Clinical Residency in Sports Physical Therapy

An Expert to Mentor You

During the residency year, you will have a paid clinical appointment with one of our clinical partners: Brigham and Women’s Rehabilitation Services Foxborough or Spaulding Outpatient Center Hanover.

As part of the clinical appointment, over the course of the residency year, a minimum of 150 hours is devoted to one-on-one mentoring with a sports clinical specialist (SCS).

Focus on Teaching, Research, and Community Service

We're committed to educating well-rounded residents with the skills to improve the lives of their patients, mentor students, interact successfully with other members of the healthcare community, and contribute to the physical therapy body of knowledge through research.

By serving as laboratory instructors under the mentorship of our physical therapy faculty, you'll have the unique opportunity to teach students in our highly-ranked Doctor of Physical Therapy program while enhancing your understanding of orthopaedic physical therapy.

You will also participate in research at the MGB Center for Sports Performance and Research.

Finally, there are opportunities for you to be involved in health promotion initiatives (including health and wellness programs) such as the adaptive sports programs at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.

Application & Clinical Partner Matching Process

Applicants to the residency program must:

1. Be graduates of (or expect to graduate by program initiation) an accredited physical therapy program.
2. Have (or have by program initiation) a valid Massachusetts PT license.
3. Have completed a minimum of 10 weeks (400 hours) of clinical experience in an outpatient orthopedic setting either as a student or as a licensed PT.

As we progress through the accreditation process, we are unable to use the RF-PTCAS platform for this year’s applications. To be considered for our 2026 cohort (starting August 1, 2026), please bgadams [at] mghihp.edu (subject: Clinical%20Residency%20in%20Sports%20Physical%20Therapy%20Materials) (email the Program Director Ben Adams) to inquire about application materials to be submitted by February 1, 2026.

Candidates who are preliminarily accepted by the PT Department will interview with one or more of our Residency clinical partners.

Interviewed candidates who are determined to meet employment criteria at one or more partner facilities and are approved by the facility as qualified residents/employees will be matched to a clinical partner through a collaborative process with the facility and the Program Director.

As employees of an MGB facility, each resident must meet the conditions for both initial and ongoing employment for that facility. Potential residents will be informed of all employment standards of the facility prior to accepting the residency position.