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Title: Physical Therapy Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the Physical Therapy career and what they do. Thesis Statement: Today I want to share what I have learned about the occupation in Physical Therapy and what they do. Introduction Attention material: Everyday, thousands of people are getting injured, having surgery, or being diagnosed with a disabling condition that could damage and impact their life forever if it is not treated. This is where physical therapists come into place

Since 1992 RSM Physical Therapy has been providing services and programs for head/neck, shoulder, elbow, hand, spine, hip, knee, ankle/foot, work injuries, auto accidents, and other conditions. Craig Legacy and Daniel Souza are licensed professionals, both with a doctorate in physical therapy and both owners of the site. Other staff members who manage this facility: Justin Brown, MPT; Shannon Hill, MPT; Stephanie Hatch, MPT, ATC; Jun Yoon, ATC; Krista Sornborger, DPT. Each have a different specialty

Growing up, I always wanted to do something in the medical field to help people. As a child, many of my extended family members were involved in the medical scene; whether they were ER nurses, doctors, or administrators, I heard all kinds of talk about what went on in the day to day lives of them and their patients. I loved hearing their stories of how they had been impacted by their patients or how they managed to help and brighten their patients’ day. The more and more I heard these stories

elbow, and returned it back to full health. And I found that just a simple curl with a light weight and doing circles with a light weight are the most effective way to rehabilitate an elbow. A physical therapist (PT) is defined by The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as the treatment of injury or deformity by physical methods such as massage, heat treatment, and exercise rather than by drugs. Being a physical therapist is what I want for my future career because they know how, when, and what

Physical Therapist Assistant Your speed doesn’t matter, forward is forward. No matter where you are, life can give you a second chance. So, within every step back it is possible to take a step forward. No one is ever alone. Someone is always there to help when feelings of hopeless negatives sets in. Physical Therapist Assistants are necessary in hopeless situations to give you an ability to continue moving forward onto your full potential. A Physical Therapist Assistant can help you to manage someone

According to the American Physical Therapy Association, the scope of physical therapy includes the prevention or minimization of problems caused by conditions of the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, pulmonary, or integumentary systems (APTA, 2016). One of the less conventional physical therapy treatment options is hippotherapy, also called equine-assisted therapy. Hippotherapy, as defined by the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International, is the use of the motion

Chapter 14: Careers in Therapeutic Exercise 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

Title. Looking at the future can sometimes be scary but when I think and picture where I want to be in 10 years or more I see myself having graduated college with a stable job and a family. All my life I have thought about what my future will hold. The many questions I ask myself are, Will I have a good job? Will I have a family? Will I be rich or poor? Will I live in a big house or a small house? What college am I going to go to and what will I major in? Will I play volleyball in college? In

Calvin Chan Elizabeth Wyatt Writing 39C 06 August 2014 Draft: Composition 2 People all around the world are beginning to recognize the importance of sustainability and how it is the key to future generations. Because the human ecological footprint is reaching the point of limitation, it is only necessary that humans learn how to adapt and develop more efficient, sustainable states. Today, many cities are faced with the issue of heavily contaminated and polluted domestic water due to the failure

(3)There have been vast amounts of research that has been conducted on the therapeutic partnership, and researchers have discovered a wide array of challenges in forming these relationships. These challenges are especially true among physical therapists and their patients. Patients in physical therapy experience their own challenges like temporary, chronic and permanent states of pain and disability (Sargeant & Newsham, 2012). Physical therapy patients are already in very vulnerable state and may