Therapy

question every occupational therapist receives is “What is occupational therapy?” We are often mistaken for and confused with physical therapists and our value and message is not always recognized. The implementation of the Centennial Vision provides a framework that allows the importance of occupational therapy to better reach patients, healthcare colleagues and policymakers. Obtaining a master’s degree in occupational therapy will allow me to continue with my education in the field I love and…

Physical therapy services are extremely useful and beneficial when attempting to recover from a major injury that has limited your mobility and quality of life. Listed below are just two of the many reasons to utilize physical therapy services They Can Prevent Reinjury A huge reason to utilize physical therapy services that they can prevent reinjury. In many cases, people attempting to recover from an injury can push themselves way too hard and end up causing their injury to happen again.…

with the family has become one of my interested groups to work with in the future since the first day of Clinical Skills C class with specified family therapy. One of the vignettes, that we did the role-play in class was Hernandez family. I decided to do the comparison between two theories, Structural Family Therapy and Bowen Intergenerational Therapy, by working with this family. This family are Hispanic, and their presenting problem is lack of communication, especially with the daughter who…

Narrative Therapy Narrative therapy was introduced with the chief objective of helping clients externalise their problems in order to separate the self from the problem (White & Epston, 1990; White, 2000; Wllis, Burns & Capdevila, 2011). The nature of narrative therapy assumes the client has sufficient inner resources; such as skills, abilities, commitments and beliefs, to alleviate the problem. Thereby, when clients believe their problems stem from their character, it is becomes more…

Occupational Therapy has a rich history based on people that wanted to do something different than what was considered right or moral at the time and those who decided to try new techniques to help people who were not considered to be “curable”. The profession of Occupational Therapy focuses on getting the patient back to or as close to their normal, everyday activities through the use of adapting the environment and different exercises. The different ways that Occupational Therapist help…

Physical therapy is a dynamic and exciting health care profession that helps people with important aspects of the healing process, whether they are in pain and in discomfort due to injury or any other problems that causes lifetime disability. It helps to develop physical fitness and endurance using specific exercises to decrease stress and builds self-esteem in the development of a healthy lifestyle. It involves a professional interaction between physical therapist, physical therapist assistant,…

out of people and not only healing the body, but also reaching the goals set for their injured patients. Working in the Physical Therapy career is very rewarding. Physical therapists are health care professionals who diagnose and treat individuals of all ages who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their…

education, health sciences, and psychology, currently debating how being a collegiate athlete affects a person's health. There are many people who can relate to this topic, but it is interesting to me because it is a very important topic in sports therapy and sports psychology. I am currently trying to switch my major to Exercise and Movement Science, and last semester I took Sport Psych with Professor Sibold. This class made me realize how interesting sports psychology is and how knowing the…

the opportunity to learn both of these things as well as other important things about Occupational Therapy when interviewing Ms. Kristen Dorwart-Marsh of the Regional Rehabilitation Institute in Rapid City, South Dakota. Ms. Dorwart-Marsh was very excited to meet with me and spread information about the career of Occupational Therapy. We discussed the job duties, ways to get into occupational therapy, skills needed for the job, and the job outlook. When discussing what schooling was required to…

Internal and external treatments are both options for radiotherapy we also have chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiation therapy. For Internal therapy the treatment requires important steps before implants are implanted into the tumour. Radioisotopes are held in special containers to shield exposure to people, it withholds radiation. Safety precautions are also taken before the treatment begins briefly stating patient being shielded by surrounded walls that use specific material to prevent…