Physical Therapist 1. What occupation catches your eye? Physical therapy is so fascinating working with different parts of the body and the way they function. They have so many responsibilities‚ satisfactions‚ financial rewards‚ and job openings in this occupation. Becoming a physical therapist caught my eye right away. I love helping people and I am super interested in helping people overcome certain injuries. In 7th grade‚ I developed severe hip tendinitis during track season. Physical therapy
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have for this internship include the following: Learn day to day activities of a physical therapist‚ be exposed to a variety of patients and treatments‚ expand knowledge of‚ clinical techniques and equipment used to diagnose and treat patients‚ improve professional communication skills by asking clinically appropriate questions‚ and gain required hours to apply to physical therapy school. Rehability is the physical therapy clinic I have been working with the passed weeks. Rehability specializes in orthopedic
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Vision Statement: 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. Mission Statement: The Giblin Physical Therapy Clinic will provide athletic training services for the Charmanville Community
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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
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Scott Balisle Mr. Turner GEP November 5‚ 2014 A physical therapist is something that I’ve always had an interest in‚ since I was in High school. I was first introduced to the career when I was a freshman in high school and ever since then I’ve always thought of that as something I want to do. The vision statement for the Physical therapy profession is “Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience.” A physical therapist has to diagnose and treat individuals of all
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Cultural competency is important when working in health care because it closes the gap between healthcare practitioners and their patients. It’s important for healthcare practitioners to not only have an understanding of not only a patient’s socio-cultural background because of the different beliefs‚ values‚ and traditions they will experience‚ but it’s also important to know the socio-cultural background of their families. Enculturation is important when you’re working with different groups of people
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aula Webster graduated in 1998 in the field of physical therapy from the University of Hartford. She also holds a certification in strength and Conditioning. Since graduation her clinical experience includes general orthopedics‚ sports medicine‚ adolescent strength training and adolescent spinal dysfunction. She is the founder of the Six Degrees of Freedom program for children with adolescent spinal deformities. In September 2008 she entered a joint venture under the guidance of Dr. Blanchard‚ professor
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I had the pleasure of shadowing a physical therapist in a home health setting treating children under the age of three. At first what initially looked like playing with the kids turned out to be much harder when I tried emulating what the therapist did. Throughout my senior year and even
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some muscle on my left hip‚ which remained very painful for quite some time after he was born. I returned to dance class when Aaron was about four months old and noticed how painful my hip felt whenever I stood in 5th position. I finally saw a physical therapist about it and she thought the pain was probably due to scar tissue‚ which had formed in that spot. After several weeks of exercises that did not appear to be making much difference‚ she decided to try electromagnetic stimulation on the
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A physical therapist provides services to patients to help improve their mobility‚ restore physical function and help alleviate pain caused by disease‚ injury‚ illness or aging. They work with the patient towards restoring and maintaining their overall health and fitness through therapy. Some of the disabling medical conditions they deal with are accident victims and people suffering with arthritis‚ cerebral palsy‚ low back pain‚ head injuries‚ heart disease and fractures. They check the medical
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