Scott Newton Awarded Lucy Blair Service Award for Exceptional Service

Scott Newton, PT, DPT, has been awarded the Lucy Blair Service Award for exceptional service to the American Physical Therapy Association.

The Lucy Blair award from the American Physical Therapy Association is given to a physical therapist who has greatly contributed to the APTA.

Currently, Newton serves as an Area Director over the four BenchMark Physical Therapy clinics in Pulaski, Ardmore, Fayetteville and Lawrenceburg.

Newton received his bachelor of science in physical therapy from the University of Tennessee at Memphis in 1991. In 2004, Scott received certification as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist by the American Physical Therapy Association, APTA. In 2005, he received his doctorate of physical therapy from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. He has completed over 1,000 continuing education hours with an emphasis on orthopedics and wound care.

In 1998, Newton founded Pulaski Ardmore Physical Therapy with his wife, Wanda. Scott previously served as the President of the Tennessee Physical Therapy Association. Additionally, Scott has served as the director of physical rehabilitation at a rural hospital and a supervisor at a regional hospital. Newton is a member of the APTA.