Who

Dr. Drew Contreras, PT, DPT, SCS  – received his Master of Physical Therapy from Gannon University in 1998 and his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008.  He is board an APTA board certified Sports Clinical Specialist since 2003.  His professional interests are sports medicine; manual therapy; blood flow restriction; bio-technology; musculoskeletal injury prevention, diagnosis and rehabilitation as well as human performance optimization. He is APTA’s vice president of clinician integration and innovation.


Episode Takeaways

• We must always be able to identify upcoming trends in healthcare that impact the profession
  
• We need to be prepared for PT to have an expanded role in the future
  
• Our value is way beyond the 8 min rule
  
• We need to accept the responsibility and role of a doctoring profession 
  

“Physical therapists must embrace their role as a doctoring profession, working at the highest level of their scope and accepting the responsibility that comes with it.”
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