In high school, Amy Schliftman played basketball, volleyball and softball, and ran track and field—and she was good. But then the thought struck her: What would life look like if she lost her physical prowess? That question changed the course of her life.
Ms. Schliftman, a rural New York State native, earned a degree in occupational therapy from Utica College of Syracuse University and a master’s in physical therapy from Stanford. After a decade of…