Rehabilitation Physician

This case study is about a patient, T.C., who I treated while a physical therapy assistant at an acute rehabilitation hospital. T.C. had terminal spinal cancer and at the time of admission had a fair prognosis to maintain function and strength enough to be discharged to his daughter’s home with home health care and family support, and he wanted to eventually go back to his own apartment. He was using a wheelchair as he was partially paralyzed from the waist down, and was able to use a transfer board to transfer from his wheelchair to bed and back.

Laying on the couch scrolling through the T.V guide, reading the information for shows and movies. Nothing seemed to catch my attention until I came across “Just Wright”- “Leslie Wright is a physical therapist. At a gas station she meets a basketball player, Scott McKnight. Scott becomes injured, an injury that could possibly ruin his career. Leslie encourages him and helps him get back in the game. Because Leslie helped Scott recover in such a short amount of time, many teams offered her the position as an athletic trainer.” As I watched it I could relate my career goal to the movie. “Just Wright” inspired me to become a physical therapist for athletes.

A chiropractor is able to help you with a number of different health problems and rectify them for you in a totally natural and non invasive manner. If you are looking for chiropractor clinics in your area that can offer you excellent natural health care, then there are a couple of things that you should know.

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

There are not any gasps in the knowledge base and the author seems to be well informed about communication in radiography, from first view the content of abstract is well organised with clear rationale aims to perform a qualitative study (Bassett,2004).

Even though they will be completely done with school after all this, every state will require the physician to become licensed. The way they become licensed is by passing the state board examination. If they do not pass this, then they cannot work as a doctor. After working for a couple of years and having experience, they can then apply to get certifications in their specialty based on their qualifications (Exploring Health Careers 867).

It embodies those qualities that geared me to become a physician. Ought most importantly, Radiology is intellectually challenging. The radiologist must coalesce his complete clinical knowledge across the different organ systems of human body, combined with all available patient history and findings to transmute pictures into a reasonable meaningful diagnosis. Secondly, I believe the radiologist must possess highest communication skills and team work. The radiologist has become a fulcrum point to the modern team based medicine, working closely with the internists, surgeons and other specialists to precisely diagnose and treat patients. The radiologist is also about trust. As the modern technologies have provided the specialists with an unparalleled power to image the human body, at the same time it has become increasingly complex and difficult for most of the experienced clinicians to interpret the finding in a useful manner from what is otherwise just an unfathomable collection of pictures. Radiologists are trusted to use the potentially lethal radiation to precisely localize areas of anatomical anomaly and abnormalities, and provide differential diagnosis. Finally, in radiology the boundaries of modern medicine ate protracted with the applications of modern technologies in diagnostic modalities and progressively in therapeutic ones. It is truly exciting to witness and be a part of this modern medicine

A physical therapist is a professional who helps injured or sick people improve their movement and manage their pain. According to author Olga Dreeben from the University of North Texas “The creation of physical therapist is centered on two major events in U.S history: The Poliomyelitis epidemics and the negative effects of World War 1 and World War 2”.

It has exhibited red flags that warranted me to evaluate further and seek referral. Though it is not frequent. I am always on my toes on the lookout for anything that I find suspicious in the pathological presentation during my initial touch point with the patient. Red flags can be determined and brought to light during history and physical examination, such as patient demographics, social and health habits, medical/surgical history, medications, family history, systems review, and review of systems, physical therapists have the examination data necessary to identify the need for medical referral (Ross and Boissonnault, 2010, p. 682). A detailed history assessment preceding trauma and cervical spine tenderness with notable limitation of motion prompt consideration for immediate immobilization, referral to a specialist, and further investigation utilizing diagnostic imaging. Red flags can be used as a tool to verify the diagnosis during evaluation. However, there are times that during initial imaging, patient doesn’t exhibit any signs of red flags. That is why it is therapist responsibility to take note of all the possible symptoms that might need urgent investigation to prevent further

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

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.

I became interested in physical therapy very recently, last week exactly. I became interested in physical therapy when I was researching it in class for a lame project my annoying teacher made me do. Even though my dad and all but one of his brothers are in the medical field, I didn’t really know too many details about working in the medical field. I always thought it was just too much school and didn’t give enough down time. After researching it I became more interested because it is a very intermediate job in the medical field. Not as intense as a surgeon but still fairly challenging. I feel comfortable choosing physical therapy because I have plenty of people with experience in the medical field to help me out.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging is an important technology of neuromechanic imaging as it allows for the generation of images of the body used for diagnostic purpose. MRI’s are able to do so through the usage of radio waves and strong magnetic waves to create images that include all aspects of the body. MRI’s are more effective in diagnosing issues in the central nervous system than CT scans as they generate images with higher resolution for examining tissues, display images in more than one plane, exclude excess images of the bones, and more (Edelman et all., 1993). MRI’s ability to view soft tissue and organs has allowed for this method of technology to be used most prominently when dealing with issues involving the central nervous system and

My undergraduate education in Kinesiology has provided me with an in-depth insight regarding the physiotherapy profession and has supplied me with sufficient knowledge to form the foundation of human anatomical and physiological science. A physiotherapist is a part of the healthcare system and holds an extensive role in providing quality healthcare services. The primary responsibility is to treat patients with physical complications due to injury, illness, surgery or aging. The goal of a physiotherapist is to rehabilitate the patient to help him/her return to normal level of function. They attempt to restore body systems such as neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory systems by using a variety of treatment methods. The

When people think of a massage they think of a way to unwind and relax. Most importantly, they want to soothe away the aches and pains. More times than not a massage is a way to “treat” yourself. What if we used that same mentality to treat musculoskeletal injuries? Doctors use physical therapy to strengthen damaged muscles and ligaments thus regaining support lost by an injury. I believe that massage therapy can assist the healing process if done in conjunction with the proper physical therapy exercises.