Anyone know about the “physical therapist” profession?

Take care of yourself pal

 

Sorry brother no Idea bout that

 

I think you will need some medical degree or training for that. Try finding an institution near your area that can provide u with that training. First apply for a medical degree on physio therapy at the University see that if u are accepted. After graduation u can apply for a license.

 

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It's perhaps the most important part of many physical injuries and even general pain, and is heavily under emphasized in America. Unfortunately it's often only put focus on when they can't sell a surgery because the patient is too old and frail. In some ways it's gratifying, in others it's frustrating because clearly people should have been recommended exercises that help maintain their body decades ago, but the current medical infrastructure highly doesn't tend to prescribe unless it is dire. I say this as someone who worked in nursing home(CNA) and has had a physical therapist's assistant as a step mother for ~15 years.

It can be fulfilling and also lucrative, especially if you go to the full PT license. The PTA's are overworked and often given patients that are very difficult(low ability to move themselves in the exercise, and sometimes while also being very overweight). The PT works with them too, but the lion's share goes to the PTA's

Also, be prepared to be faced with the moral challenge of medicare fraud. My step mom had to quit dozens of jobs in her life because eventually the management would change and the new management would be morally bankrupt enough to steal from the system that is supposed to take care of the elderly and sick.

If you are someone who finds fulfillment in helping others and want a good way to do that while making a living, I say it's a fine fit. It can be hard to find something to do to live that also doesn't feel like you are helping a harmful system. PT is one of the better ones I think in the medical system.

 

Wife is a physical therapist. What exactly do you want to know?

 

Once you have the degree, placement in a job is fairly easy. You might not get a job in the specialty you want for the compensation you want, but there are plenty of PT jobs and you can keep searching for the one you want while expending your skillset.

The pay is, frankly, not good. Not in proportion to the amount of schooling it requires. The people who like the job do love it, though. PT is a profession where you are directly responsible for significant improvement in quality of life for your patients, you are able to see clear results, you make a significant, measurable difference and PTs find it extremely rewarding. It does require a certain type of person to enjoy it, though. All the PTs I have met (and it’s been a lot) are huge nerds about their profession. They find the musculoskeletal and/or nervous systems absolutely fascinating, they tend to be empathetic, most are very health conscious, and demonstrate some degree of extroversion. A PT convention is, um, special.

For a profession that requires a lot of graduate school and doesn’t pay that well, it’s relatively competitive to get into. At least, it was last I knew. There are some hybrid programs that do a lot of classroom/lecture work online, with intense onsite labs every now and then, and those are cheaper because they don’t have to pay overhead to maintain classroom space the entire time. But then there’s travel and housing expenses for those labs, so I don’t know how it pans out in the end. You’ll have to be smart about it.

I don’t know if it makes a difference, good or bad, but PT is roughly 80% female as a profession, so you’d be spending a lot of time with women as colleagues.

I should note, all of this only applies to the US. I have no idea what it’s like in the UK, Canada, or anywhere else with socialized medicine.

 

You can hit that mark with time, and growth, but in most cases it wouldn’t be as a PT. It would be as a person who manages PTs. To be fair, that is what most professions are like. The big bucks are in leadership. It might be possible to hit that mark as a PT for a pro football or basketball team, but I know less about the sports specialty. And you wouldn’t be able to count on that, obviously.

And don’t misunderstand, PTs do make decent money and/or can afford a more relaxed lifestyle compared to some other jobs. In healthcare, though, you can make significantly more for similar education as a dentist, PA, or anesthesiologist. Student loans are a big deal for many new PT grads.

My wife complained a lot but she was able to support the entire house with six kids on her single income. She also was able to graduate without any debt, so that’s something to consider.

If you think you’re a good fit and you have mostly As and few to no Cs on your transcript, go for it.