American Physical Therapy Association

To strategically implement my first choice of attaining a master of physical therapy degree, I will need to take shorter-term action steps. I will have to consider all the barriers listed above and get all support possible. First, in order to be qualified to apply for the Master of Physical Therapy program, I will need to enroll in the mandatory prerequisite courses. Along with enrolling in those courses, I will need to maintain a competitive GPA in order to be accepted into the master’s program…

A few factors that bring on depression in the Physical Therapy world are patients who have chronic pain, slower recovery times, and those with a loss of body function. Depression can also be associated with the fear of pain, perceived disability, and poor rehabilitation outcomes” (O’Sullivan, Schmitz, & Fulk, 2014). In patients with low back pain, depression is said to be onset by physical disability (Haggman, Maher, & Refshauge, 2004). The severe pain that some patients…

people are in question. If poor decisions are made, there will be severe, irreversible consequences. Feeling is also required because rather than having objective decisions all the time, the impact on the patient also has to be taken into account (Physical Therapists, 2014). Personal values must be put into the decisions because it is the lives of people…

In addition to chiropractic intervention, MyChild™ believes massage therapy is beneficial for a person with cerebral palsy. Massage therapy is the “Manipulation of soft body tissues applied in a painless and comforting way to treat, heal, and balance the mind, body, and soul (Stern, 2015). Massage therapy is known for alleviating symptoms such as: arthritis, discomfort, low back pain, and balance. Each of these symptoms affect a patient with cerebral palsy. A session typically consists of a…

Physical therapy has been a developing health related practice that pertains to restoring and maintaining the best achievable range of movement. This rehab service is an partnership health profession that is made to recognize and treat health related issues that can or will limit someone’s ability to move or go through their day to day schedule. These issues can be an effect from variation of hereditary and obtained conditions such as physical injuries, cerebral palsy, and juvenile rheumatoid…

choice is Physical Therapy. I have always been fascinated by the profession. Even more so, when I began volunteering at the Center for the Intrepid at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX. The Center for the Intrepid is a facility with a prosthetic and fabrication lab, indoor pool used for recreation therapy, gait lab and rock climbing wall along with an array of health care professionals to provide top care to the military soldiers. This is where my interest in the field of physical therapy…

sports there are things that are called physical therapist. As a sports physical therapist, you’ll provide care to athletes who are recovering from injuries or long-term illness. Part of your job will be to diagnose the patient, implement a treatment plan, and essentially teach him or her how to move the body again, post-injury. You will work with a staff of nurses and other personnel who may oversee the treatments you assign to the patient. Also another physical fitness trainer is called a…

The career that I have chosen for my pathway is physical therapy. I have chosen this career because it means a lot me for many different reasons. A main reason is that I have recently had an injury that changed the way I think about how important physical therapy is to me and how it helped me walk again. This career has made a major impact in my life, and I want to show how important it is to other people. My mentor was Chris Swoope; he is a physical therapist at Augusta Orthopedics and Sports…

“You’re a Carter, you’re a leader” My father had many sayings that he said often but this is one that had stuck. There is a reason why this one stuck in my head over all of the others. Not because it was the best saying I had ever heard but because this was something I saw my Father lived by. Throughtout my life the word leadership has changed, whether is be leading on the soccer field, in the classroom, or out with friends my father stressed how important it was to be a leader. Leadship was…

World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT) defined physical therapy as “services to people and populations to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the life span”. (1) Physical therapists are qualified to take on a complete examination/assessment of the patient/client to devise a diagnosis and prognosis/plan of care, to phase in a therapeutic intervention/treatment plan if appropriate, to examine the end result of any intervention/treatment, and to…