Physical Therapist
- Help people regain mobility and live pain-free lives through personalized care.
- Make a meaningful impact by restoring physical function and enhancing quality of life.
- Use innovative techniques to transform recovery journeys and inspire patient progress.
💰 Earn $96K-$133K
📚 Doctoral or Professional Degree
Overview
Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.Scoop
Doctoral or Professional Degree
Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)
Day-to-Day
- Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
- Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
- Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
- Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Working with my hands
- Relating with or serving others
- Thinking and problem solving
You are skilled in 💫
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Active Listening
You value 🙏
- Accomplishing things
- Receiving recognition
- Personal relationships
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Physical Therapist
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Pathways to this Career
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