Physical Therapist Research Paper

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The Health Science Institute would benefit me by giving insight to the world of medicine and what I can look forward to in the medical field. Though I believe that I want to become a regular physical therapist or a military physical therapist. Either way, I am interested in being a physical therapist. After an injury or a surgery everyone wants to get back to the best possible condition, I want to help people do that. My Aunt is a physical therapist assistant, when I was younger she has talked to me about her occupation, what she does, and how she got to where she is. That was the first time I was introduced to the idea of being a physical therapist. More recently after I injured my ankle playing volleyball, the school’s trainer attended to

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