Banghart,+Theresa

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Physical therapy is the art of restoring a person’s natural physical ability after they have suffered an injury or sustained some form of disease causing them physical limitation. Physical therapy is also alleviating impairment and functional limitation, by implementing and modifying therapeutic interventions, examining individuals with impairment, functional limitation, and disability or other health related conditions in order to make a diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention, preventing injury, impairment functional limitation by designing, implementing and modifying therapeutic interventions, and it is engaging in consultation, education, and research. Today many physical therapists work in doctor’s offices, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, clinics, nursing homes, home health agencies, adult day care programs, schools, wellness and community centers, and private industries. The annual salary range for a physical therapist is between fifty one thousand nine hundred dollars and eighty two thousand seven hundred dollars per year.

Physical therapy started in ancient times. Ancient Greek and Roman writers often referred to the healing powers of sun, water, message, and exercise. Also physical therapy was used in ancient Persia, China, and Egypt.

Modern physical therapy started in the nineteenth century in Britain although no one knows exactly were or by who. Soon after that, orthopedic surgeons started training young women who were graduating from schools of physical education to be physical therapists or, as they called it, reconstruction aids to work in doctors’ offices and hospitals to take care of the doctor’s patients.

Then, a man established the first physical therapy by the name of Walter Reed. He established the first army physical therapy school. It was located in Washington D.C. After World War One had begun fourteen more schools were established. During the war about eight hundred reconstruction aids (physical therapists) were being utilized by the military to help soldiers recover from injuries and preventing future ones.

Then by the time that World War Two began physical therapy had become widely popular and fourteen other schools had been established.

There are many steps to become a physical therapist and it is something that you have to prepare for your whole life. High school preparation involves taking all of the hardest classes in school such as biology, chemistry, medical assisting, algebra, trigonometry, health occupations/ medical professions education, computer skills, humanities, and geometry. Then, to become a physical therapist an individual must complete six years of college, four years at an accredited physical therapy school, receive a bachelor in biology, and pass examination.

There are also many different skills that are needed to be a physical therapist. One of them is compassion for the pain and difficulty that the patients are going through with there injury and then also with the recovery and physical therapy. Another good skill to have is a sense of humor. This is very helpful for the patients for them to feel comfortable around the therapist. Also because sometimes doing all the exercises can be quite boring and being able to joke around makes the time seem less long. Another skill that is good to have is people skills. When people know your friendly they are more likely to give you their business because they feel more comfortable.

There are also many benefits and disadvantages to physical therapy. According to John Hendrickson, the director of physical therapy at Sport Clinic physical therapy center, “the greatest benefit to being a physical therapist is helping people recover from an injury”(Hendrickson). He also said that, “the hardest thing is accepting that some people are always going to have a physical limitation”(Hendrickson).

So, physical therapists will always need to be restoring people's physical ability. Physical therapy will always be used to help people and will only advance as time goes on and technology increases and new techniques develope.

Bibliography

Websites- Health Care Center available at- []

The History of Physical Therapy available at- []

Physical Therapy available at- []

Interview- Live with John Hendrickson