6102013 Monday 8:00pm Physical Therapist Assistant Program ESSAY 1. What do you believe a physical therapist would do on a daily basis? As a Physical Therapist Assistant‚ I believe I will be gaining complete handson experience everyday and be kept up with multiple aspects of my job field most of which includes hospital work‚ childcare‚ sports training and lastly‚ elderly care. To be able to interact and converse smoothly would be something crucial especially when being exposed to so many people who
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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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Action Research of Inclusive Physical Education for Raising the Regular and Special Education Students Participate in Teaching Activities EDGAR JOEY M. PERALTA Pidigan Central School‚ Pidigan‚ Abra Abstract The purpose of this study was to put into practice an inclusive physical education by adjusting a variety of teaching methods‚ so self-contained special education students and regular students can also join the general physical education. With the adjustment of teaching‚ teachers can rethink
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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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Questions 1. Physical activity is muscular movement of the body that results in significant energy expenditure above the rising metabolism. Exercise is structured physical activity that focuses on improving or maintains physical capacity. Physical fitness is a developed physical capacity that enables people to perform routine physical tasks with vigor‚ participate in a variety of physical activities‚ and reduce their risk for multiple‚ inactivity-related chronic diseases. Physical activity refers
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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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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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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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Physical Therapy is used to help with many problems someone may face. Walking‚ talking‚ and writing are very important in everyday life. However‚ one that is hardly talked about is balance problems. Balance problems affect many people yet they do not know they have it or how to treat it. Balance problems are conditions that make you feel dizzy‚ lightheaded‚ or nauseous. Balance problems are commonly caused by health conditions‚ muscle weakness‚ joint stiffness‚ heart conditions‚ or problems in
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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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