Will Humphreys reflects on the Rising Tide Scholarship program and the broader potential of the next generation of physical therapy leaders. He emphasizes empowerment — encouraging small starts that lead to big impact — advocates for ethical profitability in the profession, and urges PTs to pursue direct patient care and leadership within the musculoskeletal space.
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And it's so empowering and inspiring to see how you. The Rising Tide Scholarship program is just one avenue of a million possibilities that we can all do. Like you said, to start small. Just because we start small doesn't mean the impact is small. I look at Davion and Christy and I look in their eyes and I see what I want for the future of. Not the industry, the industry, it's the wills. The 17 year old kids who were laying there in bed wondering if their life would ever be good again. You know, and those therapists who come in with a ball of light and hope, who uplift like, yeah, we should. Like Davion said, let's go get what's ours. You know, this is the one profession that I say let's go make as much money as ethically possible. Like let's get crazy profitable ethically, but like, let's go, let's just stop this thing called being a referral that gets sent out from a doctor and be the doctor, be that direct point of care. Because we, we are. Studies have shown no one knows the musculoskeletal industry to start better than us except for orthopedic surgeons. So for us, in a place where we can stand and come together, there's endless possibility. And yeah, there's going to be some periods of time with burnout, but guys, that's anything that's worthwhile and for us to be able to come together and overcome that is such a beautiful thing. So listen, I usually don't get this soap boxy, but I just feel so much love and inspiration from the three of you.
