5 Types of Physical Therapy

Prior to start addressing the issue of increasing diversity in the physical therapy profession, I think it is important to establish the benefits of having a variety of people among health care professionals in a society with a plethora of cultural and ethnic groups. The ability of speaking a native language, and/or relate to cultural values, among many other diversity components have a great positive impact when people are accessing health care and understanding their medical conditions and the plan of care implemented. We all feel more comfortable with those we detect commonalities. Health care providers’ diversification increases our capability to reach out to those we serve and help eliminating or a least minimizing health disparities and inequities.

Ever since I was young my life goals were to help others when I grew up, however I wasn’t exactly sure how. Throughout the past couple years, with a wonderful support system; I have been able to make the decision about wanting to achieve the goal of becoming a physical therapist. It is my belief that I have a high spiritual calling to be a physical therapist, because I have the intention to be able to guide others. I gather that this can be spiritual, because helping others is what God’s intentions are, and would recommend others to follow in His footsteps. My mindset is indeed compassionate, empathetic, selfless, and strong with a thirst for knowledge. Being a physical therapist has many rewards such as happiness, equality, and a sense of accomplishment which can be very valuable and will affect my life in a positive manner.

The day-to-day writing in the field of Physical Therapy varies depending on the audience. The audience determines the purpose of the writing and writing style. Physical Therapists (PT) use evidence-based exercises and activities to rehabilitate their patients in order for them to reach their unique goal. Since PT’s work with both medical professionals and patients, they must adjust their writing to be able to communicate effectively. PT’s are just one of the many people in the medical field that may work with a particular patient so it is important that the communication between the different layers of the medical field are precise and clear. Writing to a patient is also important because they are the person who is being directly affected

Predominantly, a physical therapist must be compassionate and caring. My family members and I are accustomed to taking care of one another, regardless of the age or circumstance. Along with these age differences come different opinions; because of this, at a very young age, I quickly understood the meaning of empathy. I have become accustomed to practicing compassion at home, that it has now become second nature to me.

Core Didactic Courses Course Number/Name Workload Semester/Year Taught DPT 776: Physical Therapy Management of Complex Conditions V *served as co-course coordinator 2-4 Fall 2013. Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016 DPT 662: Interactions I- Patient-Practitioner Interactions *served as course coordinator 3-6 Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017 DPT 638: Lifespan Development *served as co-course coordinator 2 Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016 Core Clinical Supervision Courses DPT 886:

Physical Therapy programs are presented as a master’s (MPT, MSPT, MS) or doctoral (DPT) degree from an accredited physical therapy program. In order to be admitted to a DPT, MPT, MSPT, or MS program you have to first either completely obtain, or have been working at least three years closer to an undergraduate baccalaureate accredited

Physical therapy can be a marvel for those who are chronically ill or injured giving them the ability to live an active and healthy lifestyle after proceeding with treatment. A close relative of mine experiences this at CBI Health Center in Kelowna, BC and is pursuing at improving his health post treatment. With the assist of his physiotherapists he modifies his health daily by eating better and being active, is currently losing weight, has had a decrease in pain, increase in mobility, and returned to work after being on medical leave for years die to chronic pain as a result of degenerative disk disorder. Through CBI Health’s approach at treatments, administering knowledge, and the motivation of the physiotherapists, Dave has been able to make a noticeable improvement on his health and began living a more active life.

This week’s forum raises a fundamental question on the readiness of the United States physical therapy (PT) profession to integrate prescribing medication as part of its autonomous practice. Currently, the United Kingdom (UK) is the sole nation that has provided their PTs the authority to prescribe medication without any physician’s authorization (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy [CSP], 2012). The UK’s PTs journey in attaining an independent prescriber status underwent a rigorous process before it even came into effect in June 2012. Before achieving the independent status for prescribing drugs in 2012, the PTs in the UK already has supplementary prescribing rights since 2005 (CSP, 2013; Cooper et al., 2008). To adequately address the

The process a student experiences to become a licensed physical therapist certainly is strenuous due to the average 3.52 GPA an individual should acquire to be accepted into a PT program (Ross). Before a student sets up an application for a program, s/he is required to receive a bachelor’s degree that pertains to any basic science course such as anatomy, physiology, biology, chemistry, or physics (“Physical Therapy Schools”). Although a bachelor’s degree may be earned, specific classes need to be taken by a student to enroll in any PT program; these courses include, but not limited to, psychology, statistics, physics with lab, and chemistry with lab in order to comprehend the functions of the human body and achieve the ability to deduce the

The use of physical therapy has progressed throughout the medical field for a plethora of reasons. Whether you need physical therapy after a car accident or breaking your arm in a basketball game, physical therapy has been accustomed for a wide range of injuries. Many people cannot afford the physical therapy needed because numerous insurance companies do not support the practice. Nonetheless, studies have shown that physical therapy takes a great toll on your recovery process. More importantly as children become more involved in sports and start earlier in age to be more competitive, the injury rate of children has increased significantly. With that being said, the range of injuries on the knee specifically have varied and transformed the

Per our telephone conversation on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, you informed your VR counselor that you have terminated your physical therapy sessions and we both realize that your successful completion of physical therapy was an important step toward your participation in the work evaluation. The agency has been unable to provide VR services within the past two years and it appears that the agency will not be able to provide VR services in the foreseeable future.

The seeds of this project start with reflecting on my grandmother, Lumida Rodriguez Viscal. In my family, she was the first person to enter a medical profession when she became a licensed physical therapist in 1953. I remember her telling me stories of her work with polio patients. However, by all accounts, she did not particularly want to become a physical therapist. My mother says she really wanted to be a doctor; my aunt says that she wanted to pursue further studies in chemistry, an interest she developed as an undergraduate. Both, however, remember hearing from her that “the scholarships that year were for physical therapy.” So this project starts with trying to understand why and how my grandmother became a physical therapist.

EverNew is a full service Physical Therapy company that provides many different types of physical therapy to our clients. Our physical therapists are the best and most educated in the state. Our physical therapists are also very experience, some of them even work in other counties. EverNew makes sure that our clients come first, they will always know what we are doing 100%. In our facility we two types of physical therapy: physical therapy and aquatic therapy. Since we have these two specific types of physical therapy, we will only hire those who are highly qualified and highly educated for the positions. I know that EverNew will be a successful and affordable physical therapy facility.

In earlier days sports psychology was mostly concerned with developing assessment methods that would identify those people with the potential to become serious superior athletes. Today the focus is on psychological training, exercises that strengthen the mental skills that will help athletic performances on the path to excellence. These skills include mental imagery and focus training. If an athlete is serious about becoming the best he or she can possibly be, the most essential ingredient is commitment to practice the right things. It takes incredible commitment to reach the top: a commitment to rest and train the body so it can perform under the most demanding conditions and a commitment to train the mind to

Injuries and challenges always have an impact on a athletes abilities and there physical and mental wanting to keep on playing. One challenge I had playing some of these sports is the coaches. Some coaches you have through your high school or athletic career will help you and assist you. One coach I had for track was the total opposite of that, instead of helping us, all she would do is criticize everything that a person would do wrong and ignore the team if they had questions. She wouldn’t help us resolve our problem and I found that as a challenge for me because if I needed help on some tips for running, she would not help. How I responded to this situation is by talking to her about the ways she coaches. She didn’t respond very well to what I had to say but at least I stood up and said something. She learned that I didn’t like how she was coaching and that’s how I resolved my situation with her.