Launching the West Coast’s first Performing Arts Physical Therapy Fellowship, the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy sets a new standard for artist care, partnering with USC’s performing arts schools to keep musicians, dancers, actors, singers and circus performers in top physical shape. BY DANIEL P. SMITH BY THE TIME CHELSEA CORREA ARRIVED AT…

Wound care physical therapy is not for everyone. But, for Vanessa Galvan DPT ’27 (pictured here with her father, David Galvan), studying the specialty is personal, practical and, in many ways, a full-circle moment.

No stranger to physical therapy, Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team member Bea Kim shares how physical therapists can be an athlete’s best friend, particularly after a shoulder injury sidelined her briefly in the run-up to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.