The reason I chose physical therapy is because throughout my entire life I have always been in sports. Sports have been a big part of my life for a long time and there’s no way I could ever be away from that lifestyle. I wanted to pick a career that I know I will enjoy and where I’ll still be around the athletic lifestyle that I love. As a physical therapist I’ll be able to focus on helping athletes get back to what they love to do
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Communication in Physical Therapy One of the major issues with physical therapy is the lack of communication between the physician and the patient. The problem with the lack of communication is the patient will not be fully healed because the physician is unaware of all of the aches and pains of their patient . The lack of communication will be the cause of the of further injury to the patient because the physician can not help the unknown. Communication is extremely important in physical therapy because
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Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence Lori Blount‚ RN‚ BSN University of Phoenix Professor Jane Jacks October 13‚ 2014 Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence The United States is often referred to as a melting pot. Cultural diversity is an inevitable reality in today’s society. We are faced with an increasingly diverse patient population and a diverse group of health care providers. Culture is a dynamic and complex phenomena that most understand as something
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How might developing cultural competence improve mental health services? The inequalities within the health and social care system are widely recognised (K272‚ Unit 1‚ p. 10‚ K272‚ Unit 4‚ p. 79). These inequalities relate to the boundaries within the society and especially communication (Anderson et al‚ 2003). The disproportions in the multicultural society may be even bigger due to higher number of boundaries and lack of understanding demonstrated by the majority towards minorities. Health and
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Chronic pain: Is CBT in combination with physical therapy beneficial or not Many people across the world suffer from chronic pain. In recent studies‚ chronic pain has shown to have significant success with CBT. However‚ could results possibly be improved by combining it with physical therapy? If so does it have greater success than CBT or physical therapy alone? An estimated 100 million U.S. adults suffer from chronic pain (Institute of Medicine‚ 2011)‚ a condition influenced by biological‚ psychological
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Physical therapy can be a very fulfilling career for some individuals. They help people physically function to the best of their abilities. Also‚ there are many benefits to going into the field of physical therapy. Being a physical therapist requires many years of education which helps therapists to complete important duties‚ and the job includes a good salary. Courses such as anatomy‚ biology‚ chemistry‚ physics‚ statistics‚ and psychology are important to take to go into physical therapy. In
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What is a Physical Therapist? If someone has been wounded in war‚ got injured while playing a sport‚ has been in a bad car accident‚ or has had a stroke‚ etc.; it is likely that they have some physical ability that no longer functions the way it should. Additionally‚ some people are born with or develop diseases that reduce the function of certain parts of their bodies. The career of physical therapy was developed to help people in these circumstances. Physical therapists aid in reducing a patient’s
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when/if this ever happens then you need to go to physical therapy. Without it your problem may never heal properly and will end in permanent damage. Some people would be unconvinced that physical therapy doesn’t work‚ therefore this paper will tell you otherwise. The matter of the fact is that postponing an injury and/or a pain will just cause more pain that’s just common sense. What the point of causing more pain when it’s simple to call up a physical therapist to get it checked out
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anything? The job of a physical therapist is to get you back to a full life‚ and he is going to do his best to get you back on your feet as quickly as possible. They teach exercises that make an injured person stronger for a quicker recovery. Physical therapy provides injured people the best method for full physical and mental recovery. Physical therapists‚ sometimes called PTs‚ help injured or ill people improve their movement and manage their pain‚ Physical therapy works in lots of ways that
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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
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