Lifestyle Of A Physical Therapist: No Pain No Gain

Lifestyle of a Physical Therapist: No Pain No Gain Although obtaining a career as a physical therapist is challenging, it is a beneficial career because their ultimate goal is to assist patients in rehabilitation, treatment, and prevention. Physical therapists are also known as PT’s and their job is to assist patients by helping them to limit the amount of pain a patient has and enhance their range of motion (movement). A PT is the main part of the patient circle of care precisely like the doctor and family to help them to recover from their injury. To become a physical therapist you must have a doctor of physical therapy degree. Doctor of physical therapy programs typically last 3 years. Most programs require a bachelor’s degree for …show more content…
One key aspect they must have is empathy. They should have this trait because they will be working among injured patients that are discouraged about their injury, and it is the PT’s responsibility to insure them they are going to recover. A PT must also be determined to help the patient recover in a proficient amount of time even if they are being stubborn. They cannot become frustrated, tired or feel like giving up when interacting with a patient. Another quality that is great for a physical therapist to have is being resourceful. Each patient has their own treatment plan and to become a great PT it is beneficial to create a treatment plan for each patient depending on their strengths and weakness. A vast trait a PT should have is being social (Field). This is very important because it is beneficial to be able to communicate with the patient and everyone in their circle of care. Communication will help decrease confusion between a doctor and PT during the rehabilitation stage, and also the PT and patient while they are doing treatments. It is essential the patient is aware of everything that is going on so they can comprehend what things will harm or help them as they are progressing to …show more content…
The hospital I went to was Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital and I was able to stay there for a maximum of 3 hours. While I was there I was able to interact with many of the patients that were inside of their rooms. The physical therapist and I went around to each room checking on each patient because they were just getting out from surgery. I met an older patient that just recovered from a back surgery the day before I arrived. The patient was telling me how much pain they were in and how the PT’s were coming to get him for rehab that morning. Even though, some of the patients were rude because they were in pain I did not let that bother me to where I do not want to be a physical therapist anymore. I was able to watch the other physical therapist gather patients out of their room and take them to PT down the hall. Many of the patients did not want to go to therapy since they were fresh from surgery. The PT’s had some of the patients walking down the hall to try to get their ability to walk correctly back again. I also saw stem and ultrasound machines that is used to help control inflammation and pain in the injured area in the rehab