Physical therapy involves treatment through physical means for people disabled by illness‚ accident‚ or congenital handicap. It seeks to improve mobility‚ relieve pain‚ or minimize permanent physical disabilities (Occupational Outlook Handbook). The physical therapy career field interests me for many reasons. It revolves solely around the human body‚ which is a fascinating topic to learn about. This area of expertise is flexible and rewarding. There are many specialty areas to choose your career
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Pittsburgh is offering a Master of Science in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences with a structured Physical Therapy concentrated program. I am keen to enroll in this program with a focus on neuromuscular approach due to my previous academic studies as well as work experience in the field. Joining the program would prepare me to become a specialized clinician and a future educator. The field of physical therapy is what I have always been endeavoring for because helping people with various conditions improve
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Physical Education Teacher A physical education teacher is no ordinary teacher. They educate students by bringing out the best in their motor skills‚ fitness‚ and personal achievements. Physical education teachers have a thrilling career in which they get to connect with their students and evaluate the individual’s performance. The expectations of a physical education teacher are pretty simple. First you have to work with what you have‚ not all students are the same so you will have to build
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Methods According to The American Physical Therapy Association‚ the goal of the physical therapy professional education is to prepare graduates for entry into practice of physical therapy (The American Physical Therapy Association [APTA]‚ n. d). Thus‚ the author will develop five educational sessions that teach the undergraduate physical therapy students about Parkinson disease and the associated rehabilitation techniques. Literature review was conducted to determine the most the most
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While physical therapy is an exciting and rewarding work environment‚ professionalism must still be maintained in the work place. In order to be the best physical therapist possible‚ professionalism must first be demonstrated while obtaining a degree in a doctor of physical therapy program. Three components are essential in order to demonstrate professionalism in a doctor of physical therapy program: integrity‚ curiosity‚ and taking pride in ones work. Since the inception of the first doctor of
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Career Research Paper The first time I ever thought about the career of Sports Physical Therapy was after I had gotten my first ankle injury playing soccer. I was out for about a month and even though I did not visit a physical therapist‚ I wondered what it would be like to work with athletes who are injured and seeing how the therapist helps the athletes recover. I am now also taking a class at school called Sports Medicine wherein we assess different severities of injuries and figure out what
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I put my mind to something‚ very little can stand in the way of what I wish to achieve. A Doctorate of Physical Therapy is what I want to end my college journey with‚ no matter how long it takes and how bumpy the journey is‚ because it is what I dream of.
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Professionalism in the context of being a student in a doctor of physical therapy program contains promptness‚ time management‚ consistency and a great attitude. There is a famous quote by Alistair Cooke that reads "A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it." I agree with that quote because over the span of a 2-3 year doctorate program life will change and difficult circumstances can present themselves to our lives. A true professional can still remain consistent
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I’ve always been interested in Veterinary Medicine‚ but since the Veterinarian was too busy to do my interview‚ I moved on to my next major that I would love to do‚ which is being a physical therapist. I asked a family friend if he had time for me to interview him‚ he said “yes‚ I would love to.” Getting out of my GMC truck‚ on a hot afternoon I felt butterflies in my stomach. Walking through the doors of this big building‚ the front desk sending me to this long hallway that leads up to his office
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currently interested in Physical Therapy but I would like to expand my options and get experience first. Following are some things that led me to making my decision to go into healthcare‚ including a series of accidents and illnesses I‚ and my family‚ experienced. Both of my parents work at Western Michigan University in a type of health care profession. My father is a professor and director of WMU’s Music Therapy program‚ and my mother works in the field of Massage Therapy and used to do Therapeutic
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