UF Health Shands Rehab Services is dedicated to providing excellent patient care to individuals throughout North Central Florida. Through comprehensive rehabilitation programs, we hope to create a safe and comfortable environment that empowers individuals to manage their care independently, return to a functional lifestyle and improve their quality of life. We are dedicated to treating our patients with compassion, creativity, respect and confidentiality. Our rehab centers accomplish this with close working relationships between our referring physicians, therapists, support staff, University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions and the University of Florida Athletics Program. Our therapists provide rehabilitation services and education to patients. Our therapy staff is equipped to educate other health professionals and students about rehabilitation.

UF Health Rehab Center – OSMI (Sports and Orthopedics) provides physical, massage and aquatic therapy services. Our staff are specialty-trained to serve sports, running medicine, total joint, post-surgical and the general orthopedic population, including pain science. We work closely with the physicians in the UF Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute and the UF Health Comprehensive Spine Center. We are the rehab provider for the University Athletic Association and are an accredited sport residency site through the American Physical Therapy Association. Our therapists collaborate in research with these physicians and the University Athletic Association and are published in areas of ACL, baseball/overhead athletes, movement analysis, concussion, patient expectations/outcomes, psychosocial factors for positive outcomes and running medicine.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• Graduate of an approved school of massage required and/or certified by appropriate national professional organization(s).
• Two years of clinical experience preferred.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skill in a broad range of massage therapy services and settings, in particular therapeutic massage and myofascial techniques.

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

• Licensed massage therapist in the state of Florida.