Why I Want To Be A Physical Therapist

A Physical Therapist provides care to people of all ages, who have functional problems resulting from back and neck injuries, injuries related from work or sports and other conditions. Physical therapist are taught to use many different techniques to care for their patients which are training in functional movements with sometimes the use of canes, walkers and wheelchairs. Physical Therapist evaluate and record a patient's progress and modifying a plan of care and trying new treatments. Physical therapist have lots of jobs as assisting people who have been in accidents, they have large amount of people working in this filed now and it is only expected to grow. Physical therapy is a growing part in the medical industry you have to have good traits and be very patient with people, this field is mostly filled with women. Being in the medical field you have to be willing to work odd hours and work long holidays night shifts and split shifts. A Physical Therapist assist those who have been in accidents or have a disability and can not do things on their own. There is approximately 185,000 people in the field of physical therapy, In 2014 they held about 211,000 jobs. This career is predicted to grow up to
36% between 2012 and 2022 it is predicted that in 2018 the job number is going to be 242,700. Jobs are normally found in physical therapy practices or hospitals, home health care and nursing homes, residential care facilities. The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics has said it has a bright outlook because of its good job outlook. Physical therapy is a growing part of the medical industry, the general duties of a Physical Therapist is they are the key to recovery from patients who are recuperating from illness, they help them do things they couldn't do before or cannot do now.
They help patients regain movement and manage pain, Most Physical therapist work full time about 20% work part time. Typically the most worked hours starting off 8 a.m- 5 p.m when you work in the medical field you have a possibility split shift, odd shifts and working on holidays. Physical therapist have to maintain difficult sessions with empathy, tenderness and a good sense of humor, patients may sometimes take out their aggression on therapist which is why having a high tolerance is a great trait to have in this
field Since you have to have the traits of empathy, tenderness and good sense of humor women make up the majority of the people in this field, 64% are women. Most women are in their 20´s and most men are typically younger than women in this field. The typical level of education is a doctoral or professional degree. For the physical requirements you have to be able to show the people what you need them to do, you have to be capable of doing the same things that they are having to do. Your personality has to be a good personality and you have to be in good moods and be very patient. Some experience you can do is you can go to different places and do job shadowing and see how you like it before you go to school for 8 years and then relies you do not want to do it. Some negative things about being in the medical field is you would always have to work, weather its first second or third shift. You will have to work some hours you may not want to work because in the medical field people are always getting sick or getting hurt. Being in the medical field you have to be willing to work swing shifts, and also work on the holidays. When your a Physical Therapist the median annual wage was 85,400 the lowest 10% was $58,190 and the highest 10% earned more than $122,130. You have a possibility to earn more money if you worked in a home health care facility, nursing and residential care facilities.