The Pros And Cons Of Physical Therapy
What is a Physical Therapist?
If someone has been wounded in war, got injured while playing a sport, has been in a bad car accident, or has had a stroke, etc.; it is likely that they have some physical ability that no longer functions the way it should. Additionally, some people are born with or develop diseases that reduce the function of certain parts of their bodies. The career of physical therapy was developed to help people in these circumstances. Physical therapists aid in reducing a patient's pain and/or improving mobility (APTA, 2015). Not only do physical therapists help patients after they have lost mobility in a certain part of their body, they also try to help prevent it from happening in the first place (APTA, 2015). Currently in the United States, there is high demand in the physical therapist workforce (APTA, …show more content…
After he introduced his new idea, not much advancement happened (Das, n.d.). It wasn’t until then 19th century that major advancements started to happen (Das, n.d.). As a result to World War 1, physical therapy began being more widely practiced due to all the soldiers getting injured in war (Das, n.d.). In the 1920’s, polio became widespread, which causes paralysis in the body (Das, n.d.). Physical therapy treatment methods were improved due to the need of a way to help those who became infected with polio (Das, n.d.). Following the polio outbreak, in March of 1921, a research paper on physical therapy was published in the PT Review (Das, n.d.). Additionally in 1921, Mary McMillan founded the American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association (Das, n.d.). As years went by, the organization’s name changed to the American Physical Therapy Association otherwise known as the APTA (Das, n.d.). Mary Mcmillan was the first physical therapy aide who became known as the “Mother of Physical Therapy” (Das,
If someone has been wounded in war, got injured while playing a sport, has been in a bad car accident, or has had a stroke, etc.; it is likely that they have some physical ability that no longer functions the way it should. Additionally, some people are born with or develop diseases that reduce the function of certain parts of their bodies. The career of physical therapy was developed to help people in these circumstances. Physical therapists aid in reducing a patient's pain and/or improving mobility (APTA, 2015). Not only do physical therapists help patients after they have lost mobility in a certain part of their body, they also try to help prevent it from happening in the first place (APTA, 2015). Currently in the United States, there is high demand in the physical therapist workforce (APTA, …show more content…
After he introduced his new idea, not much advancement happened (Das, n.d.). It wasn’t until then 19th century that major advancements started to happen (Das, n.d.). As a result to World War 1, physical therapy began being more widely practiced due to all the soldiers getting injured in war (Das, n.d.). In the 1920’s, polio became widespread, which causes paralysis in the body (Das, n.d.). Physical therapy treatment methods were improved due to the need of a way to help those who became infected with polio (Das, n.d.). Following the polio outbreak, in March of 1921, a research paper on physical therapy was published in the PT Review (Das, n.d.). Additionally in 1921, Mary McMillan founded the American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association (Das, n.d.). As years went by, the organization’s name changed to the American Physical Therapy Association otherwise known as the APTA (Das, n.d.). Mary Mcmillan was the first physical therapy aide who became known as the “Mother of Physical Therapy” (Das,