They start out making decent money but then get overworked which causes you to be underpaid. Not much of a high paying career track unless you are a cash pay PT and the people file their own insurance claims.

There is a self pay PT guy at Healthy Ballers in Rockville that specializes in ACL injuries, he gets top dollar but probably gets burned out

Avoid places that do workers comp cases.

My sister is a PT. She loves it but she’s massively underpaid imo. She has a doctoral degree and yet makes less than most nurses. And she works 5 10 hour days a week, sometimes more, because they have to stay late and chart.

Granted, she doesn’t care about money and could probably do much better if she were willing to relocate or start her own practice, but she likes inpatient work.

Do something that makes more money unless the goal is to open up a business which you can franchise. Also need to be good with ppl and empathetic

Bump. My son is a rising senior considering this career. Anyone have any experience as a physical therapist or with PT school?

Can I bump this?

Many PTs work with children; perhaps that's why many are women. But not almost all are women. My daughter's PT, who is a Ph.D. and trains grad students, has male students interning in her office.

Following with interest!

My DC is starting to think about applying to DPT programs without knowing much about the field. DC still needs to intern. I am just curious whether physical therapists out there are happy with their career choices. Also, why do almost all PTs seem to be women?