A Career In Physical Therapy

In today’s world, people need more assistance, or aid, to better their health. Physical therapy seems to be the ideal career path for someone like myself, who likes hands-on activities. Hopefully after two years, I will be able to call myself a physical therapy assistant (PTA). A PTA plays an important role in the rehabilitation to help a patient, who was injured return back to proper level of physical functioning. The profession of physical therapy will show my drive and dedication to help people in need. Becoming a PTA will show my excellent communication skills and ability to work well with other individuals in hopes of helping people regain their physical function, so they can take on everyday life. This career path has job security,

A Physical Therapy Assistant involves assisting a Physical Therapist who helps with the rehabilitation of people that have different injuries past or present. They help people get back to their normal self and help them learn to live on their own with little to no assistance. The Physical Therapist Assistants job consists of mainly helping with the workouts and massages. They help with impairments, disabilities, and their mobility (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). As a physical therapy assistant, you can work in different locations like therapy, gyms, hospitals, and schools.

The career field that I would like to pursue is physical therapy. Many centuries ago, there was

My life is centered around church, sports, and family. I am a hardworking, motivating, caring person. While at Forbush I attend FCA (fellowship of Christian athletes) twice a week, am an active member of HOSA(health occupation students of America), and play or manage many sports. I kept on the A/B honor roll all through middle and high school. I have been the HOSA historian my junior and senior year. My junior and senior year I was one of two head student athletic trainer for football, soccer, wrestling, and basketball. I love being involved in the community and helping out whenever I can. After high school, I plan to attend Catawba College and major in athletic training. To help with this, I went to athletic training camp two years at Greensboro

The article that I chose was published by Mayo Clinic School of Health Science, the title of the article is “Physical Therapy”. The article informs the reader on the roles, goals, as well as the overall definition of a physical therapist. According to the article, “Physical therapists (PTs) work with patients who have impairments, limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease or other causes.” Therefore, a physical therapist works directly with the population that has a form of impairment in their movement, whether it is from an injury or an illness. The roles of a physical therapist are examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis

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The positives aspects for a Physical Therapist are that you get to help people promote their ability to move again , about the college the positive thing is that it prepare for the career i chose . The negative aspects about the college is when you don’t get accepted and negative about the career is when you don’t get to help the patients. After researching what i need for the career i chose is still stick to that career and college to have a better

The job I plan on pursuing with kinesiology as my major is to become a physical therapist, which is also known as PT. Their main duty is helping patients rehabilitate with disabling injuries such as fractures, arthritis and low-back pain. Their duty is to help patients their relieve pain, increase mobility, and decrease long-term physical disabilities. Physical therapists focus on the evaluation of strength, balance, range of motion, co-ordination, endurance, and posture of each individual patient. Their patients can range from different age groups from infants to grandparents. The age group would provide a variety of therapeutic exercises for each of the health issues they would have. Depending

During my undergraduate studies, I was a four-year collegiate athlete. Being a student-athlete broadened my time management, effective communication, and leadership skills. While I had been playing soccer since I was in diapers, I knew that my education was far more important to my long-term professional goal of becoming an OT. I majored in health science and psychology because I was fascinated with the connection between the mind and body. I was

As a Junior in High School, I am currently considering all of my career options. I am thinking of all the things that I can do in my life, and it is crazy to think of how big of a decision this is! During my childhood, I wanted to be a Physical Therapist. As I have grown older, my career thoughts are a little similar but have moved some. Currently, I want something to do with agriculture and/or nursing.

Being a Physical Therapist has been one of my long-term goals since I was in High school. I came across physical therapy as a child when I would visit my cousin who acquired multiple therapies. Seeing how he improved throughout the years gave me great joy and was intrigued about the therapy aspect. If accepted into a DPT program, I will be committed and manage my time wisely for the program so that I know I will succeed in school and as well as a Therapist.

Transition: Now that I've given you an overview of physical therapy, I'd like to discuss the path you might take to

Participating in a college sport is a way of preparing one’s self for a new path to cross after graduating. Opportunities also come that will enable a person to participate in the “real world”. In making the most out of a person’s college athletic career, they must understand the life lessons they get, their level of responsibility, learned skills and the connections they have

In the past, I have explored becoming a physical therapist, via shadowing, or pursuing a career in medical research. I decided not to pursue physical therapy because I became more interested in parts of medicine that are not the focus of physical therapy (specifically diseases of the cardiopulmonary system). Additionally, I also became interested in surgery and this is not a component of physical therapy. The reason I decided against a career strictly focused on medical research is because part of my passion for medicine is for interacting directly with patients. I am committed to working with patients and their families and diagnosing and treating individual patients and that is not something I would be able to do during medical

After high school at Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, I migrated to Bristol, Tennessee, to attend King University and play for their men’s volleyball program. I quickly realized during my first semester at King that I was destine for more than an education and continuation of my athletic career. My participation in athletics gave me an opportunity to teach and give