Dr. Laura Welch, DPT, OCS – Private Practice Physical Therapy, What PT School Didn’t Teach, Con-Ed courses, and MORE!

In this episode of the Brawn Body Health and Fitness Podcast, Dan is joined by Dr. Laura Welch to discuss her private practice PT business, topics not covered in PT school, and more! This is a great episode for physical therapists, PT students, AND patients of physical therapy care. Laura Welch received both her bachelor’s degree in exercise science and later her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2011. In 2013, she completed the 6-month Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) residency program at Kaiser Permanente in Vallejo, CA.  Shortly after, Laura became an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) as recognized by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).  In 2018, she completed an intensive curriculum to become a Certified Functional Manual Therapist (CFMT) to practice Functional Manual Therapy® as taught by the Institute of Physical Art (IPA).  She also practices techniques that include visceral mobilization as taught by the Barral Institute and the Integrated Systems Model as taught by Diane Lee. Over the years, Laura has practiced in settings such as inpatient rehabilitation (patients including those who have experienced a stroke, brain injury, or spinal cord injury), sports medicine, general outpatient, pediatrics, skilled nursing facility, and servicing traveling theater companies.  In her spare time, Laura enjoys running, rock climbing, hiking, yoga, playing the piano or guitar, meditating, riding her bike, and reading.  She has competed in triathlons (sprint to half ironman), century bike rides, and has run 5k’s to ultra-marathons.  Some of her favorite races include but not limited to the Richmond marathon, Boston marathon, Promiseland 50k, and Mountain Masochist 50 miler.  Her marathon PR is 3:08. Laura is very passionate about providing a supportive environment for her patients that involves complete one-on-one care in a private setting.  Although she has a particular passion for running in her personal life, she is honored to help people achieve their goals of what is important for them in any capacity. Laura was called to open Inspire Physical Therapy LLC because she wanted to offer the experience of Functional Manual Therapy® in addition to other techniques with longer appointment times in a focused environment.  She prides herself with offering the utmost individualized care. For more on Laura and Inspire Physical Therapy, you can check out inspirephysicaltherapy.net or @inspirephysicaltherapy on Instagram!  To keep up to date with everything we are currently doing on the podcast, be sure to subscribe and follow @brawnbody on social media!  This episode is brought to you by CTM band recovery products - the EXACT soft tissue recovery technology used by Dan. CTM Band was founded by Dr. Kyle Bowling, a sports medicine practitioner who treats professional athletes (and was a guest on the Brawn Body Podcast!).  You can check out their website here: https://ctm.band/collections/ctm-band ... while you're there, be sure to use the coupon code "BRAWN10" for 10% off!  This episode is also brought to you by Ice shaker! Use our affiliate link to help support future podcast episodes and development by clicking here:  https://www.iceshaker.com?sca_ref=1520881.zOJLysQzKe  Make sure you SHARE this episode with a friend who could benefit from the information we shared!  Check out everything we do, including blog posts, fitness programs, and more by clicking here: https://linktr.ee/brawnbodytraining