Confluent Health Celebrates 53 Physical Therapists in Achieving Specialist Board Certifications
This week, 53 physical therapists from the Confluent Health family of private practices have added three additional letters to their long list of decorated qualifications. Achieving a board certification places these dedicated therapists at the top of their field in physical therapy.
Board certifications are granted by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), requiring a minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical practice, a rigorous application and examination process. Over 40% of Confluent Health’s physical therapists are board-certified, though only 11% of the physical therapists in the United States are board certified in a specialty. Of those, 7% of therapists in the United States are Orthopedic Clinical Specialists and fewer than 1% are Sports Clinical Specialists.
The advanced clinical knowledge and skill set in a special area of practice that comes with a board certification allows therapists to better treat the patients in their specialty and keeps them up to date with cutting edge research and technology. Studies have shown that board-certified physical therapists provide outcomes more quickly for patients in their specialty area.
“Every Physical Therapist that is welcomed into our organization agrees that they will become a board-certified specialist during their time within the Confluent Health family,” said Confluent Health CEO Larry Benz, PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, “This agreement is a bilateral commitment, however, as it takes significant effort and grit by each therapist to not only complete the rigorous training, but to also prepare for this distinction. We are proud to have 5 times the national average of board-certified specialists and to offer our patients leading-edge therapy from the most highly trained therapists across the nation.”
Because the OCS certification denotes the therapist is an orthopedic clinical specialist, with an exceptional level of training and expertise, they are highly qualified through evidence-based practice, orthopedic injury examination, treatment, and medical interventions. The SCS certification concentrates on acute and critical sports injury treatment and sports injury prevention and wellness. Both certifications require training beyond the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degrees that these individuals have achieved.
Benz further offered his congratulations to all newly board-certified therapists, “We are very proud of the commitment that these Physical Therapists have made to becoming board-certified specialists, and the hard work they put in to flourish in their careers. It’s a true testament to their passion for the field of Physical Therapy and to their patients.”
Both Benz and Confluent Health celebrate these members from across the family in their achievement, including:
Advanced Physical Therapy
Caleb Wolthers, OCS
Baton Rouge Physical Therapy
Shea Rogers, OCS
BreakThrough Physical Therapy
Emily Burke, OCS
Shannon Chapman, OCS
Connor Cleveland, OCS
Sean Duggan, OCS
Mark Powell, OCS
Courtney Smiach, OCS
Colorado in Motion
Kirsten Hendricks, OCS
Amanda Quanstrom, OCS
Heather Seiler, NCS
John Mark Skinner, OCS
Elite Physical Therapy
Marcus Walker, OCS
Northwest Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation Center Inc.
Brielle Kadrmas, OCS
Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy
Zachary Littlefield, OCS
Pappas | OPT Physical and Hand Therapy
Ed McCormick, OCS
Mike Orlowski, OCS
Physical Therapy Central
Kaitlyn Baxter, OCS
Desiree Dunlavy, OCS
Ryan Fraley, SCS
Kerry Hudnall Latham, GCS
Carley Limber, OCS
Jenny Reisz, OCS
ProActive Physical Therapy Specialists
Tyler Bohnet, OCS
ProRehab
Luke Deckard, SCS
Jessica Hetzer, OCS
SporTherapy
Andrew Sewell
Strive Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation
Rebecca Delisi, OCS
Kelly Speers, OCS
Texas Physical Therapy Specialists
Tyler Adams, OCS
Linzy Bond, OCS
Kyndal Cantu, OCS
Scott Cartwright, OCS
Rachel Clark, OCS
Lisa Cote, OCS
Eldon Cummings, OCS
Kelsey Ede, SCS
Jake Garbeck, OCS
Baylee Hirt, OCS
Ryan Holloway, SCS
Stephen Henninger, OCS
Jan Jurado, OCS
Caryn Kadous, OCS
Taylor Kurtz, OCS
Clayton Labus, OCS
Jonathan Losch, SCS
Jordan Mazick, OCS
Pedro Migliano, OCS
Carlos Reyes, SCS
Rebecca Sutton, OCS
Melanie Tomerlin, OCS
Kim Tovar, OCS
Lisa Zagorski, OCS
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