do occupational therapists work in settings like sport rehab or with athletes??? I haven’t heard of it yet but I know they work in a variety of settings. Just wondering if anyone knows of any OT who does or if you do work in something like sport rehab!
(and I already know about Physical Therapists….. only talking about OT’s!!! thanks!!)
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I’m 16 years old and been having really bad back pain for about a few months now. I’m in special ed and have never been diagnosed with anything else besides elhers danlos syndrome or something, week muscle tone and just the basic symptoms of that. I have a learning disability, but anyway, about a year ago I saw an orthopedic about my back, they did exrays and it showed a slight curve but nothing huge, they call it kyphosis? or something. Well Starting a few months ago I got extremely bad pain and just hurts doing anything, walking a lot, bending, sitting in one position a long time, standing a long time. It’s torture..well I saw the orthopedic again, the curve has stayed the same not gotten worse, my growth plates they say are closed pretty much. If I were to grow more the curve could change but I’m not. They don’t wanna suggest surgery yet. They think trying everything else first is best. So Ive just recently started Physical therapy. My prob is my posture, I’ve sat so long curved over that my back is so tight and their having trouble loosing it… That’s why I’m getting this pain. I’ll constantly text my mom from school hurting, or end up in tears from pain. But they didn’t recommend pain med, that wont work, If something was inflamed then maybe that would work. But My mom gave me med, she’s a nurse, but that still didn’t help. The physical therapist is working with me and giving me these types of exercises to work on. 2 to 3 times per day. Hopefully it will help. But this pain is sucky.. They also suggested that I could possibly need a customized chair. What hurts miserably is when I’m in school. Each class 90 minutes, you sit. The chairs are horrible. Instead of focusing on work I’m thinking about how much I’m hurting. I wear this lumbar support brace at the moment, but it’s not helping much. It sorta Velcro’s around, not too great. But I was wondering what they mean by a customized chair.. to use at home and school…like wheel in it? or .. push.. don’t know if it’s portable… not sure what they meant by it. Not a wheelchair.. so I’m wondering what a customized chair is.. anyone know? and if pt doesn’t help withen 6 weeks or such we’ll get an Mri done and make sure there’s nothing more causing this pain. Surgery could be an option in the long run, but they wanna try everything before suggesting that.It would be great to hear some feedback on this. I’m having trouble with pain and it’s really bugging me. Thanks
When I went for physical therapy after an auto accident, I told the PT that I was on narcotic pain relievers (Vicodin) for a few weeks, but that I didn’t take any for about 5 days prior to my appointment because I was feeling better. He then told me I was feeling better due to the fact that I still had the medication in my system even after 5 days, and that studies have shown that people have had the narcotic pain meds in their system even after a week. Now, I know that the pain relievers aren’t having any therapeutic effect after 8-12 hours at the most, but I was wondering if this PT really knew better, and he was just trying to BS me so that I’ll sign up for a lot of sessions, or do they really believe this.
i can’t seem to decide between nursing and physical therapy… i want to talk to my physical therapist about majoring in it for college but i’m not sure how to bring it up? i don’t want to seem like a pain!
i don’t care about the money… what are your thoughts on it as well?
What else can a physical therapist do that a PTA can not, besides initial evals and sign off on D/C’s?
What would make someone want to go from PTA to PT?
I had pins in one of my fingers due to an accident. A year later I had Tenolysis surgery to remove some scar tissue and free up the tendon. My question is this: At what point do you decide physical therapy has plateaued and you’ve gotten the most movement possible? I understand I can’t have the same flexion as I had before the injury, but when should I decide I’ve done the best I can do?
Graduating with a physical therapy diploma seems to quickly leads to a stagnant professional dead-end. What career paths, other than treating or managing a physical therapy facility, exist for an experienced (let’s say 5 years) physical therapist??
I know you can get an associates degree to become a PTA and that to become a Physical Therapist you have to go many more years but is there an in between? Can you expand on your pta degree?
I am undergoing physical therapy for back pain. I have had 3 PTs at the one clinic. Each one does entirely different and sometimes contradictary things (e.g., ice pack from one, heat pack from another). No touching from one, much manipulation from the other. Why so much variation?
I want to be a respiratory therapist and my cousin wants to be a physical therapist. Eventually, we’d love to get out of the hospital and open some kind of rehab clinic. This got me thinking. How much do the fields of resp and phys therapy diverge? Obviously, they’re both present in rehabilitation. Are there independent physical therapy places/rehab clinics that employ respiratory therapists?