Is it worth going to school to become a physical therapist?
I am currently a personal trainer with a “holistic“ perspective. I really enjoy working with clients who are sincerely interested in how their body moves and works. I love learning about the human body and want to go a little deeper than what I’m doing now. I want to have a little bit more authority in terms of what I can say with clients. I feel like I can serve my clients better if I could actually help them with certain elements like low back pain or if they happen to get an injury outside the gym, I can also help rehabilitate them without them having to go to a PT office. However, I’ve heard that physical therapy schools are just so far behind in the current research on how the body functions and works and body mechanics and I don’t wanna spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on an education that’s really outdated just so I can have a piece of paper.
I am 36 years old with a baby. And I want to think about what the next step is in my career. It seems like for a personal trainer, The next step is to own a gym or stay where you’re at…
I do a little bit of online training, but I feel like that’s not where I excel in. I really enjoy in person interaction and working with people one on one. I can see myself having my own personal training/physical therapy business.
What do you all think?