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Specialties that raise pay or open doors

• Pro and national team work

  Rare and competitive. Usually reached through years with junior and university teams.

• Concussion management

  Extra courses in assessment and return-to-play. Every team needs it now.

• Strength and conditioning

  A second certification lets you run the team's training as well as its rehab.

• Clinic ownership

  The main way to grow income beyond an hourly rate.

• Bridging to physiotherapy

  Some therapists go on to a physio master's for the regulated title and higher pay.