A Day in the Life of a Physical Therapist

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     When it comes to your future carrier it can be hard to chose considering all the choices and the impact it is going to have on your whole life. In this blog post, I tried to help you know a little better about the qualities and interests you must have to be satisfied and feel happy with your job if you think about going into a physiotherapy program.​
    
     Physiotherapy started to be popular in our society around World War I when soldiers came back home with multiple injuries and needed extensive physical rehabilitation. Today we need more and more physiotherapist every year considering our population is aging. If you are looking to enter a physical therapist program there are some questions you can ask yourself to know if it is really a good choice for you: do you like helping others?, do you like motivating them? and do you like physical activities? As a physiotherapist, you will have to help patients with injuries or physical disabilities gain back the maximum motion range possible by building their flexibility and strength. Patience has to be the main quality for those professionals because progress usually comes slowly. It can be frustrating for patients to feel that their body is not responding. That is why physiotherapist has to built there emotional strength so they can keep encouraging the patient and avoid being affected in their personal life. Also, you need to be in good physical condition because the patient is not the only one sweating. Physiotherapist has to help the patient do the exercises, show him how to do them and might have to stand most of the time. Even if it can look like a hard job, it is so satisfying to see your patient become better and contributing to his quality of life. A good aspect of being a physical therapist is that they have many choices of work environment such as a hospital or a private office and specialties such as sport physical therapy or pediatrics but they usually require additional certification. Finally, you will also have the possibility to open your own office if the entrepreneurship is also a field of interest for you.
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