What is a Physical Therapy Assistant? Well a Physical Therapy Assistant is a person who helps the Physical Therapist. He or she does whatever the Physical Therapists ask him or her to do. Physical Therapy Assistant Visit us at: Forest Heist Stem Academy.…
In the future I am hoping to work in a clinic or hospital setting alongside other amazing Physical and Occupational Therapists. By receiving a DPT I will be able to use the insight and skills I have received in the real world. Learning various strategies will help me use the proficiency and academic intelligence that I have accomplished in this field. As I complete my Doctorates in Physical Therapy, I will discover the clinical duties and care needed for the patients in the…
Physical therapy is a type of treatment needed when health problems make it difficult to move and do everyday tasks; it helps aid to pain caused by movement. The goal of a physical therapist is to help make daily tasks easier. They also help to recover after surgeries or injuries. The physical therapist will first observe the movements of the patient and then diagnosing their dysfunctional movements; from their observations, physical therapist then set up care plan to set goal and an expected outcome. They use forms of exercise, stretching, and hand-on therapy to help increase movement and avoid further pain or injury.…
Occupational therapy helps people to overcome or maintain what impairs them in everyday life. Listening to what the client needs, then providing a safe way for the client to perform daily activities. Giving clients the skills that are needed to function that have been lost due to work related injury, aging, disease, surgery, physical and mental disabilities. Explain your interest in becoming an Occupational Therapy Assistant. I really want to help people.…
My goal for the future is to become a Physical Therapist. Before I was born, the doctors found out that I was going to be born with spina bifida. They told my parents that I might have to be in a wheelchair or there was a chance I could walk with braces. After a Caesarean delivery I had surgery to drain the fluid from the bubble at the base of my spine. When the doctor opened up my back, he discovered that all of the meninges were where they needed to be and God had healed me.…
I follow a therapist into a room, I stand primed ready for what is next on the agenda. I look up seeing a man with a massive scar on his arm. It traces over his shoulder and down his back to his shoulder blade. I look at him, he seem dazed, while the therapist calls his name getting increasingly louder. The man responds after a few seconds of silence, he opens his eyes a bit saying “I’m here, I’m here”.…
Upon reflection of the last few years of my life, I a proud to say that I have transformed from a simple studios human into a captivating self-driven woman. Like others, when I began high school, I was relatively oblivious to the needs of others and lacked insight to who I would become. Immediately after gracing the front doors to my high school, I stumbled upon a variety of activities that satisfied my need for knowledge and my extroverted personality. As a freshman, I participated in volleyball, basketball, and outdoor track. On the academic side, I fell in love with my Health Team Relations class and began to see the beauty of helping and healing others.…
As I entered college, I knew I wanted to be an Occupational Therapist. I also knew that I must have a job while going to school because college tuition is expensive and my extra circular activity requires me to pay dues. I feel like my stress level nearly double since being in college. I remember my high school teacher telling my class that college is much harder. I think that they partially correct.…
If I could be any healthcare worker, I would be a Physical Therapist. Physical Therapists (PTs) provide services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent. The reason I have decided to be Physical Therapist is because I have a nephew who was born with health problems, so he was forced to have a physical therapist in order to get better. As he started to get better I would help him by doing the same thing he’s therapist did and try to be careful since i did not have experience.…
One day I aspire to be a physical therapist for dancers. It is not a typical career college freshman consider but it combines my passion for dance and helping people (without viewing bodily fluids). I have been dancing since I was five years old and will be entering Umass Amherst this fall as a dance major. Although I vehemently protested majoring in dance for years and fought the notion of being a 'starving artist', the truth of the matter is I can not live without dance in my life.…
Do you want to end up living in your parent’s basement? I didn’t think so, that’s the number one reason why you need to graduate high school, and get a job. It is important to have a career to support your needs and goals. Everyone wants to have a steady job, raise a family, and have a happy life. None of those things would be possible without a job.…
Savonne Andrews Ms.Milliner EES21HQ-02 9/26/16 The medical field is a large community with several professions. One of these such professions is physical therapy. Medical professions often take a long time to pursue and require tremendous amount of time to obtain. Physical therapy shows this in many aspects of the job as well as obtaining the job.…
It is with great pride that I accept the position as a physical therapist at the prestigious Harmony Nursing Home. I look forward to working with the elderly, as it has been a desire of mine long before I entered my studies within the discipline of Physical Therapy and movement sciences. The appreciation and respect I have for my elders goes far beyond the duties and guidelines that my profession demands. I value the personal life experiences that elderly people offer because it provides guidance to the youth and individuals like myself. By working with elderly persons not only do I benefit their lives, but they also significantly impact mine.…
Ohio State Care Point Gahanna has a physical therapist that I visit with for the my pain in my neck along with my headaches. It is a nice facility with and open drive up entrance for people who cannot walk far. After getting in the doors to the building there are multiple suits. The one that I have to go to is all the way back at the end of the hall. When you walk through the suit door to the left are desks and the last one is the desk that I sign in at.…
It is my philosophy that hard work will always pay off sooner or later. Whether it be physical or mental, the reward is correspondent to the amount of effort put in. In 10th grade, I had back surgery that rendered my back weak. I set the very difficult goal of regaining my strength and working hard the next year in order to make varsity the following year. My ambition moved me to go to physical therapy and give it 110%.…