Orthopedic Therapist: What Are Some of the Basic Necessary Equipment Needed in Your Clinic?
Question by MJ: Orthopedic Therapist: what are some of the basic necessary equipment needed in your clinic?
for children ages 5-14 sports related and non sports related. for acute injuries, overuse injuries and contact sport injuries. i am asking because i want to open a orthopedic physical therapist clinic. i will hire a licensed orthopedic physical therapist, but i will need to know what are some of the basic necessary equipment needed and where i could possibly purchase it used rather than new to cut costs. i want to start off small, and then expand. purchase some of the necessary equipment to treat patients, and then purchase more as the business grows.
Best answer:
Answer by mistify
I think if you are going to open up a clinic for pediatric orthopedic injuries, you aren’t going to have many clients. Most pediatric based clinics are for neurological cases…cerebral palsy, developmental delay, etc. The reason pediatric clinics exist is because the neurological basis for pediatric PT is so vastly different than “typical” physical therapy. It’s a totally different basis for theory and application.
Furthermore, when a child DOES have an orthopedic injury, they frequently do not require therapy. Their normal play and activity is usually sufficient for their recovery. I’d highly question the viability of a pediatric clinic that ONLY took orthopedic injuries.
I’d say your first step is to decide the following question:
Do you want to open an orthopedic clinic that sees mostly adults (but you may still see some children from time to time)
OR
Do you want to open a pediatric clinic, and work ONLY with children…most of whom will have neurological problems, but you will see the occasional orthopedic problem. In which case, you’ll need a pediatric PT, not an orthopedic one…it would be very, very rare to find someone who does both.
The result of that decision will influence what type of equipment you need to buy.
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