By Dr. Sean M. Wells, DPT, PT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, CNPT® , NSCA-CPT, Cert-DN

Are you a physical therapist (PT) in Florida and want to offer the most modern, holistic physical therapy care by including nutrition? Who wouldn’t, right? But before you dive into offering nutrition advice you might need to know the requirements of PTs offering nutrition in Florida.

Before we jump too far ahead it’s important to understand that two different types of nutrition counseling exist: 

1.) general advice/recommendations for health/wellness; 

2.) nutritional advice specific to treat disease. 

Let's Explore Those Further:

1.) General Advice

Any healthcare provider, even PTs in Florida, with the proper education and training can offer general advice/guidelines for health and wellness. In other words, if you are a practicing PT in FL and a client asks you what a “healthy” diet looks like, you can certainly provide them general nutrition education and resources such as NutritionFacts.org, Government...