If, you ever thought about being a physical therapist in the future then this summary is for you. There is everything you need to know before going in this career path. You will learn about the salary of a physical therapist, how to become a physical therapist, where do physical therapist works and more about this career. It will contain everything I know on this career. After reading this summary, you will know everything that you need to make your way in this path.
Being a physical therapist is a great job overall. You have a great balance between work and life, great pay and you are in the health and medical field. It is a great job to be near the clients and it has a great proximity with the patients.
In general, physical therapists are helping people who have physical difficulties with their body due to an injury or disabilities. They will build strength, flexibility as treatment to make their patients feel less pain. They examine the body of the patient and do a treatment or make rehabilitation program to help the patient.
In a typical day, physical therapists will see nearly 10 patients. They will evaluate the condition of the patient and build treatment program to help them gain their body back with the rehabilitation. Also, they can work with patient after a traumatic event and with other physicians to help the person in their progress.
Physical therapists work in a variety of location. They can work in hospitals, clinics, schools, sports and fitness facilities, etc. There are plenty of choices on where you want to work. Everywhere you can help someone is a place where to work.
Here in Canada, you need a master's degree in physiotherapy and pass the Physiotherapy Competency Exam (PCE). In general, it takes about 5 years.
The salary depends on a lot of things such as the years of experience and the degrees you have but the median salary is $85 000.
First of all, you need to workout because because being a physical therapist can be pretty arch on your body because you are bending a lot and doing a lot of massages as a treatment. Being in good shape is a must. Second of all, if you want you can specialize in a certain domain as sports physical therapy, pediatrics, etc. You don't need this additional training but it can be helpful for you and make you discover new things.
There is no life threatening danger that comes from being a physical therapist.
The chances that physical therapists will be replaced by robots are very close to 0 since it is a very physical job and you have close contacts with the patients you treat. So there is not a lot of chances to e replace by robots.
The median age for retirement is about 60 years old.
Actually, I am in my third year in college and I plan to finish college this semester. Next semester, I would like to go in the field of study of physical therapy in University and get my master's degree like it was mentioned. I hope you got all the information you needed on the job of a physical therapist.