Becoming A Physical Therapist Research Paper

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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. If I would have not been healed from spina bifida, I would have needed countless hours of physical therapy. I want to be a physical therapist because I have a greater appreciation for what people have to go through in therapy, and I want to do everything I can to give

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