Kathleen Said:

How does a national health care system effect physical therapy-sports medicine's career and yearly salary?

We Answered:

You can look at it from two ways.

First, that people who wouldn't otherwise have access to physica therapy will have a means of getting it.

Second, if health care is offered as a national program, there will probably be regualtions and waiting lists for those to have it. Furthermore, elective procedures will be much less frequently done. Take for instance our current system of public aid (even though it is offered on a state level). A patient on the public aid system may be told that they need a joint replacement surgery...but they have to go on a waiting list to have it. Two years later, they may get approved to have it wheas someone who has a private insurance will usually be given that option right away. It will still be seen as an elective procedure, no matter how debilitated the person is (and beleive me, I've seen plenty of people debilitated by OA or RA who are denied the care that someone on a private insurance would get right away). Therefore, PTs will be seeing few patients for elective post operative procedures. On the other hand, these people might be readily referred to PT...the "cheaper" option. It will force PTs to work with more debilitated conditions, but be more effective in delivering care.

Ultimately, I feel this will drive down a PTs salary because the federal government will probably seek to impose caps and regulations on who gets PT and for how long (in fact, it happened with Medicare reform).

Kristin Said:

What is the job salary of someone that gets a job in sports medicine?

We Answered:

Average $133,333

Rodney Said:

whats the average salary for sports medicine?

We Answered:

Sports medicine isn't really a specialty in the way that internal medicine, nephrology, psychiatry, or plastic surgery is. It's more of an interest of specialists like orthopedic surgeons and physiatrists. And these, along with most other physicians, are generally not salaried positions.
Medicine is a profession, and it requires a doctorate (MD or DO), plus post-doctoral training. It isn't something you can get from trade school or any other shortcut.

Christy Said:

Average Salary for a Physical therapist specializing in Sports Medicine?

We Answered:

Here's a link from PayScale.com that might be helpful: http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=… It shows the median salary for a physical therapist based on experiece level, location, industry and other factors.

Hope that helps

Wade Said:

Do massage therapists get paid hourly or salary working in priviate offices or sports medicine offices?

We Answered:

Basically since the idea of jobs in massage is fairly new, you can negotiate what you want or keep trying until you find what you want or create what you want as far as pay etc.
Just like any other career, you need to negotiate what you want and what you will do.

I wouldn't work on salary as a massage therapist as I would guess that you would really be taken advantage of. There are only so many massages that you can do in one day both physically and mentally. You should be paid for your work.

Entry level salaries are usually very low like maybe $20 an hour if you are lucky. You also may get paid less if you don't have a client.

Most massage therapists start their own business and can make more that way.