Regardless of age, everyone eventually might need to go and work with a Physical Therapist. The job of a PT is to examine an individual's injury and see how they can work together to rehabilitate them back to their original health. A PT creates exercises and wellness programs to ensure their patient is healthy and ready to live a comfortable life again.
Having tore my hip flexor in high school, I went through many sessions of Physical Therapy. He worked with me a few times a week to build the strength back in my hip, ensuring I could run and walk normally again. He would assess my range of motion each session, using a Goniometer. A Goniometer is basically a tool used to measure the range of motion in a certain joint.
It was cool to see how after each session my range of motion in my hips would increase, and I would feel better.
Not only do Physical Therapists restore a patient back to health, but they also feel great about doing it afterwards. Being someone's doctor for a few weeks or even months at a time really enables a bond to be created between them. I want to see the happiness in a patient when they're able to walk again after breaking a leg, or an athlete who is able to run again. Not only do I want to be a PT for myself, but to help others. I hope it will be a rewarding job to have.
Larissa Laeder
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"Role of a Physical Therapist." Role of a Physical Therapist. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.
In may, i suffered from a knee injury and i had to go through physical therapy in order to gain my strength back. i never knew what the purpose of a goniometer was, so it was great to finally learn that! do you know what specific exercises are and how they are used to help a patient recover?
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