I volunteered at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in the Lymphedema/Orthopedic Center.
I volunteered at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in the Lymphedema/Orthopedic Center.
"Who Are Physical Theraphy Assistants?" n.d. APTA ( American Physical Therapy Association). 30 October 2012. <http://www.apta.org/AboutPTAs/>.…
Physical therapy is the utilization of hands on methods in order to treat an injury, reduce pain, or increase strength, mobility, and coordination. Physical therapy is more than just what some may view as required visits, it is a potentially life changing process for many patients. With the knowledge and guidance of a physical therapist/physical therapist assistant, a patient can overcome obstacles that may be preventing them from achieving their goals.…
The Giblin Physical Therapy Clinic will provide injury prevention, maintenance, and rehabilitation services for two days a week (plus home events) along with a temporary athletic training room for the student-athletes of Charmanville High School. Giblin Physical Therapy is determined to provide the best care possible to Charmanville High School.…
Physical therapy involves treatment through physical means for people disabled by illness, accident, or congenital handicap. It seeks to improve mobility, relieve pain, or minimize permanent physical disabilities (Occupational Outlook Handbook). The physical therapy career field interests me for many reasons. It revolves solely around the human body, which is a fascinating topic to learn about. This area of expertise is flexible and rewarding. There are many specialty areas to choose your career from; some of these include orthopedic, geriatric, neurological, and pediatric. As well as flexible concentrations, physical therapy can have flexible work environments. These jobs can be conducted in many types of facilities such as hospitals, outpatient clinics, private offices, rehabilitation clinics, assisted living facilities, educational institutions, sports centers, and home health agencies (Occupational Outlook Handbook). The work environment and broad range of specializations are major factors in my choice of this career path.…
My educational and career goals is to become a physical therapist. Since I completed my associate degree at Palm Beach State College and my plan right now would be to get my bachelor and master degree. My life experiences which have influenced me to make this decision are when my sister broke her left arm and when my mother used to have a serious foot pain. My sister broke her arm when she was playing at school ;she felt down on her left arm .When she got home, she did not said anything at all about what happened to her at school. Later, she started yelling that she felt pain in her left arm. At night, my family suspected that her skin on the left arm was swollen. After that my parents asked her what happened to her left arm, and then she stared…
The ideal job that I'd prefer to have is to work as a physical therapy assistant (PTA) 24 hours, 7 days a week. My three main points are good benefits, good pay, and a career that I'd love. My preferred earnings potential is $18.00 an hour. I chose to go into this career because I'll be learning about how to eventually become a physical therapist and what they do every single day. I will need an associate's degree to become a Physical Therapy Asst. , and the length of a PTA program is 2 years of general education, PT, and clinical education.…
“I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say because of you I didn’t give up” (Author unknown). For many physical therapist dream come true is to help patients get better and thank them. American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) began in 1921, it was first called American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association and they had only women physical therapists. In 1922, the association changed so men could become physical therapist.In the 1940s and 1950s physical therapist grew in demand because of the polio outbreak (APTA-1).…
With the growing number of physical therapy clinics in today’s market, and where patients are becoming more involved with their healthcare secondary to having greater access to information and higher expectation for the quality of care they receive, satisfying the patients is very important. Consequently, physical therapy clinics are being…
Physical therapy programs require dedication, commitment, tenacity, and desire from students. It should be considered as the student's job for two and half years. It requires students in the program who are learning to act like professionals. A student may be limited in what they are able to accomplish however; they still have the opportunity to act professionally. How a student in a physical therapy program behaves while in the program, will most likely translate into how he or she will conduct themselves as a physical therapist. Professionalism in the context of being a student in a physical therapy program has many characteristics that are expected as a professional physical therapist. A student must have punctuality, motivation, a good…
When treating a patient with HZ, it is important that physical therapist must observe the proper infectious disease policy. The CDC (2011) recommended that airborne precautions must be utilized for patients with a disseminated herpes zoster. Furthermore, placing the patient in an airborne infection isolation room, hand washing before and after touching the patient, using personal protective equipment such as fit-tested N-95 respirator mask, gloves, and gowns are an important safety measure to protect the health care provider from infection and the patient as well. A hospitalized patient with HZ including a complication of PHN suffers from debilitating pain. As a result, they feel weak, deconditioned and does not have the desire to perform any functionally related activity, not to…
I believe the ESS courses and professors will prepare me for everything that will come after my undergraduate studies. This major will give me hands on experience and instruction that I will need for the rest of my career and onto graduate school. Compared to other majors at UGA, this major offers numerous resources such as internships, service based learning, and research techniques. My goal is to become a Physical Therapist and this degree will help me get one step closer to that goal.…
Physical therapists will have to interact and instruct these people, and how they do so will have an impact on how well they do their career. Because of these factors, physical therapists will have to have certain set of social skills to succeed. A physical therapist will have to have good social skills when they work (bigfuture.collegeboard.org). As a physical therapist you will be working “one-on-one” with your patients, so being friendly will help the process become easier and more efficient. Being social and nice to your patients will affect how patients will view you as a therapist. In the field of physical therapy, you will have to be a clear, concise communicator (bigfuture.collegeboard.org). As patients are trying new, challenging exercises and movements, they will have to be instructed to do so properly so that no mistakes are made. Being a clear communicator will help patients reach their ultimate goal of recovery safely and efficiently. Lastly, physical therapists are encouraged to be very detail-oriented (collegegrad.com). To begin with, physical therapists will have to diagnose injuries and problems, so to do so they have to be very observant in order to make the right diagnosis, and start the treatment. When physical therapists are having patients perform exercises or programs, it is expected that you observe the patient and make sure they are executing the…
Throughout my time spent here at KU, I plan to obtain a B.S. degree in Exercise Science, and then go on and apply to the Physical Therapy program. In order to get accepted into the program, I must have a 3.0 GPA average or higher, and typically all accepted students have higher GPA’s than that. This being so, I will have to make sure to always stay on top of my homework and prepare properly for every test and exam. This program is very competitive, so it will most likely be a struggle for me to get accepted. This being said, I have made it my goal to obtain at least a 3.6 GPA throughout my years here. I would like to try and keep a 4.0 GPA like I did in high school, but college has already proved to me that it is going to be a real intellectual struggle to keep that high of a standard. I will be very happy with myself if I can maintain anywhere from 3.8-4.0, but it will be okay if it is only 3.6-3.8.…
What makes a good physical therapist? Is it the schooling one has to go through to become certified? Or does being a successful physical therapist rely more on personality traits and values one holds? My goal in this paper was to find the truth behind what makes a good physical therapist by interviewing actual physical therapists and reading academic journals and studies to see what others have said about this subject.…
Since I was young I have always wanted to go into the field of physical therapy, so that I may be able to help someone else. Helping other people has always been a passion of mine . Physical therapy is what I love and want to do,it is how I seek to better help the community and the world.With that In mind not everything has gone to how I would of planned. At the other out of state institution I attended. I was faced with exceptional finances hardships, as the school tuition was $45,000.…