Careers
Measure loudness at which a pt can hear sounds & extent of hearing loss.
A Audiologist
True or false, are the two types of ultrasound therapy thermal & mechanical?
True
Assistant that works in hospitals, facilities, and clinics
What is a Physical Therapist Assistant?
Utilized for creating joint space, pain pathways, improve circulation & blood flow, & muscle re-education?
What is Kinesiology Taping?
Therapy that involves freezing or near-freezing temperatures
Cryotherapy
Records & analyze speech, language, & swallowing issues
SLP
True or false, electrostimulation therapy can only be occured in a clinic setting.
False, this is a type of therapy that can be used at home or in a clinic setting
Works in schools. Others work in private practice or in hospitals or nursing and residential care facilities.
What is a Speech-language pathologists
Utilized for inflammation, scar tissue, pain, muscle spasms, & reduce calcium deposits
What is Iontophoresis?
Therapy that involves using heat, such as heating pads or hot packs to the skin
Thermotherapy
Carries out individual or group program or portions thereof as planned by or under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist
What is a occupational Therapy Aide?
True or false, is laser/light therapy popular in the cosmetics field?
True, its very popular
Work in hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, offices and clinics, school systems, nursing homes, and home health agencies.
Occupational therapists
A technique that includes using ultrasound and medication together.
What is phonophoresis?
A hot room that utilizes dry heat produced by either hot rocks or electrical stoves
What is a sauna?
Provide services that promote mobility, relieve pn, & prevent/limit permanent physical disabilities
What is a PTA?
True or false, PTAs are allowed to perform evals.
True, PTAs are allowed to perform evals
Typically work in private offices and clinics, hospitals, patients' homes, and nursing homes
Physical therapists
Uses light energy from a laser to repair or destroy tissues, to cauterize wounds, & for cosmetic skin issues
What is Laser/Light Therapy?
The manipulation of the muscles and other soft tissues of the body by a massage therapist for therapeutic purposes as to relieve pain, promote healing, or improve physical functioning.
What is a massage therapy?
Performs evaluations & review medical histories of new patients. As well as measures strength, ROM, balance, & coordination, muscle performance
Responsibilities of a DPT
True or false, massage therapy is utilized to relieve muscle pain, increase blood flow, and decrease muscle soreness
True
Most audiologists work in healthcare facilities, such as physicians' offices, audiology clinics, and hospitals
Audiologists
Utilized to relieve pain & promote tissue healing
What is Ultrasound Therapy?
Prefix meaning water
What is hydro?