Physical Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Physical Therapists help patients restore bodily functions, prevent disability, and relieve pain after an injury or illness. It can include work and massage to increase strength, coordination, and range of motion. Therapists also apply traction and heat, cold, light, and water treatments. They also train patients to use prosthetic and orthotic appliances.

Physical therapists are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, schools, and physicians’ offices.

Average Salary: $25,000 - $45,000

Educational Requirements:

Students who want to become physical therapists should take the most challenging high school courses in math, science, and English.

To become a licensed physical therapist, most states require students to earn a master’s degree and pass a certification examination.

I wouldn’t know if I would like to be a physical therapist I would have to do more research and see if I would think about being a physical therapist.