Internship Opportunities in Exercise & Sport Science

Past Internship Sites

Navitas, Inc.
- Location: Westminster, CO
- Facility description: Cancer Rehabilitation Center
- Mission Statement: Our mission? We aim to improve the quality of your life by providing therapeutic and rehabilitation services in a healing and caring environment, and we do not veer from this goal.
- Professional interactions with: physical therapists, Oncologists, occupational therapists, and exercise physiologists
- Duties: work with cancer patients before, during, or after therapy (chemo, radiation, surgery, etc.) to restore physical and pycho-social function through progressive and specific exercise testing and training protocols
- For information about the internship, contact ESS Professor Scott Drum or peruse the above website

The Summit Medical Fitness Center
- Location: Kalispell, MT
- Facility description: Medical (clinical) based exercsie testing and training facility that is associated with Kalispell Regional Medical Center
- Mission Statement: To provide a supportive environment for improving and sustaining individual well being through education, recreation, fitness and health promotion.
- Professional interactions with: exercise physiologists, exercise specialists, physical therapists, occupational therapists and more
- Duties: The Summit Medical Fitness Center is a 118,000 square foot facility that provides medically based, scientifically sound programs, including cardiac rehabilitation, personal training, physical therapy, occupational therpay, among others
- For information about the internship, contact ESS Professor Scott Drum or peruse the above website

MedX of Estes
- Location: Estes Park, CO, gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park
- Facility description: A privately owned health and physical rehabilitation clinic specializing in personal fitness, geriatric, diseased, and rehab populations
- Mission Statement: To provide all of a person's exercise and physical needs through exercise, health, and physical therapy
- Duties: work with a physical therapist, massage therapist, and physical therapy assistants during daily exercise training and rehabilitation sessions; work independently with your own clients of various ages and health conditions; develop individualized exercise prescriptions; work with clients suffering from low back and/or neck pain while utilizing lumbar and cervical extension therapy machines
- Room is provided
- Internship work timeframes: fall semester, spring semester, and summer semester
- Decisions made May 1 for fall semester, November 1 for spring semester, and March 1 for summer semester
- For information about the internship, contact ESS Professor Scott Drum or call MedX at 970-577-0174 and ask for Jennifer Morrill, BS, Manager/Internship Supervisor