Alpine, Utah; Alpine Fitness & Physical Therapy - Lizzy

The internship at Alpine Fitness & Physical Therapy is an amazing learning opportunity. Nowhere else will you have the same hands-on opportunities that this facility provides. You work very closely with fellow interns and real patients from day one. It is a difficult internship in that it tests you intellectually, physically, and socially. However, it is a very unique opportunity as you are provided with wonderful resources, but then get to take your learning into your own hands and shape your experience into exactly what you want it to be. You can learn how to be physical therapist, or you can learn how to be a personal trainer, or you can do both! The greatest thing I learned was that, "A good physical therapist makes a good personal trainer." It makes so much sense that the two go hand in hand and I'm glad I had this experience to open my eyes to this fact, so that I can be a more successful and more motivating physical therapist some day.

Alpine, UT; Alpine Fitness & Physical Therapy - Hyrum

At Alpine Fitness and Physical therapy I have learned many things. The internship includes taking quizzes to learn, how the gym is run, anatomical terms, therapeutic procedures, documentation of therapy sessions and how to use therapeutic modalities. These quizzes were very applicable to the knowledge that we needed to function as a prospective employee at this facility as well as a future physical therapist. I was also able to experience the business side of running a physical therapy clinic by running fliers to advertise for the clinic.

This internship is unique in that it allows the interns to learn and practice therapeutic mobilizations and procedures on actual people. I learned mobilizations, tractions, PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation), and massage therapy. I was able to practice these maneuvers on the other interns until I was proficient in completing them autonomously. I also learned how to write SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) notes, these notes are the write-ups of a therapy session that will be sent to insurance companies for billing. I also learned to write Treatment and procedure records. The ability to document a therapy session, and give reason as to why the patient needs the therapy given, is vital in physical therapy because without these documents insurance will not reimburse the therapist. At various stages of the internship I was evaluated on the concepts that had been taught to me up to that point which encouraged me to be proficient in all that was taught. If you are interested in an internship at Alpine Fitness & Physical Therapy more information can be found at alpinefitness.com.

Alpine, UT; Alpine Fitness - Jared

Interning with the physical therapists at Alpine Fitness has been one of the most beneficial experiences of my life in terms of my future career and schooling. I have learned an incredible amout here, and I loved every second. I will never forget the things I learned, nor the people I met. It was apparent that this internship has been going for years and has been refined in the fires of trial and error. I loved the environment, the quizzes, the hands on learning, and the opportunities and freedom to take this internship into my own hands and make it my own and excel in my own fashion, at my own speed. The more time and effort you put into the internship, the more you can get out of it.