Dave Rakita, co-owner of Rakita Tomsic Physical Therapy and world-class competitive triathlete, passed the Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) certification examination for the third time.

The OCS certification program was established by the American Physical Therapy Association to provide formal recognition for physical therapists with advanced clinical knowledge, experience, and skills in a special area of practice and to assist consumers and the health care community in identifying these physical therapists.

This was Dave’s second re-certification. In 1993 Dave was one of the first, if not the first OCS credentialed physical therapists in Colorado.

“It was a very difficult test and I feel lucky to have passed again”, states Dave. “I truly enjoyed the preparation process which consisted of hours of studying current evidenced based orthopedic PT treatment methods, theory and techniques. Upon finishing the exam in March, I thought perhaps I had failed, so I was very relieved when I recently received the good news.”

We participated in and sponsored the Trails 2000 Twin Buttes “It’s a Real Butte” Festival on August 18, 2012.  In our new bike shirts, Ellen, Brad, Bobbi and Dave represented Team Rakita Tomsic in the Coed Mountain bike race.  All went well until the rains came around 2pm making the course muddy and unrideable. So unfortunately, Dave didn’t get to ride but he did complete the 10K run earlier in the day.  This fundraiser contributed to the great efforts of Trails 2000 and officially opened the 10+ miles of trails at the Twin Buttes Subdivision just west of town.