Physical therapy

opportunity to be able to apply for the Physical Therapist's Assistant Program (PTA) at Whatcom Community College. My passion for Physical Therapy began in high school while working at my first job, which was fortunately in a Physical Therapist office. At this job, my aide duties included assisting patients through exercises and setting up patients on modalities. Being a student athlete, this job opportunity made me realize the importance of physical therapy due to sports injuries of team…

My decision on a career in Physical Therapy has stemmed from a passion for helping others, a love of exercise, but most importantly; a personal hardship. I’ve always known that I would want to study in the medical field, but determining what profession I would enter arose from a tragedy. My mother has always enjoyed exercise as well, and has developed a love for running. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2014. She began to experience a foot drag on her left side, due to…

medical attention after my back injury, I was prescribed to attend physical therapy twice a week for five weeks. At the time of my first physical therapy appointment, I instantly fell in love with this field just by observing the atmosphere and the actions by staff members and patients. During my physical therapy experience, I continued to become more and more fascinated with the profession and began doing research on the career. The physical therapist assistant that worked with me during my…

In this paper there are difference between Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy and the overlapping similar in both Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. Now the education and the training for both Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy is important to know getting into this profession. The salary is not always important in a job but it is important to know what you will make if the person is the best or the worst at their job. Knowing what both professions will do for both the…

Professional Development. According the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), professional development “begins with professional education and continues throughout one’s professional life. Professional development is the foundation for where the physical therapist assumes an attitude of inquiry and engages in an ongoing process of assessment and evaluation of knowledge, skills, and abilities.”1 Professional development can occur in organized instructional settings or in societal…

naturally through physical therapy even though some people don’t know that. In some cases surgery can even make the condition worse and often hinder the patient’s mobility even more than before the surgery causing the recovery time from the accident to increase, even more surgeries as a cause of the first, or leaving them with physical impairments for the rest of their life. The physical therapy field is currently testing the limits of what people think can heal naturally. Physical therapy at…

Angie Kramer admitted, when being interviewed about her job as a physical therapist. While talking with her on the phone, I was informed of the dedication it takes to become a physical therapist and what should be expected in college. Mrs. Kramer is one of the few physical therapist at the Prairie Du Chien Memorial Hospital in Prairie Du Chien, WI, with over ten years of experience. To be qualified for entry into the physical therapy program of UW-La Crosse, she mentioned that a student needs…

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Vision Statement asserted that the ultimate goal of the profession is to effect positive change in society by educating the public of the relationship between being active and improved quality of living (American Physical Therapy Association [APTA], 2013). It is such a magnanimous and meaningful role that places the physical therapy in a broader model, at the very core of the society. Movement is the most fundamental of human experience. It is…

The career I am going to school for is to be a physical therapist assistant (PTA). I have known about this career since my sophomore year in high school. During a baseball game I fractured my left wrist while sliding into third base. Soon after, I had to have surgery on my wrist because of the way it bent when I was sliding into the base. When I got my cast off the doctor insisted I go to a physical therapist to help me move my wrist and make it stronger. While I was there I soon realized their…

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…