The future of physical therapy is not just rehabilitation‚ but education. There is a serious lack of education in health and fitness throughout the population. As an aspiring physical therapist‚ I hope to incorporate aspects of health‚ fitness‚ and nutrition into my practice. Physical therapists need to rehabilitate‚ but also prevent and educate for the future. In my experience‚ many patients are back again and again after their first time in therapy because they do not know how to continue at home
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Pet therapy can be dated as far back as prehistory time when humans noticed that animals were not only used for food‚ but they were also friends and companions. Animal-facilitated therapy is one of the newer forms of medicine used throughout the nation. The origin of animal-facilitated therapy can be traced as far back as 18th century. The York Retreat‚ founded in 1792 by the Quaker merchant William Tuke‚ was cited to be the first use of animal-facilitated therapy. Instead of harsh forms of treatment
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Breanna Van Den Heuvel‚ 2-28-17‚ Art therapy In the‚ “Outcome-Based Evaluation of a Social Skills Program Using Art Therapy and Group Therapy for Children on the Autism Spectrum‚” by Kathleen Marie Epp focuses on the effects of Group and art therapy on a group of children that fall within the autism spectrum. She is studying the effectiveness of art on how it will indirectly help the children with their lack of social compatibility. The children that she study have issues with interaction and daily
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Discuss complementary therapies that are available for users of health and social care services. Contents page! Acupuncture…………………………………………………………………………………………….. page (3-4) Reiki…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. page (5-6) Reflexology……………………………………………………………………………………………….. page (7-8) Aromatherapy…………………………………………………………………………………………… page (9-10) Art therapy ………………………………………………………………………………………………. page (11-12) References………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a type of therapy that includes animals as a form of treatment. AAT main goal is to improve the patients emotional‚ social‚ and cognitive functioning. AAT is especially helpful in reducing the symptoms of psychological disorder‚ but most of the effects only last for a short period of time. Animal Assisted Therapy is used for many purposes in many different places such as prisons‚ nursing home‚ and mental institutions. There are a lot of animal options depending on
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knowledge of one family it can help the student assist other understand how to help their clients. However‚ genograms backbone is a graphic depiction of how different family member are biologically‚ legally‚ and emotionally related to one another from one generation to the next (McGoldrick‚ Gerson &Petry‚ 2007‚ p.21). A genogram display “family information graphically in a way that provides a quick gestalt of complex family patterns; as such they are a rich source of hypotheses about
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History of Animal-Assisted Therapy Animal-assisted therapy can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks and when they used horse-assisted therapy to boost the morale of the incurably ill. After that‚ there is little documentation for the use and effectiveness of it until the 18th century in York Retreat‚ England. In York Retreat‚ there was a facility ran by Quakers where people with mental illnesses would roam freely on the ground around the animals. The Quakers began to notice the positive interactions
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Animal Assisted Therapy is a form of therapy that has been around for many years‚ yet in recent times it has become a highly recognizable and appreciated form of psychological treatment. As society progresses to a point of acceptance for mental illness and its need to be treated appropriately‚ different methods of therapeutic treatment are able to be tested in practical settings and evaluated under a modern lens in order to see their effectiveness and the role they should play in the treatment of
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Animal-assisted therapy is basically what it sounds like: patients seek comfort and psychological aid from endearing‚ devoted pets. Of course‚ there is more to it than that. Centuries of extensive studies and research have supported the positive effects of animal therapy. By lowering depression and anxiety levels‚ this form of treatment‚ or even simply owning a pet‚ can calm a patient in the uneasy hospital atmosphere‚ and reduce stress for those with mental disorders in their everyday lives (Rathsam
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Worthington (2014) state‚ “One of the most important things you can do for the couple entering your office is to tailor the treatment to their particular style‚ needs‚ and values” (Ripley‚ Worthington‚ 2014‚ p. 94). The writer agrees that personalizing therapy will support fulfilling sessions‚ as well as‚ effective treatment. The rational for this decision is based off of experience in a residential facility‚ which implements a program that all residents must follow. However‚ because each resident has individual
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