A clinical professional applying sports medicine principles to workplace injury and prevention — typically PT, ATC, or physician working at industrial sites to manage musculoskeletal injuries, provide ergonomics consultation, and reduce work-related injury and lost-time.
Industrial Sports Medicine Professional pay typically runs $95K–$208K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to grow 3% through 2034.
Most days tend to involve on-site assessment and treatment of workers with musculoskeletal complaints, ergonomic evaluations, return-to-work planning, education on injury prevention, and the cross-functional work with safety, HR, and operations leadership on injury reduction. You'll often work at manufacturing plants, warehouses, or construction sites, assess job demands and worker capacities, and partner with company medical directors or external providers on case management.
The variance between settings is real — industrial PT or ATC contractors (like Briotix, ATI, BREG) deploy clinicians to client sites under service agreements; in-house industrial medicine programs at larger employers (auto manufacturers, utilities, refineries) employ clinicians directly; occupational health clinics serve multiple employers from off-site facilities. OSHA recordable injury reduction and workers' comp cost management are the business case for these roles.
People who tend to thrive here are comfortable in industrial environments, capable of working alongside operational leaders, and patient with the cultural work of injury prevention in production-focused workplaces. PT, ATC, or appropriate clinical credential plus industrial experience anchors paths. The work tends to offer strong compensation, daytime hours, and meaningful injury reduction outcomes, with the trade-off being the dual identity of clinician and corporate health partner — for those drawn to workplace injury prevention, the role offers durable craft.
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View all Healthcare roles →A clinical professional applying sports medicine principles to workplace injury and prevention — typically PT, ATC, or physician working at industrial sites to manage musculoskeletal injuries, provide ergonomics consultation, and reduce work-related injury and lost-time.
Median pay for an Industrial Sports Medicine Professional is about $208K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $67K to $208K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, and Judgment and Decision Making.
Most people in this role hold a professional degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 2.5% through 2034, with roughly 315,360 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Pediatric Sports Medicine Specialist, Sports Medicine Specialist, and Sports Medicine Primary Care Physician.
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