Group items tagged

This site shows the benefits of massage therapy and what it can do to help the body. There are also different types of massages that can help reduce pain or relieve stress. This is very interesting and shows how manual massages can help with pain.

This website is for the American Physical Therapy Association. It provides information on education programs, which may be applicable to some people in the class, but also information for physical therapists that are practicing such as ethical guidelines.

This site has information about physical therapy. It has recent research news and info on education. You must create an account for full access to this site. Also has ways to find a PT clinic near where you live.

This website gives some general information about physical therapy and many essential facts about what you have to do to obtain your physical therapy license. It is always good to see different methods of treatment and how some people treat things differently.

The North Carolina Physical Therapy Association gives a calendar of events and the latest news in the field of physical therapy going on in North Carolina. One can become a member to get emails updates about new information that could affect physical therapists. The website itself is very easy to maneuver and gives great info.

This is a site for my PLN. It describes the advantages and disadvantages for new physical therapy technology. Some people will do better with old school rehab than with the crazy new ways.

This website offers a variety of alternative medicines and techniques to achieve a balanced, healed, healthy life. It provides gardening tips on how to grow health foods, personal care, and much more.

This site is very useful for people who are interested in applying to graduate school for physical therapy. It lists all the accredited programs in the United States and gives a link to the schools to further look at the program. It gives all the information you need and is very reliable since it was created by the American Physical Therapy Association.

Found this very interesting. It is nice to see a breakdown of many areas of the body a therapist must know how to deal with and what procedures they go through to start the healing process.

This site is a professional organization that offers so much information about physical therapy. It offers its readers information about PT education and research and it also is useful to those looking for a physical therapist.

This website provides the requirement and application for all certified graduate physical therapy programs. I selected this website because it will be extremely important when I look at grad schools and start to apply.

This is a great website that goes over some manual therapy techniques as well as introducing some weight training and stretches that help in the healing process of the knee. It takes into consideration the overall goal of the patient in the rehab process and allows the therapist to get hands on treatment instead of just exercises.

This webiste all about pet therapy and this organization provides training and other resources. I think this is a great organization and one that I am passionate about that I may try and get involved with one day. I think animals are very soothing and can help people get better espcially mentally.

This website offers tips and solutions to help improve fine motor development for children. I chose this website because this it something I would like to do someday.

The American Physical Therapy Association has a separate section just for pediatrics. This website has multiple links to other pages that provide information about specialized treatments and equipment just for children. I am very interested in learning more about pediatrics and how things can be modified to children so this is very interesting.

The american association of intensive pediatric physical therapy specializes in children with neuromuscular disorders. Many of the clinics have specialized equipment for cerebral palsy patients that help in the rehabilitation of particular muscles effected by such harsh disorders. Their mission is to improve the quality of theses children's live through rehabilitation techniques which is exactly what I would love to be a part of one day. Nothing is better than helping a child in need, especially ones hurting in so many ways.

Movement Discoveries is a physical therapy center that offers specialized aquatic and yoga programs for children with general to serious injuries. They have infant programs as well as OT and speech centers to offer to the patients as needed. I like when clinics have many different specializations in one place making everything very convenient to the patient.

Projects Abroad is an organization which allows recent graduates to volunteer or intern abroad. They offer many programs related to occupational or physical therapy. I chose this link because I hope to do something like this one day.

This is the national website for PT. It outlines many steps that are neccesary to becoming a PT, as well as giving the basic structure of what a physical therapist actually does. Since my goal is to become a PT it just allows me to find key information fast.

The AOTA is an association which brings together many different resources for occupational therapists such as upcoming events, accreditation, and schools that offer OT. I hope to use this as a resource when I'm applying for grad schools.

This website covers basically every aspect of wellness. They have links to the best places to visit for wellness, information about vitamin supplements, massage therapy, exercise, and blogs where people discuss their own personal wellness. It also covers not only general wellness, but also specific wellness for men, women, teens, children, pets and relationships.