In my childhood I was always an active kid, I think I played over 10 different organized sports growing up, subsequently my path to becoming a physical therapist is rather typical, as I was an injured high school athlete who attended physical therapy for rehab and was interested in athletics as well as science. It was once I was in college and beginning down the path of learning more about both physical therapy and strength & conditioning that it became more intense. I was spending time throughout undergraduate classes attending journal clubs with PTs, reading research papers, and beginning to learn as much as I could on all things related to fitness, rehab and the human body. 

 

Throughout physical therapy school I balanced attending classes and learning that material along with doing extra reading on my own about topics that I cared about in physical therapy more than what I was learning in class. The COVID-19 pandemic occurred during my 1st year of PT school, leaving me extra time to devote to pursuing my special interests. I listened to over 800 physical therapy related podcast episodes while in school, and was lucky enough to be a part of E3 Rehab’s first mentorship cohort that allowed to me learn how to apply what I was learning with school with real-life examples given from the multiple E3 Rehab expert clinicians. Throughout schooling I was able to spend time using physical therapy with a variety of patients with orthopedic patients of all ages, being the first contact for a patient in the Emergency Department as well as working with intubated patients in the ICU. Despite all those experiences, I ended up returning to my first love after graduation, working with sports and orthopedic patients.