What is a travel PT?

Instead of working at one office or therapy facility, a travel physical therapist travels across a city, state, region, or country to provide physical therapy. You may focus specifically on providing services to at-risk or underserved populations, or you may contract with a health care staffing agency that sends you to wherever extra PTs are needed. As a travel PT, your duties and responsibilities are the same as they would be if you worked in a hospital, pain clinic, or outpatient facility. You provide pain management strategies and help your patients recover and regain mobility after accidents, injuries, or surgeries.