name: monica escoto class: english iv teacher: mrs. saunders
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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?
CLOSING
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