Sports

Physiotherapy
 Description
A sports physical therapist is someone who
promotes safe physical activity participation,
works to prevent injuries, restores optimal
function, and promoting optimal performance
in sport.
They deal with issues and injuries due to
sport.
They work in private and public facilities. They
can work one on one with sport specific
teams, or out of a public office.
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They play a role in enhancing performance of
athletes. They can give tips on how to
enhance efficiency of performance and
prevent injury.
They work alongside athletes to ensure that
their training plans are working for them.
They are involved in athletes recovery and
work closely with athletes to ensure their
recovery process is optimal and works for the
athlete.
 Education
High School requirements: Baccalaureate degree:

English 30-1 Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology

Bio 30
Chem 30
Physics 30
Graduate Degree:
Math 30-1
Master of Science in Sports Physical
Therapy:
https://www.ualberta.ca/rehabilitatio U of A: ~28 month of classes, 31 weeks
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Tuition: year 1: $9040
year 2: $7970
year 3: $1869
Salary
First Year: Tenth Year:

Average hourly wage in Alberta (2015): Salary: $82,068

$47.95/hour

Salary: $76,095
Positives
Get to work with high performance
athletes
Get athletes back into sport
Learn about how other sports work and
how injuries will affect them
Problem solving
Good salary
Lots of choice on where you want to live
Can own your own clinic- choice of
hours you work
Negatives
Physically demanding: hard on hands
and fingers, back and neck
Emotional demanding: patients may not
progress as fast as you hope, they may
not follow the recovery plan you set out
for them, or they may have an injury
that simply cant be fixed
Takes a lot of schooling and experience
to become a top quality physio- 4 years
in university
Very competitive to get into universities
Attrition Rate
The average age to retire from being a sport
physio is 64.

This is to ensure that they are physically well

and able to do their job properly without
being at risk of injuring themselves.

Most people entering the field are around age

28. This accounts for needing 4 years of
schooling.
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Why are You Interested
My aunt became a physiotherapist and I
shadowed her one day and really
became interested in what she does.
I want other athletes to be able to
compete at their full potential and not
have to worry about injury- because Ive
dealt with a lot of injury, I dont want
other athletes to go through that
I find working with muscles and bones
and bodies interesting and like learning
how to body works and functions
I want to work with World level Irish
dancers on helping them stay injury free
and bringing more awareness to the
world of Irish dance, so that doctors and
other health science jobs are more
informed on how Irish dance affects the
body and how to properly help them.
I have used chiropractic and sport
physio a lot to help with recovery of
injures from Irish dance and I find that
they help speed up the recovery and can
work with you to make sure you stay
injury free
 Credits

sport physio canada

how to become a sport physio
what is sports physio 2

UofA physio ms entry

salaries of physio
salaries
what is sport physio

University of Western States UofA FAQ sport phsyio