Also called: Aquatic Physical Therapist, Aquatic Therapy Specialist
Physical or occupational therapist who uses warm pools to help patients exercise and heal when moving on land hurts too much.
Guides a patient with arthritis through walking in chest-deep warm water, where the water holds up most of her weight. Later you help a child with cerebral palsy practice balance with floats. Your clinic is a pool, so you spend much of the day in the water.
Estimate based on physical therapists.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 7 years after high school. Doctor of Physical Therapy (or an OT or PTA degree) plus aquatic therapy certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Kinesiology, Exercise Science, Physical Therapy.
Growing much faster than average. Tracks physical therapists, which BLS projects to grow very fast.
Low risk for 10 years. Hands-on therapy in a pool is about as far from automation as healthcare gets.
Classes: Biology, Anatomy, Physics.
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