In this episode, we interviewed Dr. Daniel Flowers, PT, DPT, OCS, PhD, who is an assistant professor at LSU-Health Sciences Center and a board certified specialist in orthopedic physical therapy. His journey started in high school as an active football player and power lifter, who injured his back and discovered physical therapy by being a patient himself. In college at Louisiana Tech, he majored in biology and went with physical therapy due to it fitting his lifestyle and work-life balance. After graduating, he attended Louisiana State University-Shreveport health sciences center (LSUSHSC) for his DPT. His aspirations for teaching came from doing his residency through LSUSHSC and being a TA. He breaks down professorship and the responsibilities, including teaching and research. He discusses his research in lower extremity pathology, knee osteoarthritis, and PT education research. Specifically, he talks about his dissertation on the effects of core stabilization and activation in the gait of those with knee OA and another study regarding stress physical therapy school students and grades. He also talks about his approach to teaching, and how being a good person matters along with being a good PT, how showing care towards patients matters, and help remind students why they are there. He also discusses work-life balance with his wife and 2 children and how he does it with scheduling and not spreading one’s self too thin. He imparts advice for students for down the road, like getting involved in research and mentoring other students. Finally, he gives advice on being on a clinical rotation and how to remember and apply everything one has learned in PT school, from anatomy to physiology to pathology to skills, as well as handling interpersonal conflict.