Pursuit of a Career in Physical Therapy

My top career choice as it stands today, is to be a physical therapist. With my physical therapy degree, I hope not only to help patiences rehab their injuries, but I also want to work with athletes on and off the field to help them reach to their greatest potentials. Becoming a physical therapist is important to me, because I have always held their job in the highest regard. Around one year ago, I was enrolled in a health careers class in my high school called Diversified Health and Occupations. Part of the class’s curriculum was that students were required to complete two job shadows over the course of the semester. This was no problem for most students, as they were for the most part set on what career they wanted to go into in their respective

The way the Tracy handled, and interacted with the patient completely impressed me, and from that day onward, I was certain that physical therapy was the career for me. The aspect of physical therapy that I enjoy the most is working with different patients on rehabbing their injury. With every new patient that walk through the door, come s a exciting new challenge for me to help the patient work to get back to their physical ability they were at before their injury. The aspect of physical therapy that I’m the most worried about is the amount of time I have to spend in college to obtain my degree. Although I don’t mind spending a few extra years in college, in the back of my mind it still worries me a little bit. I can use physical therapy as a reflection of my faith in the way of helping patients who have suffered become healthy again. As Jesus before me helped cure the sick, blind, and taking away the sins of the world by dying on the cross, I plan to the best of my ability help anyone I can recover from an injury that is causing them great pain and suffering in their