Types of patients that receive rehabilitation and therapy
A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.
Who are illness patients?
Help Improve Cardiovascular Fitness.
What are conditioning exercises?
Not Allowed to perform evals, work under PTs
Who are PTAs?
Utilized to relieve muscle pain, increase blood flow, and decrease muscle soreness
What is Massage Therapy?
Make $68,810
Who are PTAs?
An instance of being injured.
Who are injured patients?
Exercise can significantly increase ROM to protect the joints and help the patient move without pain and restriction.
What are Strengthening Exercises?
Treat Patients in orthopedics, pediatrics, and geriatric patients. Perform evaluations and review medical histories of new patients.
Who are Physical Therapists?
Utilized to relieve pain & promote tissue healing
What is Ultrasound Therapy?
Make $63,676
Who are OTAs?
Uses manual and/or instrumental techniques to physically reach into a subject's body in order to investigate
Who are surgery patients?
Important activities for those who need to exercise muscles that have been immobilized and often cause;. Stiffness; Aches; and; Pain.
What are Ambulation Exercises?
Help Patients with rehabilitative activities outlined in their treatment plans. Do not perform evaluations.
Who are OTAs?
Therapy that involves freezing or near-freezing temperatures
What is cryotherapy?
Make $93,180
Who are OTs?
Occurs when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts
Who are stroke patients?
Reduces stress on tissues, prevents muscle fatigue, and encourages healthy joints.
What are Flexibility Exercises?
Prescribe physical exercises. Can work with disabilities, mental health settings, geriatrics, and pediatrics.
Who are OTs?
Uses light energy from a laser to repair or destroy tissues, to cauterize wounds, & for cosmetic skin issues
What is Laser/Light Therapy?
Make $92,262
Who are PTs?
Occurs when something interrupts your heart's function or blood flow
Who are cardiac event patients?
Rduce stress and anxiety within the group.
What are relaxation exercises?
Record and analyze speech, language, and swallowing issues. Teach PTs how to make sounds, improve voices, and increase communication skills.
Who are SLPs?
Utilized for “creating joint space, pain pathways, improve circulation & blood flow, & muscle re-education”
What is Kinesiology Taping?
Make $97,200
Who are audiologists?