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    There are many roles that a physical therapist must assume outside of providing satisfactory physical therapy to patients including: educator, confidant, and even friend. Another major duty a therapist must master is determining if each patient/client is a suitable candidate for physical therapy1. This includes being able to identity if a patient’s major concern is truly a musculoskeletal problem that a physical therapist can help or if it systemic, in which the patient may need further screening

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    “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” With the vision of the American Physical Therapy Association being to optimize society through movement, as a future physical therapist I will be an asset to our community and achieve the job at hand. By creating a positive, as well as empowering, atmosphere I will help to expand and advance the human experience. With every treatment, I will instill determination and

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    "Attaining professional autonomy is a high priority for physical therapists and their professional organizations" (Global View 450). According to the World Confederation for Physical Therapy, it has been proven that patients are able to receive services from physical therapist without getting a referral from other healthcare professionals (450). This topic has not only raised concern within the country but also worldwide. Direct access to physical therapy is a concern to some legislators; however, forty-three

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    Physical Therapist Assistant Your speed doesn’t matter, forward is forward. No matter where you are, life can give you a second chance. So, within every step back it is possible to take a step forward. No one is ever alone. Someone is always there to help when feelings of hopeless negatives sets in. Physical Therapist Assistants are necessary in hopeless situations to give you an ability to continue moving forward onto your full potential. A Physical Therapist Assistant can help you to manage someone

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    activities require a Doctor of Physical Therapy in order to treat their complication. Being a Physical Therapists is a job that will always be needed; there will always be people that need help regaining their physical health. It is all about helping people ranging in all ages from the elderly, adults, teens, and children who have problems with their body, muscles and joints. People should follow the consequentialist view in any career field that they decide to pursue. Physical therapist need to have certain

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    enrolled in a physical therapist assistant full time program at Keiser University. Physical therapists are health workers who help patients to recover their physical movement from any injure. Taking my cousin’s story as a reference, I would like to create my own business in the therapy field. I also have a bachelor degree in fine arts in dance and I would like to combine all knowledge that I will learn in my career with those dance exercises I already know can be used as a therapy. Perhaps I could

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    Last year I applied to the Physical Therapy Program at HCC Coleman College for Health Sciences and sadly did not get an invitation to be part of the program starting Fall 2016. This was a hard thing for me to handle but as the weeks passed, I realized I was not ready because I felt like I did not have the proper exposure to observe treatments by physical therapists and enough knowledge to fully grasp what physical therapy can really do in a person’s life. Since summer of 2016 when I got that letter

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    Our job as physical therapists is to engage the consumer to reestablish functional capabilities and to reduce avertable healthcare costs to ensure the existence of a successful society in the future. It is the APTA’s vision that we transform society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience. As a therapist I will embody this vision through the principles of: Identity, Quality, Collaboration, Innovation, and Value. Identity is shaped via the core of physical therapy practice, education

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    society. In the field of Physical Therapy one needs to have the understanding of how the human body works and the injuries one body could sustain. I have chosen a career to help others to battle back from life-changing injuries or surgeries. I will take the first step of joining the medical field by obtaining a physical therapist associates degree. I will become a Physical Therapist Assistant. Career Description Physical Therapy Assistants work under the direction of a Physical Therapist. The assistants

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    Bachelor degree in Physical therapy. I am passionate about physical therapy and have embraced it to be part of my life since my childhood. My inspiration to become a healthcare provider comes from the desire to help people regain their normalcy. The desire was prompted when I suffered some minor accident at a tournament that caused my left knee to dislocate. I could not walk even after a series of surgical procedures. It is during this treatment regimen that I was referred to physical therapist. These

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