Created By: Liz Young Created For: Prospective Physical Therapists

Created By: Liz YoungCreated For: Prospective Physical Therapists

Physical

Therapy

More than people in the United States see a physical therapist

750,000

every day

Physical therapists (PTs) are: ◦ highly-educated ◦ licensed health care professionals

They help patients: ◦ reduce pain ◦ improve or restore mobility

Who are Physical Therapists?

Physical Therapis

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Diagnose & Manage

Restore Maintain & Promote

Prevent

What a Physical

Therapist Does

Movement dysfunction

Enhance physical abilities

1. Diagnose and Manage:

Optimal quality of life

Health relations to movement and health

2. Restore, maintain, and promote:

Onset, symptoms, and progression of impairments

Issues causing disease, conditions, or injuries

3. Prevent:

Rewarding

Educated

Job Security

Location Options

Entrepreneur

Benefitsof being a

physical therapist

Very rewarding:◦patients progress

through treatment

Know you are making a difference

Benefits of a Physical Therapist

Physical therapists are highly educated

Experts in movement and function

Job Security

◦ High demand for physical therapists because:

The aging American population

Baby boomers

The use of advanced technology

Benefits

Can choose your location:◦ wide range of work settings:

Benefits

Hospitals

Outpatient Clinics

Private Practices

Schools

Sports and

Fitness Facilities

Employer Settings

Be an Entrepreneur:

◦> 21% are owners of a practice

Benefits

Median salary: $80,000

Wow, I should become a physical

therapist !!

Elderly Children Athletes People dealing with an injury

Who do Physical Therapists Work with?

Improve their balance to prevent falls

Help them stay active/ease pain

Help them recover from an accident/injury• (such as a stroke, heart attack, etc.)

Reasons for working with the elderly:

Prevent growth issues

Overcome problems that affect movement◦ developmental delays, birth defects, and

illnesses

Recover after an injury

Reasons for working with children:

Train them to prevent injuries

Help them heal properlyfrom injury

Help them improve skills such as:◦ speed, agility, balance, coordination and power

Reasons for working with athletes:

Regain mobility

Heal properly

Ease pain Gain their independence back

Reasons for working with the injured:

All physical therapists must:

◦Receive a graduate degree from an accredited program

◦Take the national licensure exam

How to Become a PT

http://www.apta.org/For more info, go to:

http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/rehabilitation/therapy/

http://www.apta.org/

Sources

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