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Sports Physical Therapy Schools

Earl Said:

I need info on a physical therapy school for a class im taking in High School. Can you help me find a place?

We Answered:

Your question is confusing. Are you looking for a PT school or a sports medicine program. The two things are not the same. As some PT do sports med as a speciality. IT is a very small part of the profession. For a list of PT schools and a link to their websites is

www.apta.org Go under the education link.

Marilyn Said:

what the difference between sports medicine physician and a physical therapist?

We Answered:

PT rehab the patient (BS degree plus 3 years of PT school)
sports med MD usually are orthopedic surgeons and they do surgery(BS degree, 4 years of med school, 4-7 years of a( (ortho surg) residency, and then 2 years of fellowship in sports med)

You can go to PT grad school with a sports management degree (I do not know of any sports med program) or athletic training as long as you get your pre reqs done.

1 year of gen bio, gen physics,gen chem, A and P, and math potentially up to calc, stats, and psy

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