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Posted on 10/10/24 at 11:12 am to St Augustine
What you just said is exactly what my daughter is doing on the COTA route. She left the hospital and clinical outpatient setting and went home health and works what days she chooses. Pays more than Ochsner! Then works 2 to 3 Saturdays per month at a top notch rehab hospital. The latter is where the money is. But pay would be less per hour than PRN. It’s hard physically, too. She worked up to 2 days bf giving birth. I can’t imagine that.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 11:12 am to St Augustine
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As a PT I disagree. Depending on a persons goals and where they want to work the current cost of grad school often isn’t worth the difference.
This. If you want to just do the grind and then go home. PTA might be the best option.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 11:13 am to BlackPot
Rubbing obese people with my bare hands all day is NOT something I would ever want to do.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 11:23 am to Stumpknocker
I don't think massage therapy is in your future then.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 11:24 am to sidewalkside
[quote]They are just retarded then. That is living high on the horse for 3 years all on debt and not even TRYING to be frugal.[/quote
This isn’t correct. Not even close. shite has gotten expensive. 20-25k a semester x8 is putting you at 160-200 on just tuition. Now factor in 2-3 out of town clinicals over two to three years while also maintaining your rent at wherever you’re staying in grad school and not having more than a couple of hours of week earning potential. That adds up very quickly in the 2020s.
I’ve run the numbers with a lot of these kids when they ask me about how fast I paid off my loans.
This isn’t correct. Not even close. shite has gotten expensive. 20-25k a semester x8 is putting you at 160-200 on just tuition. Now factor in 2-3 out of town clinicals over two to three years while also maintaining your rent at wherever you’re staying in grad school and not having more than a couple of hours of week earning potential. That adds up very quickly in the 2020s.
I’ve run the numbers with a lot of these kids when they ask me about how fast I paid off my loans.
This post was edited on 10/10/24 at 11:46 am
Posted on 10/10/24 at 11:38 am to BlackPot
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Currently in IT, and have been for 15 years. ... So if there is anyone in that field, how do you like it? Pros, cons, stay away what you got?
part of my job requires doing labor market research based on wages, careers, geographic location, and projected earnings from the US Dept of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Just curious where do currently live (city, State) , and what is your actual job title ? (IT technician, software specialist, software engineer, cyber security, system analyst) .. I can run some numbers for PT professions to give you an idea of salary wages both hourly & annual.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 12:08 pm to BeachDude022
What is this “health company” do? A PTA has to work under guidance of PT and I wouldn’t think can branch out on his own doing PTA. Sounds interesting, which is why I’m asking what it is. If you don’t mind, that is.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 12:46 pm to BlackPot
I have a family member that is. Makes $85k in a small Louisiana town. Low stress and actually helping people
Posted on 10/10/24 at 1:00 pm to Sterling Archer
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Makes $85k in a small Louisiana town.
Really? Me just being optimistic, I can't imagine the assistant part of it making north of $65k with experience.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 1:01 pm to Got Blaze
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Just curious where do currently live (city, State) , and what is your actual job title
Net Admin, small town (12K-ish population)
Just in case you're my boss I'm not giving it all up
Posted on 10/10/24 at 1:15 pm to BlackPot
My wife is in therapy for a foot injury. A P T did the initial assessment. Since then its all been assistants. Seems like they do most of the hands on stuff.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 1:22 pm to BlackPot
Yes, they are 15+ years in but that’s W2.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 2:13 pm to BlackPot
The insurance companies recently decided to go the same route for PTA’s as they do for NP’s and now reimburse 15% less for PTA’s than they did several years ago. This in turn makes PTA’s pay largely capped because they now make 15% less money for the company than they did before. In turn, PT’s have become more important because of this same reason. However grad school can be prohibitively expensive and you either need to go in state or live very frugally to make it worth it.
Being an outpatient PT/PTA is often times shitty because it is the lowest paying but usually the reason 98% of people get into it (sports, ortho, athletes).
I work in a hospital and make 6 figures for what it’s worth with good benefits.
Being an outpatient PT/PTA is often times shitty because it is the lowest paying but usually the reason 98% of people get into it (sports, ortho, athletes).
I work in a hospital and make 6 figures for what it’s worth with good benefits.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 2:16 pm to BlackPot
Don’t do it for the money!
Posted on 10/10/24 at 2:18 pm to BlackPot
I'm a PT and a PTA is not a bad profession at all but I do not think you can make great money unless you do home health. You do have a good bit of autonomy being a PTA. The PT has to do the eval and discharge but the PTA can do all treatment and manual therapy that a PT does. PT requires a bachelor's degree with all prerequisites met and then 2-3 years of grad school. Definitely cannot hold a full time job. Most do not have a job at all. I love what I do but the schooling was pretty brutal.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 2:51 pm to BlackPot
My wife is a PTA. She doesn’t work anymore except to help friends out(maybe 3-5 patients a month). She prefers home health. She thoroughly enjoys it meeting/helping people. She had no desire to be a PT given she’s not a great decision maker. She makes $45 per patient. When she was working she would see 7-10 patients a day. It’s not baller money, but it’s not something to turn your nose up at.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 2:57 pm to GeauxTigahs92
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I'm a PT and a PTA is not a bad profession at all but I do not think you can make great money unless you do home health. You do have a good bit of autonomy being a PTA. The PT has to do the eval and discharge but the PTA can do all treatment and manual therapy that a PT does. PT requires a bachelor's degree with all prerequisites met and then 2-3 years of grad school. Definitely cannot hold a full time job. Most do not have a job at all. I love what I do but the schooling was pretty brutal.
Interesting side bit but the APTA actually states that PTA’s are not qualified to perform spinal or peripheral joint mobilizations/manual therapy yet some states allow them to do certain joint mobilizations.
Posted on 10/10/24 at 3:02 pm to Dixie2023
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What is this “health company” do? A PTA has to work under guidance of PT and I wouldn’t think can branch out on his own doing PTA. Sounds interesting, which is why I’m asking what it is. If you don’t mind, that is.
He’s the CEO of a home health company in the DFW metroplex
This post was edited on 10/10/24 at 3:03 pm
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