Aquatic Physical Therapy Paper
The practicum field work site were I was placed is Long Island University's Center for Physical Rehabilitation. The clinic is part of Long Island University Brooklyn, under the Physical Therapy division. The clinic is located on 1 University Plaza. This is a state-of-the-art facility that provides physical therapy services to the Long Island University community. Long Island University's Center for Physical Rehabilitation offers many different services for their patients. The services that they offer are physical therapy oriented. One of the services that they offer is aquatic physical therapy. "Aquatic physical therapy is a specialized treatment method that takes place in a safe and controlled water environment" (Aquatic Physical
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Different clients are presented with different barriers that cause them to develop these limitations. Being that majority of our clients are students and student athletes they usually spend most of their time siting on hard stools with no back support as well as getting injured on the field which leads to the need to help improve their functions in siting, walking, and climbing stairs. The clinic treats clients till the age of 85. Older people tend to trip and fall while going about their day to day life. This tends to create the need to go to physical therapy to help them reduce pain, regain strength, and increase range of motion. At the same time when in comes to accessing physical therapy services many things have to fall into place in order for it to happen. Some clients are limited by their work schedule, while other by their need to care for dependents, and other by the limitations imposed by insurance such as limited visits, high co-pays, deductibles. While other are limited by their view of their condition. When they feel pain in their back they may ignore it and think it would go away on its own. After walking around with that intense back pain for 2 weeks they may realize that that little back pain wasn't nothing and it is something they should look into. But, by the time they start looking for a physical therapist and till they get verified it may take time and by then their pain may have spread and started problems in other parts of the body (J.M.,
Different clients are presented with different barriers that cause them to develop these limitations. Being that majority of our clients are students and student athletes they usually spend most of their time siting on hard stools with no back support as well as getting injured on the field which leads to the need to help improve their functions in siting, walking, and climbing stairs. The clinic treats clients till the age of 85. Older people tend to trip and fall while going about their day to day life. This tends to create the need to go to physical therapy to help them reduce pain, regain strength, and increase range of motion. At the same time when in comes to accessing physical therapy services many things have to fall into place in order for it to happen. Some clients are limited by their work schedule, while other by their need to care for dependents, and other by the limitations imposed by insurance such as limited visits, high co-pays, deductibles. While other are limited by their view of their condition. When they feel pain in their back they may ignore it and think it would go away on its own. After walking around with that intense back pain for 2 weeks they may realize that that little back pain wasn't nothing and it is something they should look into. But, by the time they start looking for a physical therapist and till they get verified it may take time and by then their pain may have spread and started problems in other parts of the body (J.M.,