86 – Nick Balenger – APTA Next Conf Keynote Speaker - a podcast by Jimmy McKay, PT, DPT

In this episode host Jimmy McKay talks with 2016 APTA Next Conference Keynote speaker, Nick Balenger live in Jimmy's backyard in Arlington VA.  Jimmy enjoys a Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale from the Sweetwater Brewing company out of Atlanta GA, while Nick, who turns 21 next month, had to drink lemonade.

Nick is a college senior at George Mason University, who suffered a spinal cord injury while playing in the surf in Hawaii.  Nick went through several levels of the Physical Therapy system from acute to inpatient to outpatient to eventually working with a current DPT student (and Jimmy's roommate of 3 years) David Fathalikhani.

Nick tells us how to be a good PT student and PT.  He's got an interesting take on how to look at spinal cord PT, "Fuck The Book", and sums up the APTA's current media strategy, #ChoosePT, in one sentence.

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