Physical Therapy is a career that focuses on the rehabilitation of others to gain back strength to a certain area. The ways that it can be used in order to help stroke patients. A major condition that physical therapist deal with are strokes‚ which therapist have recently learned about. In order to treat a stroke one must learn the causes‚ what a stroke is‚ how to prevent it‚ and how to treat it in order to help patients. Physical Therapists undergo an average of three years to get a Doctor of Physical
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next four years is Physical Therapy. Physical Therapy is basically a health care profession‚ that provides therapy for those who have been injured‚ have a physical disability or for those who are experiencing minor pains in their body. I chose to get into Physical Therapy for many different reasons. I first thought of being a Physical Therapist when I realized that I was a hands on type of person‚ meaning that I like to work while being active. I then discovered that a lot of Physical Therapists work
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and from chiropractors to physical therapists and all in between. Having been diagnosed with scoliosis and degenerative disk disease since 2006‚ I have personal experience with most all of these treatments. Anyone suffering from grave pain of the spine needs to understand the difference between physical and chiropractic therapy before deciding which one to select as the correct therapy to relieve his or her pain. Although chiropractic work therapy and physical therapy both seem to be effective in
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require physical therapy to help improve the state of the patient. As physical therapy may be one of the most important and expensive medical practice it is important to be able to work in many fields. Physical therapy is a very draining job‚ but if persevere‚ you will be able to reap the benefits. If you are thinking about having a career in the medical field be prepared for an extended amount of time in school. Students must earn at least a bachelor degree to participate in a Doctor of Physical Therapy
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fracture‚ tibial medial malleolus fracture requiring open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) in October 2014. The member’s treating provider‚ Jeffrey Fairley‚ DPT‚ recommended continued physical therapy services for the member from 02/27/2015 – 10/23/2015. The carrier has denied continued coverage of physical therapy services from 02/27/2015 – 10/23/2015 as not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member dated 01/14/2016 which states in part: “The Committee upheld the denial
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Physical therapy has been in my life several times recently because of the numerous amount of injuries that have been piling up from football. Football is a grinding sport that requires physical contact every single day. This routine of bodies slamming into each other lasts for about three months every year but the after effects are felt long past the athlete hangs up his cleats. Athletes are sometimes left with debilitating injuries and that is when a physical therapist comes in to relieve some
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Physical therapy is often times associated with injury or surgical recovery‚ but there are many surprising ailments that physical therapy can treat. As a non-pharmacological intervention‚ physical therapy can be perfect for those wary of medications‚ and it can often help heal the causes of a problem rather than just treating the symptoms. While the ailments that physical therapy can treat are nearly countless‚ three surprising health issues helped by physical therapy will be discussed here. Alzheimer’s:
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Physical therapy is a necessary part of the recovery process for many injured senior citizens. This becomes a reality for many folk after they suffer a fall. But therapy can do wonders for a recovering senior citizen. This does not mean that physical therapy is easy. No‚ in fact‚ physical therapy can be a painful and arduous task. If you have an elderly relative undergoing physical therapy‚ there are some things to be mindful of. For one‚ an in home caregiver can be quite a help. If this caregiver
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Career as a Physical Therapist Assistant A Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) is a health care provider whose function is to assist the Physical Therapist in the provision of physical therapy and to promote optimal health and function in a patient. A physical therapist will see the patient for the first time to examine then and develop a plan of care that promotes the ability to move‚ reduce pain‚ restores function‚ and prevents disability. The PTA will then follow the plan of care and make sure
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later Galenus are believed to be the first practitioners of physical therapy‚ advocating massage‚ manual therapy and hydrotherapy techniques in treating there patients back in 460 B.C. In the eighteenth century machines like gymnasticon were developed to treat gout and other diseases by way of systemic exercise of the joints‚ similar to later occurrences of physical therapy practices. The earliest documented origins of actual physical therapy as a professional group dates back to Per Henrik Ling‚ "Father
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