Walter Ross Interview

Ever since I was a kid, it has been my life goal to help as many people I can. I have moved around in many different areas of the medical field, but no career had caught my eye as much as physical therapy. As an athlete, I have been in and out of the physical therapist’s office for a majority of my life. Each time I have went I could not help but be beyond grateful for what these people have done for me; they have given me the ability to play the sport I love despite all the hiccups. Physical therapy is a dynamic field within the field of medicine because as a physical therapist one can make a difference in the lives of his or her patients, enjoy job security, and enjoy a rewarding and personally satisfying career.

Coates devoted so much time telling Clyde Ross story is because Ross story was a background for the reader to understands Coates points. An example was when Coates was telling us when Ross bought his first house in Chicago in the city of North Lawndale, he did not sign a normal mortgage but instead signed a contract. If Ross does not pay on time he would lose his $1,000 down payment and also his property. In one part of his article Coates said that the speculators would use “block-busting”, a method to spook the whites into selling their house for a cheap price before it turns into a black neighborhood. They would sell those houses to the people (African American) who are trying to escape the ghetto and they would sell them on a contract.

Even though Betsy Ross is best known for creating and sewing the American flag, this has never been officially proven. However, there is a great amount of evidence that she was very influential in the making of the flag. These words by her say it all, “Our hearts aching, our prayers praying, our flags waving, never forget.”1

A sports medicine expert is a physical therapist. Many people do not recognize it as that but it is. Both fields try assist their patients in their healing process on many levels beyond just the physical. Although the training teaches them to focus on the physical body as the cause of pain and disease, experts have found that many of our physical problems stem from and are modulated by emotional, mental, psychological, and spiritual issues. Not all people heal on the same schedule or in the same way. This is why therapists provide a healing model with a loving environment. They don't deal in disease only deal in healing, which is an active process. The patients are taught to create the concept and feeling of health. they often have to remove a person's diagnosis that he or she has been branded with by other doctors. Pain does not mean that a person is broken. X-rays and MRI scans frequently do not tell the truth. So you sometimes have to run a number of different tests to find out exactly what the problem is with the patient, you would be surprised on how many patients have serious mental problems and think that they are hurt in some way shape or form but most often it is just a mental problem they have.

Beyond the educational requirements for physical therapists are the many other attributes that are needed to be successful. A career as a physical therapist requires a lot of studied skills, personal characteristics and physical fitness. A physical therapist should enjoy working with people and helping others. An ability to listen to patients and understand is important to success. Patients are often a victim of a traumatic experience, injury or are afflicted by a debilitating disease. The emotional distress can often be as trying as the physical dysfunction. (Kottler 11) Communicating and teaching skills are needed to help patients learn new movements and exercises to practice on their own. Physical therapists help patients set goals, regain and strengthen muscles and flexibility. Helping a patient find confidence in the program helps them to

I asked him a question if he had to ever deal with a patient that made his job harder for him he explained “an elderly lady who was in immense pain and would not cooperate with the staff even when she was told the therapy will do wonders for her. I talked her through the procedure, asking her about her children, grandchildren and even her garden! 45 minutes went by in a whiz and the procedure was over already” (“Salgado”). It was very smart of him to distract her so they could go through the therapy smoothly because after all the main priority for and medical job is good health. Another question I asked was if during therapy was his observing skills quick to tell what was wrong with the patient and if he learned from it he gave feedback “I believe that every observation is education in itself. While I may not be able to provide you with just one incident, I can tell you that whatever I have learned this far has been from observation mostly” (“Salgado”). You must have really good observation skills and always be aware of many things when you are a physical therapist assistant. I learned quite a few things from this

While a sophomore in high school, I had the opportunity to take a sports medicine elective class. At first, I was not too sure about it, but I thought I would give it a try and I ended up loving every second of the class, especially the hands-on experience. After taking both levels of the course, I learned a great deal about taping, special tests, the different treatment modalities, all the joints of the body and common injuries for each, as well as the different career options under the sports medicine umbrella. Since I enjoyed the course, I signed up for my school’s Athletic Training club where I was a student trainer for the wrestling and soccer teams. I worked alongside the school’s head athletic trainer to help tape, stretch, and provide first aid for the athletes both on and off the field. We also worked to provide and implement rehabilitation plans to help the athletes return to play after an injury. From this experience, I learned that I enjoy working with athletes and I wanted to pursue Athletic Training in college. After researching the different colleges in Georgia that offered

Fellow Cherokee people: There is a bad seed among us that must be expelled before spreading it’s disease to more members of our honorable tribe. Jon Ross and his cronies are spreading lies and blinding our people from seeing the truth.

The unsung hero, John Ross his journey to becoming a Cherokee Indian Chief standing up against the negative treatment and commandeering land that was a legacy to his people.

To satisfy my curiosity and gain a broad understanding of athletic training, I chose to interview my boss, Pete Stevens. Pete is employed by Physiotherapy Associates, a nationwide corporation that specializes in physical/occupational therapy, athletic training, and fitness/sports training. He has worked there for three years. He is currently the Head

* Not being able to identify your own training needs (thinks they already know everything)

Have you ever wondered who the most calm, positive and creative painters of the 1960’s was? Well, it was Bob Ross. Bob Ross was one of the most inspirational people and painters of the 1960’s in the U.S. To begin, he was in the military for more than 20 years, and rose to become a medical records technician. Second, Bob learned how to paint in his time during service. He spent every minute of his spare time learning how to paint off of tv shows. Once he left the military, he had his own painting show on pbs. Lastly, Bob made a lot of money off of his products. Ross didn’t make any money off of his painting show, but he did make money off of his own line of art supplies, like brushes, and oil paints.

For my interview I talk to Derrick Williams he has been in the field of physical therapy for six years. Mr. Williams says in his words " A physical therapist is a person that helps patients get back on their feet makes them feel better about life". I found out in order to go into this field Derrick says "you have to take some basic science/biology and a anatomy class. Now I knew that you have to connect with your patients. The information I found the duties he does is he uses physical fitness to restore functioning to reduce pain in patients.

The session begin with the client discussing how she was concern about the student. She stated was having a problem with other student. The client noticed this student standing alone during recess, lunch and circle time she said this was a practice that happen every day. The client confer to the student and his answer

The medical field had crossed this competitors mind a time or two, but was never anything serious. An elective credit was needed to complete the semester, so this fragile freshman decided to sign up for the athletic trainer course. Reed had no awareness of what was in store for the future. This novice trainer stood on the side lines during every football season, hydrating the players, taking care of sprained ankles, injured wrists, and finally a broken femur. It was then, junior year, that this novice trainer became a future paramedic. High school ended in December 2002, when this early graduate walked across the stage and the forthcoming journey began.