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    Gerontological Physical Therapy: Progressive Resistance Exercise In the article‚ “Progressive Resistance Exercise in Physical Therapy: A Summary of Systematic Reveiws” consist of article reviews wrote by authors who raise the importance of Progressive Resistance Exercise in physical therapy. The term Progressive Resistance Exercise‚ is not well known in physical therapy because of the term “strengthening” the author suggests. The authors also declare that the term “strengthening” is overused but

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    called Physical Therapy. Physical Therapy is defined as being physical medicine and rehabilitation specialty that remediates impairments and promotes mobility‚ function‚ and quality of life through examination‚ diagnosis‚ prognosis‚ and physical intervention. Physical Therapy has multiple effects on the body that help and hinder people. Physical therapy is a branch of rehabilitative health that uses specially designed exercises and equipment to help patients regain or improve their physical abilities

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    Across Disciplines: According to APTA‚ to become a physical therapist‚ you need to have a Doctor of Physical Therapy‚ which takes up to about 3 years. Ethics: You are a therapist‚ and your job is help your patient. How much pain or issues they are going to have with a certain part of your body is in your hands. In this career‚ they

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    Where do I see myself professionally? I see myself professionally in a field to become a physical therapy. I say this because I have a big heart and I enjoy trying to make people’s lives easier and try to make people achieve their goals Also I enjoy taking care of people for example I take care of my mother a lot because she is a paraplegic and I am usually the one that gets her medicine for her and takes her to her doctor’s appointment also I also take care of her alot when she is sick and I try

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    Physical therapists have other ways they improve the patient’s physical ability during these sessions. One common exercise patients do during physical therapy is treadmill exercise. If this therapy is consistently done the patients speed‚ strength and other mobile activities are improved. Further studies done by Movement Disorder stated‚ “Rhythmicity and endurance training‚ such as treadmill exercise (with and without body weight support and cueing) and pedaling (Ellis et al. 2005; Cakit et al. 2007;

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    The career I decided to learn about was a physical therapist. This is because they do a lot of helping around in our community helping those who came back from injury. A physical therapist is someone who provides services that help restore function‚ improve mobility‚ relieve pain‚ and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients with injuries or disease. For this job there must be a lot of patience because it usually takes a long period of time for someone to fully recuperate. Workers

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    like without repercussion. Rather‚ I was once an obese teenager on the verge of developing metabolic conditions. This lead too many frustrating experiences that stemmed from my inability to perform gross motor tasks. Like many Americans who need Physical Therapy this life style led to a life event where I injured myself. I had a choice: I could complete the recovery procedures while continuing to live the way that caused the injury‚ or I could get serious about my health and change my reality. Fortunately

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    My Physical Fitness Assessment PED 117- Physical Fitness for Law Enforcement Carlos Canizales Professor Gotay April 05‚ 2012 Physical fitness is defined as‚ “The ability to perform moderate to vigorous physical activity on a regular basis without excessive fatigue.”(Donatelle‚ P.296) There are two parts of physical fitness made up of eleven components‚ known as skill and health. The skill part of physical fitness contains six components and the health section contains five components‚ which

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    Physical therapists have used “hydrotherapy” as a passive therapeutic intervention for many years‚ with equipment such as whirlpools.9 “Aquatic Physical Therapy” refers to active interventions performed in the water. The aquatic environment is used to provide weight relief to the body‚ antigravity positioning‚ and increased resistance as therapeutic tools. Aquatic PT also provides multiple sensory stimuli through buoyancy‚ relative density‚ water temperature‚ viscosity‚ resistance‚ and vestibular

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    learning about how the body works. This discipline interests me because through applying my knowledge about the body I can ultimately help people when I become a physical therapist. Physical therapists help patients learn about their condition and teach them different techniques so that they can minimize their pain and return to their original physical condition. My current undergraduate major is recreational therapy with allows me to practice working with patients and is teaching me how to build a relationship

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