Health

The state of being free from illness or injury

A persons mental or physical condition
The condition or state of something
Benefits of Medical
Institutions
Provides assistance and advice to those seeking
health consultancy
Provides tests and medication based on diagnosis
Has a large variety of different fields
Types of Medical
Institutions
Internal Medicine
Surgical Medicine
Pediatric
Orthopedics
Ophthalmology
Dentistry
Research
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy
The treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by
physical methods such as massage, heat treatment,
and exercise rather than by drugs or surgery
Experts in restoring and improving motion
The last course of treatment before patients return
back to their lives after diagnosis


History of Physical
Therapy
Dates back as early as 1500s
Influence of Hippocrates, father of Western Medicine
Physical Therapy became bigger around 1915
In 1916 the polio epidemic occurred
Muscle testing and education to restore function
In 1917 the US entered WWI
Recognized the need for rehabilitation for injured
soldiers
List of Treatments
Back conditions
Knee problems
Shoulder/arm conditions
Neck conditions
Sprains and muscles strains
Ankle/foot problems
Carpal tunnel syndrome, hand/wrist
problems
Hip fractures
Postsurgical rehabilitation
Rehabilitation after a serious injury
Stroke rehabilitation
Problems with balance
Disabilities in newborns
Burn rehabilitation
Pre-/postnatal programs
Womens health
Methods Of Physical
Therapy
Aquatic physical therapy
Electrical stimulation
Ultrasound
Spinal manipulation
Exercise
Massage
Ice/heat packs
Traction
Low-level laser
Demographics/Effects
Anyone can be a physical therapy patient
Individuals of all ages to have optimal functioning and
quality of life
PT is the last course of treatment before a patient
returns back to work and continues their life
Restored or improved range of motion
Strengthening and stabilization of muscles

Pros and Cons?
Pros
High level of education
Excellent job opportunities
Working in a career that
helps people
Excellent salaries
Can often find part-time
work
Wide variety of client types
Wife variety of work settings

Cons
Cost of education
Little opportunity for
career chance later on
Health care reform
High degree of burn out
Excessive paperwork
responsibilities
Physical work requiring a
decent level of fitness
Functionalist Perspective

Conflict Perspective