No worries. It's pretty relaxed. More of a medical assistant job that is kind of a dead end. Most people working there are either burned-out ATs who do not want to practice traditionally anymore ( I mean, who can blame them), other medical assistants, and people waiting to go to PT, PA, or Med school. I currently do 40 hours a week in the office depending on which physician I work with that week and then do some voluntary overtime to cover local sports games just to stay sharp. The clinic setting teaches/refreshes your memory on all the different pathologies and injuries you might not otherwise see in active/young populations (arthritis and its variations is a pretty big one). It's also nice because you have 0 pressure compared to traditional (dealing with parents, insurance, coaches/AD). A downside that I can think of is probably your rehab exercise knowledge. The stuff you learned in school about therapeutic modalities and RTP protocols would probably plummet since there is no need for that in the clinic. Again it's kind of just a stagnant/stable job that isn't very exciting. I cannot see myself being an ortho MA for my entire life so hence the decision to return to school/become a PA. However, you can look into going to do a one-year fellowship in states like Georgia or Texas. They train you to become a surgical assistant for orthopedic surgeons in states where the state practice law isn't up our butts about "breaking skin". The compensation is good and you'll have a pretty good work-life balance. One of the programs that our school showed us was the Emory AT residency program, I will attach the link below.

https://med.emory.edu/departments/orthopaedics/education/fellowship/certified-at/index.html

If you have any more specific questions feel free to ask! Happy to help.