Personal Narrative: Grand Junction Therapies Of Fruita Now Open

The medical field is expanding ever so rapidly in today’s society. In the field of Physical Therapy one needs to have the understanding of how the human body works and the injuries one body could sustain. I have chosen a career to help others to battle back from life-changing injuries or surgeries. I will take the first step of joining the medical field by obtaining a physical therapist associates degree. I will become a Physical Therapist Assistant.

When she sees a patient for the first time she talks to them about the doctor’s report and asks specific questions about their injury or experiences leading up to the need for physical therapy. Megan explained how important it is to make the patient feel comfortable and keep a positive attitude towards the patient’s recovery. These consultations were the most interesting to sit in on because it allowed me to observe the therapist’s ability to take the patient’s information and create a diagnosis and treatment plan for the injury or pain described. Megan may have multiple patients at a time so she stressed the importance of keeping up with each patient and why the physical therapy techs are so helpful. Scheduling is another job of the therapists that is important in keeping the clinic running smoothly. There is also paperwork that has to be filled out for every patient after every visit about their

Alexa Cahill is graduating from Middletown High School North this coming June. She will be attending Ramapo College of New Jersey in the fall as a member of the Honors College. Here Alexa will be majoring in biology. She plans on pursuing a career in medicine as a doctor of osteopathy (DO) and is a part of the joint 4+4 program with Ramapo College and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in order to achieve this. She feels so blessed for these opportunities and very excited for the

Ronni Denham is a 25 year old college graduate, and even though she doesn’t have a lot of time for hobbies she does makes time for a few. These include watching “Sons of Anarchy” and “The Walking Dead” every week, and spending time with her nieces and nephews whenever she has the chance to do so. She also loves her job, and considers it more of a hobby because helping people is what she has always wanted to do. Ronni has a full time job as an Occupational Therapist working with special needs children. She went to school for four years at University of Central Arkansas and got her degree in Kinesiology, and then spent two years in the Occupational Therapist Program. Working forty or more hours a week in Little Rock makes it hard for her to make time for anything, but even though she has a lot on her plate she makes sure to go to church every

She graduated from Oklahoma State University with her Bachelor’s in Agricultural Business and a minor in marketing.

doctoral internship at Western State Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. She received her Master of Science

I personally have never had any experience with a chiropractor. On February 16, 2016 I had an opportunity to interview an individual I had never met, and ask about their profession that I have very little knowledge about. My group with Stephen, Matthew, and Alexis met and we observed Mr. Kip Francis’s privately owned clinic in Durant, Oklahoma. During our interview, we wanted to know more than just his professional career, but also if it harmonizes with his personal life.

She went on to accomplish a number of things like interning in Washington D.C. and later going to graduate school in Colorado.

She attended La Consolacion College in Manila, Philippines, where she attained her degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing with honors as a Suma Cum Laude. She took the Nursing Board Examination and became one of the top five passers whom received the highest test scores on the test. It was a smooth sailing as she was looking for a job, as a lot of the hospitals in the Philippines and even overseas wanted to hire her. After working in the Philippines for a little bit, she landed a job in New York City about 30 years ago. She became one of the supervisors of the hospital that she worked with, but she eventually moved to California because of the weather. She worked at UCLA as a Director of Nursing for almost 20 years, but she decided to retire early because of her ankle. Staying home with her family, not really knowing the way around her finances and retirement, she decided to take the financial world. She first took the insurance

Cathy was very active with her sports life. Before high school she played three years of softball. When she was in high school she played Tennis for two years, Track and Field where she threw the discus for a year, badminton for a year, and played volleyball for three years. She graduated from Dunwoody high school in 1978. Playing volleyball got her a full athletic scholarship to Georgia State University. While being on Georgia States volleyball team she also joined a sorority Zeta Tau Alpha. Unfortunately, they dropped the volleyball program when she was there, so she transferred to Eastern Illinois University. Cathy got her Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Physical Education in 1983 and in 1987 she got her Master’s Degree in Exercise Science. After college she got a job at Cardiovascular Technician at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta (now called Atlanta Medical Center) administered Exercise Stress Tests; read Holter Monitors to evaluate someone’s heart 24 hours a day; lead exercise classes

As stated earlier, I asked the same question to the PT about populations, he said, “I work with all different types and populations of people.” Inferring from his comment about population; I would also enjoy working with a wide variety of people he sees in a typical week. I also took note of some of the rehabilitation modalities used in his clinic. Mainly, lots of range of motion (ROM) exercises, electrical stimulus machines, but my personal favorite is a video game console which helps patients with their balance and proprioception work. This could help the younger patients, possibly resistant to participate in PT; especially beneficial “with adherence rates for this clinic. This now opens a whole new door for me, and sparked my interest of research in areas of exercise science so much so that I have volunteered to participate in a study here at the university. I can see myself working in both professions that I discussed in this brief reflection but that being said, I have learned a lot of new and fun things I can do with my

Physical therapy has come a long way in the last couple of decades, literally transforming the way pain, functional limitations and recovery from surgery is treated. But just as with any other healthcare provider, it’s the people behind the front door - and their treatment philosophy - which makes the critical difference in the patient experience.

As a smaller player on the field, most of the time my ankles were getting assaulted by kids one-and-a-half times my size. Fortunately, two consecutive years included a nasty ankle injury for me. Thanks to other players, soccer had the opportunity to reteach me. The first injury occurred between eighth and ninth grade, right before I moved up to high school soccer. I was playing indoor soccer between outdoor seasons, since my friends from school made a team, and during one fateful game, I jumped to head the ball before an opposing player could and ended up drawing the short end of the stick in the ordeal. I was successful in reaching the ball first, but he decided to push me just before I landed, causing me to plant my right foot improperly on the ground and place my full weight on the side of my foot. There was an immediate pop. It felt as if my foot detached and I was standing on the bare nub of my ankle. There was blinding pain, yet no pain at all. Just pin-pricks of blood flowing furiously. Before anyone could ask why I was limping, I was off the field and icing my ankle. After a late night visit to the emergency room when the swelling continued to grow and I could no longer put any pressure on my foot, it was discovered that I had a high ankle sprain. The doctors ordered me to wear an air-cast for the following two to three months with a strict ban on running, along with minimal walking to get to class only – patience is a virtue. However, the following season I managed to hurt the same ankle all over again during practice. While going to shoot the ball, I had the unfortunate circumstance of a defender trying to clear the ball at the same moment. Our feet hit the ball at the exact same time, and the earth-shattering force of contact left both of us on the ground holding our ankles as the pain throbbed each time blood pumped through our injured veins. At this point, I

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In this article this man talks about how he has been a therapist for 10 years and he has chosen this spoke because it spoke loudly to him. He said when he was looking for a job that went deeper than just being a job. That’s also what I want and why I think being a therapist would be good for me. He also states that he quit his job because it was simply not interesting anymore, he was seeing the same thirty people a week for what felt like forever to him. He said he was not learning as much as he did when he first started. He stated that he has acquired a great skill set in being a therapist but it just wasn’t exciting and he didn’t learn anything new anymore. It was also really stressful to him, he had to constantly take risks, every word he