Essay On Being A Physical Therapist

(To audience) Do you enjoy working closely with people? Do you want to help people, and make a real difference in their lives? These are questions you should ask yourself if you want to be a physical therapist. Physical therapists have a very social job working closely with patients and helping people. I'm going to be talking about what physical therapists do, their pay, necessary education, job insight, as well as why I chose this job. The career of physical therapy has been around for a long time. As read in A Career as a Physical Therapist, physical therapy was used by early Roman doctors who used electric eels to treat arthritis and later, medieval doctors used magnets to try to cure depression, arthritis, as well as baldness. According to the “American Physical Therapy
The salary varies depending on your experience, and according to the the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median pay for physical therapists is $84,000 a year, which is about 40 dollars an hour. I chose physical therapy because I love medicine. I can't imagine myself in any other field other than the medical field. I really love helping people and physical therapy is a very social job, in which you directly treat patients and help them with their therapy face to face. As a physical therapist I would be making a direct impact on people's lives. Also, most physical therapists usually get to work normal work hours in most situations unlike some doctors. Physical therapy is a very interesting career and I chose this career because it appeals to me because it's a job where you work with other people. I have gone over what physical therapy is all about, its pay, education, job insight as well as why i like this career. Being a physical therapist truly allows you to see the impact of your work on your patients and you get to make a real change in someone's