How This Career Path Started

With these first few posts I would like to frame my future perspectives by sharing a bit about my professional life’s work, passion, and background. I am a physical therapist who began this journey into work injury management and work injury prevention with one particular patient. He was my patient for the better part of 6 months. His injury and resulting deficits made it look unlikely that he would return to his job as a power company lineman. HE however, was ADAMANT that he was going back…and that I was to pave his way. That journey with him, before I ever knew anything about Functional Capacity Evaluations or Physical Demands Analysis, opened my eyes to a need. My quest to help workers recover and return to gainful employment had begun. By the way, he did return to his job (with some modifications), and he retired in 2006 on his own terms. He was and still is my touchstone- as my professional journey continues.