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Created By: Liz Young Created For: Prospective Physical Therapists

Physical Therapy. Created By: Liz Young Created For: Prospective Physical Therapists. 750,000. More than people in the United States see a physical therapist. e very day. Who are Physical Therapists?. Physical therapists (PTs) are: highly-educated

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Created By: Liz Young Created For: Prospective Physical Therapists

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  1. Physical Therapy Created By: Liz Young Created For: Prospective Physical Therapists

  2. 750,000 More than people in the United States see a physical therapist every day

  3. Who are Physical Therapists? • Physical therapists (PTs) are: • highly-educated • licensed health care professionals • They help patients: • reduce pain • improve or restore mobility

  4. What a Physical Therapist Does

  5. 1. Diagnose and Manage: • Movement dysfunction • Enhance physical abilities

  6. 2. Restore, maintain, and promote: • Optimal quality of life • Health relations to movement and health

  7. 3. Prevent: • Onset, symptoms, and progression of impairments • Issues causing disease, conditions, or injuries

  8. Benefits of being a physical therapist

  9. Benefits of a Physical Therapist • Very rewarding: • patients progress through treatment • Know you are making a difference • Physical therapists are highly educated • Experts in movement and function

  10. Benefits • Job Security • High demand for physical therapists because: • The aging American population • Baby boomers • The use of advanced technology

  11. Benefits • Can choose your location: • wide range of work settings: Hospitals Private Practices Sports and Fitness Facilities Schools Outpatient Clinics Employer Settings

  12. Benefits • Be an Entrepreneur: • > 21% are owners of a practice

  13. Median salary: $80,000

  14. Wow, I should become a physical therapist !!

  15. Who do Physical Therapists Work with? • Elderly • Children • Athletes • People dealing with an injury

  16. Reasons for working with the elderly: • 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.)

  17. Reasons for working with children: • Prevent growth issues • Overcome problems that affect movement • developmental delays, birth defects, and illnesses • Recover after an injury

  18. Reasons for working with athletes: • Train them to prevent injuries • Help them heal properly from injury • Help them improve skills such as: • speed, agility, balance, coordination and power

  19. Reasons for working with the injured: • Regain mobility • Heal properly • Ease pain • Gain their independence back

  20. How to Become a PT • All physical therapists must: • Receive a graduate degree • from an accredited program • Take the national licensure exam

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

  22. Sources • http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/rehabilitation/therapy/ • http://www.apta.org/ Thanks for watching!!

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