Physical Therapist — Sharp Minds. Big Hearts. Slightly Questionable Humor.
FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers | Mentor, Ohio
Do you enjoy the patient who makes you pause, rethink your assumptions, and reach for a research article? Can you explain a complicated clinical concept clearly—and then follow it with a terrible joke?
We should probably meet.
We’re a PT-owned and operated outpatient practice where one-on-one care gives you time to listen, investigate, and think. The owner is also a treating therapist who enjoys a good clinical puzzle and welcomes colleagues who ask thoughtful questions—including, “Why are we doing it that way?”
Our caseload spans orthopedic, vestibular, balance, and neurological conditions, with plenty of overlap to keep your brain engaged. We have a soft spot for patients who haven’t found answers elsewhere or have been told there’s little more anyone can do. They deserve another thoughtful look and a fair chance at progress.
We value the ability to notice something others missed, question your first impression, and turn complex reasoning into practical care.
You might feel at home here if you:
- Get excited about connecting the dots in a challenging case.
- Enjoy discussing evidence, testing ideas, and changing course when the findings call for it.
- Can make treatment inventive, meaningful, and occasionally fun.
- Bring your own interests, personality, and willingness to learn.
- Pair creative thinking with dependable documentation, communication, and teamwork.
Expect clinical rabbit holes, shared discoveries, and occasional debates about whether an exercise is brilliant or just unnecessarily complicated.
You don’t need to know everything. You do need to think carefully, care deeply, and follow through.
Put your brainpower into patients.
We use AI-assisted documentation to make the paperwork easier and give you more room for the parts of PT you enjoy: thinking through a case, connecting with a patient, and figuring out what works.
You bring the clinical judgment and review the final note. AI helps with the typing. Your best ideas shouldn’t disappear because you’re trying to remember what to put in the assessment.
Our mission: Provide world-class care at the lowest possible cost—and have the most fun possible along the way.
Requirements: Active Ohio PT license or eligibility before starting, strong clinical reasoning, and compassionate communication.
Send your résumé and a short note about a clinical question you find fascinating or what part of PT gets your brain excited to aaron.cook@fyzical.com to skip the application process.
Bring your brain. Bring your personality. Help someone find a way forward.
Responsibilities
- Perform new-patient evaluations/exams
- Diagnose patients; evaluate physical activity limitations
- Create a plan that sets a goal and completion date
- Equip patients with PT intervention techniques/exercises; track progress
- Provide education to patients on techniques for the continuation of care
- Examine and evaluate new patients
- Establish a diagnosis of condition or conditions and their impact on activity
- Establish a plan goal and time frame
- Prescribe intervention techniques and exercises
- Measure and track intervention effectiveness
- Educate the patient on continuing care
Skills & Qualifications
- Accredited PT program graduate
- Up-to-date state PT license
- Able to create and implement outpatient balance and vestibular rehabilitation-setting treatment plans
- Ability to work efficiently/effectively in an autonomous environment
- Must be passionate about helping patients who have vestibular, balance, neurological, and fall risk issues
- 1+ year(s) of outpatient neuro/ortho center or vestibular rehab experience
- Graduation from an accredited PT program and current PT license in OH
- Must be able to carry out and progress a skilled treatment plan in outpatient balance and vestibular rehabilitation setting
- Must be self-motivated with a willingness to learn
- Passion for working with vestibular, balance, neurological, and fall-risk patient population
- Prefer at least one year working in outpatient neurological or orthopedic center, or previous vestibular rehab experience
