Many people often times wonder what the differences are between a physical therapist (PT) and a physical therapist assistant (PTA). While they both work in a collaborative fashion and in ways that are designed to help patients through their rehabilitative process, there are important differences between the two. Physical therapy assistants hold an associate’s degree and carry out treatment interventions …
Ten Reasons to Become a Physical Therapist for Your Career
Making the decision to pursue a specific career can be an intimidating process. It can take time and effort to know whether or not it’s something you can truly see yourself doing. Then once you decide to pursue it, there’s a lot to figure out and a lot to accomplish in order to see it through and make it happen. …
Job Satisfaction: Do Physical Therapists Enjoy Their Jobs?
If you’re considering becoming a physical therapist, or are just curious to learn more about the occupation of physical therapy in general, you may find yourself wondering if the profession of physical therapy has a high job satisfaction rate. After all, no one wants to head into a profession that has a universally low job satisfaction rating or receive treatment …
Can You Volunteer at a Physical Therapy Clinic? What You Should Know!
When it comes to wanting to volunteer at a physical therapy clinic, there are a number of different reasons as to why an individual may want to do so. If you’re wanting to volunteer at a physical therapy clinic, this article will help give you some general insight as to whether or not it’s possible. Volunteering at a physical therapy …
A Career in Physical Therapy: Here’s How to Know if it’s Right for You
Many high school and undergraduate students and other individuals wonder if a career in physical therapy is the right one for them. If you’re one of these individuals, it may be stressful to try and figure it all out; becoming a physical therapist is no small task, and deciding on a career can feel like a lot of pressure. So, …
How to Prepare for Your First Physical Therapy Appointment
If you have a physical therapy appointment booked and are wondering what you might need to do in order to prepare for your initial session, this article has you covered. While there likely isn’t too much to prepare for when it comes to your first physical therapy appointment, there are a few key things you can (and should) do in …
Can Physical Therapy Help Me Lose Weight?
Physical health is a pretty big deal. As you likely know, being overweight can have detrimental effects on your physical well-being. What you might not likely know is that many physical therapists are pretty good at helping you implement changes to you physical activity in ways that can help you lose weight (and subsequently prevent further pain and injury). Physical …
How Can Physical Therapy Help with Balance Issues?
Balance is one of those many things in life that we take for granted with our body. Once we begin to experience balance issues however, we can be reminded just how much we depend on our balance to get us safely and effectively through each and every day. Balance issues can arise for a number of different reasons and can …
Amputations and Prosthetics: How Physical Therapists Help Amputees
Amputations within the United States are more common than many people often realize. In a country of roughly three-hundred-million people, approximately two-million are living with the loss of a limb (1). And with each passing year in the US, there are approximately 185,000 amputations that are performed (2). With this volume of total and annual amputations occurring, physical therapists (who …
Five Massive Reasons Why Physical Therapy is Important After an Injury
Injuries are always a major bummer. The only things worse than getting an injury are not taking the appropriate steps towards getting yourself out of pain as quickly as possible and/or regaining as much functional ability as possible. Well, actually it’s also just as bad if you get injured but don’t learn how to reduce the likelihood from re-injury/pain/dysfunction from …