patients. I assumed she was a physical therapist because she interacted with patients well and was knowledgeable on the instructions she gave the patients. She introduced herself to me as a student completing her clinical education. She impressed me with her attitude and how she conducted herself; to me‚ she represented a professional student. Because she shared qualities I had and she was a successful student‚ I knew if I implemented her qualities in physical therapy school I too could be a professional
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question‚ “What do you do?”‚ is to call an equine massage therapist. Through many different techniques‚ equine massage therapy can improve a horse’s health‚ well being‚ and performance. Human massage therapy is the “systematic manipulation of soft tissues to develop‚ maintain‚ rehabilitate or augment physical function” (“Equine Massage Therapy” 1). Equine massage therapy ‚ however‚ is “the application of hands-on massage techniques for the purpose of increasing circulation‚ relaxing muscle
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Island University’s Center for Physical Rehabilitation. The clinic is part of Long Island University Brooklyn‚ under the Physical Therapy division. The clinic is located on 1 University Plaza. This is a state-of-the-art facility that provides physical therapy services to the Long Island University community. Long Island University’s Center for Physical Rehabilitation offers many different services for their patients. The services that they offer are physical therapy oriented. One of the services
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called Physical Therapy. Physical Therapy is defined as being physical medicine and rehabilitation specialty that remediates impairments and promotes mobility‚ function‚ and quality of life through examination‚ diagnosis‚ prognosis‚ and physical intervention. Physical Therapy has multiple effects on the body that help and hinder people. Physical therapy is a branch of rehabilitative health that uses specially designed exercises and equipment to help patients regain or improve their physical abilities
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Physical therapists have other ways they improve the patient’s physical ability during these sessions. One common exercise patients do during physical therapy is treadmill exercise. If this therapy is consistently done the patients speed‚ strength and other mobile activities are improved. Further studies done by Movement Disorder stated‚ “Rhythmicity and endurance training‚ such as treadmill exercise (with and without body weight support and cueing) and pedaling (Ellis et al. 2005; Cakit et al. 2007;
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Gerontological Physical Therapy: Progressive Resistance Exercise In the article‚ “Progressive Resistance Exercise in Physical Therapy: A Summary of Systematic Reveiws” consist of article reviews wrote by authors who raise the importance of Progressive Resistance Exercise in physical therapy. The term Progressive Resistance Exercise‚ is not well known in physical therapy because of the term “strengthening” the author suggests. The authors also declare that the term “strengthening” is overused but
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Physical therapists have used “hydrotherapy” as a passive therapeutic intervention for many years‚ with equipment such as whirlpools.9 “Aquatic Physical Therapy” refers to active interventions performed in the water. The aquatic environment is used to provide weight relief to the body‚ antigravity positioning‚ and increased resistance as therapeutic tools. Aquatic PT also provides multiple sensory stimuli through buoyancy‚ relative density‚ water temperature‚ viscosity‚ resistance‚ and vestibular
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Hippotherapy Yo: Hippotherapy is a form of physical‚ occupational and speech therapy in which a therapist uses the characteristic movements of a horse to provide carefully graded motor and sensory input. Opi: Derived from the Greek hippos (horse)‚ "hippotherapy" literally refers to treatment or therapy aided by a horse. The concept of hippotherapy finds its earliest recorded mention in the ancient Greek writings of Hippocrates. However‚ hippotherapy as a formalized discipline was not
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Pain management centers in the US offer physical therapy and rehabilitation for pain relief. Pain is one of the most common sensory and psychological experiences faced by one and all. When pain lasts for a considerably long time‚ it is the sign the body gives that something is wrong. One of the Major Pain Tackling Approaches - Physical Therapy While there are many approaches to tackle pain‚ medication and injections could have their side effects and are prescribed only in cases where the pain
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The Physical and Psychological Benefits of Horticulture Therapy with the Aged Horticultural therapy (HT)‚ as defined by the American Horticultural Therapy Association‚ is “a process utilizing plants and horticultural activities to improve social‚ educational‚ psychological and physical adjustment of persons thus improving their body‚ mind‚ and spirit”. Although “Horticultural therapy” was introduced by Rhea McCandliss in 1967‚ using plants to ease discomfort can be traced back to Egyptians. Nowadays
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