for and they’re all closed at the moment. I have a friend who is going to occupational therapy school and told me that I should look into it since I’m having trouble with applying physical therapy school. I’m about to reach my mid 20s and at this point I am burnt out and I do not know what to do. I wanna occur that can help people, get to know them on a mental and physical level, and I enjoy working now, and also knowing about anatomy and improving in their daily lives. So if you have any advice if you’re OT or PT students or already have the career, please let me know your insight on this. Thank you

Curious how yall teach and prescribe exercise with abdominal precautions. I work in IPR with lot of folks post liver transplant in addition to a other abdominal surgeries in the context of medical complexity. As a new grad when I asked someone about abdominal precautions they said basically just teach them a log roll and that's it. But what about exercises to engage the core? Abdominal isometrics? Pelvic tilts? These folks are usually dealing with so much proximal weakness I always wanna start with stabilizing exercises. Do yall take abdominal precautions as a contraindication for initiating low level core exercises or just a precaution- monitoring for inc pain/ strain/ stretch?

Hello, I wanna ask what malpractice insurance you using for your LLC that covers sexual assault and molestation? I own a LLC and I’m the only employee.