Physical Therapy Research Papers
Physical Therapist 1. What occupation catches your eye? Physical therapy is so fascinating working with different parts of the body and the way they function. They have so many responsibilities, satisfactions, financial rewards, and job openings in this occupation. Becoming a physical therapist caught my eye right away. I love helping people and I am super interested in helping people overcome certain injuries. In 7th grade, I developed severe hip tendinitis during track season. Physical therapy was the exact thing that helped me get back into physical activities. Being around that atmosphere and watching the physical therapists work really interested me. Each time I went, I became more and more intrigued with the field. Physical therapists
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Working at an office for physical therapists, the hours could consist of ten hours a day for four days a week. Arriving at work around 7:00a.m to make sure everything is ready to go for the day, the first patient would arrive at 8:00a.m. The work may consist of soft tissue work, ultrasound, reviewing home exercises, and stretching. Each session would be one hour and the physical therapist would just keep rolling until noon, which is their lunchtime break. During that break, the physical therapists may have to begin dealing with insurance forms. After that hour of break is over, it is back to work for three more hours with patients. Around 4:00p.m, which is their last hour, the physical therapists could use that time to look at more paperwork and start the patient progress notes (Shmoop.com). Depending where a physical therapist works, they can have pretty flexible hours and not too long of days. The physical therapy field is great all the way …show more content…
Employment of physical therapists is expected to grow 27 percent in the next ten years, much faster than the average for all occupations. The long-run demand for physical therapists should continue to rise as new treatments and techniques expand the scope of physical therapy practices. Moreover, demand will be spurred by the increasing numbers of individuals with disabilities or limited function (¨Occupation Profile for Physical Therapists¨). The advancement in this occupation is blossoming and will continue to blossom. Physical therapists are needed everywhere. 8. PTs do a lot of heavy lifting—moving patients, manipulating multiple body parts, bending, stooping, squatting, standing. A PT's constant physical activity is extremely taxing and heightens the risk that they themselves will get injured. A patient could give in to frustration during an inversion on a machine and hurt you out of anger and mistake. It's important to stay in shape and be very careful and conscientious (Shmoop.com). Physical therapists more than likely will not get hurt, but it is better to know the health hazards of the job. Much better to be safe than
Working at an office for physical therapists, the hours could consist of ten hours a day for four days a week. Arriving at work around 7:00a.m to make sure everything is ready to go for the day, the first patient would arrive at 8:00a.m. The work may consist of soft tissue work, ultrasound, reviewing home exercises, and stretching. Each session would be one hour and the physical therapist would just keep rolling until noon, which is their lunchtime break. During that break, the physical therapists may have to begin dealing with insurance forms. After that hour of break is over, it is back to work for three more hours with patients. Around 4:00p.m, which is their last hour, the physical therapists could use that time to look at more paperwork and start the patient progress notes (Shmoop.com). Depending where a physical therapist works, they can have pretty flexible hours and not too long of days. The physical therapy field is great all the way …show more content…
Employment of physical therapists is expected to grow 27 percent in the next ten years, much faster than the average for all occupations. The long-run demand for physical therapists should continue to rise as new treatments and techniques expand the scope of physical therapy practices. Moreover, demand will be spurred by the increasing numbers of individuals with disabilities or limited function (¨Occupation Profile for Physical Therapists¨). The advancement in this occupation is blossoming and will continue to blossom. Physical therapists are needed everywhere. 8. PTs do a lot of heavy lifting—moving patients, manipulating multiple body parts, bending, stooping, squatting, standing. A PT's constant physical activity is extremely taxing and heightens the risk that they themselves will get injured. A patient could give in to frustration during an inversion on a machine and hurt you out of anger and mistake. It's important to stay in shape and be very careful and conscientious (Shmoop.com). Physical therapists more than likely will not get hurt, but it is better to know the health hazards of the job. Much better to be safe than