Specialized

Physical Therapy Education

Offering quality educational opportunities to practicing clinicians in the area of musculoskeletal physical therapy and rehabilitation.

WHY SPTE?

SPTE prides itself on developing clinical partners to improve access to Orthopaedic Residency Education and Continuing Education in the greater Midwest area. Our multi-site program assists independent clinics and facilities in creating a traditional style residency program for continued staff development and engagement for optimal patient-centered care.

Practicing clinicians

SPTE offers several different educational opportunities including:

Accredited Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program
Opportunity to attend face to face continuing education courses
Opportunity to attend online continuing education courses

clinic partners

SPTE offers several different opportunities for partnership:

Clinical partnerships to offer orthopaedic residency training to current staff or through an annual position.
Opportunity to host continuing education courses

About

Our mission

Provide accessible high-quality neuromusculoskeletal education to clinicians in the area of therapeutic rehabilitation and movement.

Our vision

Advance Physical Therapist’s and other health professional’s post-professional development to become providers of choice in neuromusculoskeletal medicine.

Our History

In 2011, Dr. Paul Reuteman and Dr. Matt Haberl set out to increase access to quality education services for Physical Therapists and other health providers. Together the two have a combined 40+ years of clinical and educational experience in Physical Therapy. Dr. Reuteman and Dr. Haberl recognized a continual challenge for Physical Therapists to maintain minimal education requirements to maintain licensure as well as the significant shortage of Physical Therapy residency programs across the nation. Since 2011, SPTE has developed partnerships across Wisconsin and into Iowa creating greater access to quality orthopaedic residency training and continuing education. Check out our growing number of clinical partners, faculty, and resident graduates!

Testimonials

"SPTE truly helped to build my confidence as a therapist. In particular, the 1-on-1 mentorship during patient care and our weekend courses were instrumental in preparing me for the exam and helping me to grow as a clinician. Thank you so much to Paul and Matt for all your help, and thank you especially to my clinical mentor Katie Crowley for your guidance throughout the year!"

-Sam W. PT, DPT, Orthopeadic Clinical Specialist

Upcoming Courses

Level 2: Expert Level Dry Needling for the Upper Quadrant
Fri, Mar 07
Newton, IA
Mar 07, 2025, 4:00 PM – Mar 08, 2025, 6:30 PM
Newton, IA, Kinetic Edge Physical Therapy 1715 1st Ave E, Newton, IA 50208, USA
Mar 07, 2025, 4:00 PM – Mar 08, 2025, 6:30 PM
Newton, IA, Kinetic Edge Physical Therapy 1715 1st Ave E, Newton, IA 50208, USA
Progress your skills with the application of Dry Needling through this case- based treatment of muscles of the upper extremity and cervicothoracic spine.
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Level 2: Expert Level Dry Needling for the Upper Quadrant
Fri, Apr 25
Madison, WI
Apr 25, 2025, 1:00 PM – Apr 26, 2025, 6:30 PM
Madison, WI , 155 S Mallard Dr, Sun Prairie, WI 53590, USA
Apr 25, 2025, 1:00 PM – Apr 26, 2025, 6:30 PM
Madison, WI , 155 S Mallard Dr, Sun Prairie, WI 53590, USA
Progress your skills with the application of Dry Needling through this case- based treatment of muscles of the upper extremity and cervicothoracic spine.
RSVP

Expert Upper Quadrant Care w/ Virtual Mentorship
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Participants will be provided a framework to clinically reason through pain education, manual therapy techniques and motor control activities in common Upper Quadrant conditions using real patient cases to optimize learning and patient care.
RSVP

Expert Lower Quadrant Care w/ Virtual Mentorship
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Participants will be provided a framework to clinically reason through pain education, manual therapy techniques and motor control activities in common lower quadrant conditions using real patient cases to optimize learning and patient care.
RSVP

Expert Spine Care w/ Virtual Mentorship (1)
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Participants will be provided a framework to clinically reason through pain education, manual therapy techniques and motor control activities using real patient cases to optimize learning and patient care.
RSVP

Expert Clinical Reasoning w/ Virtual Mentorship
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Date and time is TBD as course is On Demand
On Demand course with 2 virtual meetings
Participants will be provided a framework to clinically reason through pain education, manual therapy techniques and motor control activities using real patient cases to optimize learning and patient care.
RSVP

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