Name: Monica Escoto

Class: English IV

Teacher: Mrs. Saunders

PHYSICAL THERAPY

• Step-father• Different types of physical therapy • Different problem (plan of healthcare

or treatment)

PHYSICAL THERAPY

• Physicians like Hippocrates and later Galenus are believed to have been the first practitioners of physical therapy, advocating massage, manual therapy techniques and hydrotherapy to treat people in 460

B.C

• The earliest documented origins of actual physical therapy as a professional group date back to Per Henrik Ling, “Father of Swedish Gymnastics,” who founded the Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics

(RCIG) in 1813 for massage, manipulation, and exercise.

HISTORY

Therapists examine patients

• medical histories

• test and measure of strength

• range of motion

• balance and coordination

• posture

• muscle performance

• Respiration and motor function

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY?

Patients • Accident victims • Individuals with disabling conditions

• Low-back pain

• Arthritis

• Heart Disease

• Fractures

• Head Injuries

• Cerebral Palsy

PATIENTS

Treatment • Immobilized• Lack flexibility, strength, or endurance • Muscles to increase their flexibility • Range of motion

TREATMENT

HOW TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL THERAPY

Important (majoring in Physical Therapy) • National standardized test

After two or three years of general practice• Special area of interest • Devote energy • Specific patient population• Specific treatment technique

Physical therapy • Education • Home exercise program• Proper body mechanics• Special equipment

SOME FACTS ABOUT PHYSICAL THERAPY

• My mentor’s name was Amy Mathewson • She is a physical therapy and she works at Sunbridge now Woodland

Hills that is a nursing home• She mostly works with senior citizens that need therapy due to age

MENTOR

• For my product I chose to make a video practicing some therapy with my mentor and some co-workers since it is prohibited to take

pictures of video of the residents

PRODUCT

• Made a health care plan for patients• My “patient” • Examine • Make a healthcare plan • Make a physical therapy

PRODUCT

PROVIDING PHYSICAL THERAPY

Mentor• 16 hours • Two to three times a week

Learned • Receive therapy and treatments

PRODUCT

• Transportation• Schedule • Amount of patients• My job

OBSTACLES

Thank you for your timeAre there any questions?

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