hey everybody it's Doctor Jo mr. cool bear, and today I'm gonna talk about the
pros and cons of being a physical therapist or a physiotherapist. so let's
get started. you ready?
so a lot of people have been asking me what do you like best about your job? why
do you like being a physical therapist? and so I want to kind of give you my
pros and cons of being a physical therapist. so the number one reason is
you help people. so if you enjoy helping people, if you like seeing people get
better, it's a super Pro because you get to spend a lot of time with your
patients. I've had patients ask me well why don't you just go and get your
medical doctorate? but you know a lot of times medical doctors only get to spend
about five or ten minutes with their patients. I get to spend a whole hour of
my patients, and not you're not going to get that in every clinic, but you know I
really get to know the people, and I really get to help them, and I really
enjoy doing that. I also get to move around throughout the day and talk to
people, and I don't have to sit in front of a computer screen and not talk to
anybody all day. so that's another Pro. I think that you you know you don't have
to just sit there you get to move around you get to exercise with your patients
if you want to, so it's a lot of fun in that case as well.
and just in general if you like learning things, I learn new stuff every day. you
know especially about the human body, anatomy, how things work, biomechanics and
so I just really love learning. and I think this profession is a really great
profession that you want to keep continuing to learn because you don't
want to just learn what you learn in school and then never progress from
there. so I really think that's a pro as well. but there are sometimes some cons
to the physical therapy or physiotherapy side of it, and I know it's a little bit
different in other countries where you're a physiotherapist, but here in the
States a lot of times one of the things that I hate the most is that you are
sometimes limited by insurances. and so I'm treating somebody and I might I
might only be able to get to see them one or two visits because their
insurance doesn't cover it. or you know they can't pay the out-of-pocket fees or
the co-pays, and so sometimes that's a little frustrating because you're you're
kind of blocked by those things. but sometimes you can work around it and
kind of why I made my channel so I can help you out even if you're not in the
clinic with me. but another thing that it's not really a con but sometimes it's
just frustrating is some people come to physical therapy and they they don't buy
into it. they just come in and say you know my doctor told me I had to come
here before I could get an MRI so I'm here. and you know people don't want to
get better sometimes which is sad, but you know they might have secondary
reasons or they just maybe they've tried physical therapy once and it didn't work
for them. so you know sometimes that's a little frustrating because you really
have to get behind it you have to want to get better to be able to get better,
and so sometimes that's a little bit frustrating part of the job as well. but
overall I think you know if you're a person who likes to talk to people. if
you like to interact with people. if you enjoy helping people. if you get you know
that excitement of saying man you know when I started with this patient,
they couldn't even walk when they first came in, but now they're you know walking
they're maybe even running and exercising again. or you know I've had patients who
have suffered from strokes and they you know their goal is to be able to pick up
their grandchildren and again. and by the time you're done with them, they're able
to pick up their grandchildren and play with them again. and sometimes you know
that's the best feeling is knowing that you've helped somebody and you can kind
of pat yourself on the shoulder and go maybe I do know what I'm talking about.
so it's definitely one of those professions that if you think you like
that, I think it's worth looking into. make sure you go and shadow some
physical therapists or some physiotherapists because different
clinics are you know different. you're not always just helping athletes. you're
not always just helping older people. you're not always doing orthopedics.
you're not always doing you know neuro side of stuff. so you know you're really
doing a whole lot of things. there's different settings, there's acute care in
the hospital, there's you know outpatient, there's inpatient rehab, so you really
want to be able to see all that because you don't always get to choose what you
want to do in the beginning. so make sure that it's what you want to do because
it's it's tough but it's definitely worth it.
so if you have any questions about physical therapy or physio
physiotherapy, you can put them in the comments, and if I can if I know the answers,
I'll try and answer them for you. so there you have it, those are the pros
and cons of being a physical therapist or a physiotherapist. if you'd like to
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have fun, and I hope you feel better soon.