Physical Therapy Personal Statement

I want to pursue a career as a physical therapist assistant because I am truly passionate about physical therapy and dedicated to helping people overcome their injuries or improve their quality of life. Some of the people I intend on helping include my loved ones such as my husband and family who are quite active and occasionally suffer from minor injuries. Recently, I was able to help tape my husband’s shoulder into place after he dislocated it during his soccer game. Additionally, I have been teaching him exercises to strengthen his shoulder muscles to hopefully minimize the number of future dislocations. Due to playing soccer for twelve years, I have also suffered from injuries such as tearing my left anterior cruciate ligament at fifteen

I took a variety of courses in the kinesiology field, such as learning how the body recovers after an injury, evaluating and treating athletic injuries, therapeutic modalities and so on. These courses were challenging but I loved learning about the topics, and it kept me engaged and eager to learn. In addition to obtaining my bachelor’s degree in kinesiology, I also acquired a job as a physical therapy technician. Working as a physical therapy technician has given me the chance to implement what I learned from my degree into my work. I have learned how to set patients up on interferential current therapy, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and other modalities. I have also learned a variety of exercises to teach patients based on their injury. Physical therapy is not just about how much you can help a patient physically, but also

I always tell my patients physical therapy was the hardest part of my injury, not actually getting injured. Whenever I have a patient feeling disappointed with how they are progressing, I try to reassure them that I know what they are going through and remind them how much progress they have made even if it has been small. My compassion and care have helped create relationships with each patient and I desire to positively impact every patient I treat, just as they have impacted me. Getting to see patients on their last day of physical therapy compared to their first day is such a surreal feeling. I am truly overjoyed to see how much a patient has improved and to know that I played a part in helping them recover. Being a physical therapy technician has taught me so much and has been extremely rewarding and fulfilling. Even though I have learned a lot, I know there is still more to learn to become a physical therapist assistant. I want to continue learning at St. Philip’s College and move on to the next step in my