Physical Therapist
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Job Description
This is a role for physical therapists who value clinical reasoning, autonomy, and depth of care.
At VSI Physical Therapy, physical therapy is fully integrated into a collaborative spine and musculoskeletal care model. Therapists treat complex cases in a 1:1 setting, with the time and support to think, reassess, and treat the whole human—not just the diagnosis.
You’ll Work with Patients Presenting With
- Spine pain and post-surgical cases
- Complex scoliosis, instabilities, and myelopathies
- Central sensitization and chronic pain
- Multi-joint, vestibular, TMJ, headache, and concussion conditions
Adjunctive technologies are offered to support care including BFR, shockwave, laser, aquatic treadmill, hyperbaric oxygen but sound clinical judgment remains central.
This Environment Is Built for Therapists Who
- Value quality over volume
- Enjoy complex problem-solving
- Want autonomy within a collaborative team
- Are committed to long-term clinical growth
If you’re looking for a place to practice thoughtful, patient-centered physical therapy, we’d love to connect.
Key Responsibilities
Provide 1:1 physical therapy care for patients with complex spine, musculoskeletal, and chronic pain conditions. Utilize clinical judgment and various adjunctive technologies to support patient recovery and long-term health.
Requirements
The role requires a physical therapist who values clinical autonomy and collaborative problem-solving. Candidates should be committed to long-term clinical growth and providing patient-centered care.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at VSI a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,853 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Physical Therapist Career Context
In Virginia, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (123 salary observations; 294 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (2,380 salary observations; 8,217 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 32% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No call
Living in Reston
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $635k
- Typical market rent
- $2,598/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 26 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 108.9
- State income tax
- Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.