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I just want to know whether or not I can go to one school, get a 4 year degree and then go to another and enter the physical therapist program and be totally fine?
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ok so i asked a question on here about 2 weeks ago about my lower back pain and a few of the answers were very helpfull well now im stuck in a thought: i have been given 4 different answers
1. I was told it was a compression fracture
2. I was told that it was a compression of the L1
3. I was told it was the nerved being compressed by a “peek-a-boo disk”
4. i am now being told it is just really bad muscle spasms
now this is all coming from 1 doctor as to wich why i am now stuck in thought today upon my visit with her she told me quite frankly ” i dont have magical powers, i cant make you better” and while telling her about the pain and how it effects on on what i do on a daily basis she says “oh just move around that will get you going, and make you better” i was sent to physical therapy by another doctor the one who told me it was possible nerve compression. and when i told that to the doctor i saw today again “there just physical therapists, they cant tell you what the pain is coming from”….. so after not being satisfied with seeing her she finally refered me to a back specialist whom of which i am hoping to recieve accurate results from i am a 24 year old woman who has gone from no back pain a day in my life to now have non stop back pain that radiates up and down my spine and into my left leg. (and because i could not pin point one specific area of the leg she said she was 100%sure that there was nothing other then back spasms) so if any of you can offer advice i am in great need of something any thing usefull that could better help me get to the bottom of this is greatly appreciated
Would I have the option to be able to transfer and not lose any credit if I have to relocate to a different city? After one year or two years in a physical therapy school program?
I’m currently a PTA student and I’m getting very frustrated finding only patient-oriented literature. Or studies that involve a specific pathology but do not relate to specific guidelines of all phases of healing/rehab.
Not as strong as Duragesic, not sure on the spelling.
heres my problem
I have severe Patella Chondromalacia, for about 5 years, and I am only 16 years old.
I have had 6 knee surgeries, I have gone to physical therapy, religiously, I have been on tons of medicines, I have tried pain management, natural rememdies, and I am developing arthritis in my knees now.
Do you have any suggestions on medicines or doctors in the New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio area.
Any suggestions
Because what I have been doing is not working.
My knee is structural okay for now, but I have severe pain.
Vicodin, and Tylenol with Codeiene do not help me, but a Duragesic patch is very strong.
Are there other pain patches that can be used, that arent as strong, and will they even help me, if pills dont?
Cardiac rehab is a specialized form of rehab that focuses on the function of the heart. They focus on recovery of endurance and teaching a patient how to work into their appropriate cardiac target zone usually after a heart related incident such as a heart attack or open heart surgery. The focus of their education is in cardiopulmonary function.
A PT also receives training in cardiopulmonary function; and PTs used to do the cardiac rehab training (and in some areas still do), but as the need for more cardiac rehab grew the profession developed as its own. Now, PTs focus more on the functional deficits and reduction of disability that occur…not just with cardiac rehab patients, but also patients with neurological disorders, sports related injuries, etc. In other words, the scope of PT is much broader than cardiac rehab.
A good example of how PTs and CRS differ is in the hospital setting. After open heart surgery, the patient is usually initiated on basic exercises and walking with the cardiac rehab specialist. IF it is found that the patient has underlying balance or gait deficits, or unusual weakness, cannot get out of bed, etc, PT and OT are usually called to help the patient get to a point where they can work more efficiently with the CRS. I often tell my patients “We both want you to walk…but PT is going to focus on how to make is easier and safer for you and the CRS is working to help you improve your heart.” We focus much more on teaching patients how to get in and out of bed, how to go up stairs, how to walk/balance, etc. Once they have mastered these basic skills, we usually just let them keep working with cardiac rehab and PT is discontinued.
Finally, a PT and an athletic trainer both work with injured atheltes, but PT usually takes precedence until it is safe for the ATC to work with them…especially with post surgical cases. Scope of PT is much broader than ATC and allows them to work with many different clientel and for much more different reasons. In contrast to what the poster above states, ATCs are more likely to work for a PT than the other way around (unless the ATC is a clinic owner). ATCs cannot “act as a PT”…it is not within their licensure…although some of the things they do may be very similar.
For volunteer hours, I need to find a physical therapy clinic that has both inpatient and outpatient. What does that exactly mean?
Thanks.
i can either go to a physical therapy clinic or a doctors office. is there any difference?