Physical Therapy Aide
Current- I volunteer to perform over 12 assessments of patient's physical needs and health, asking questions pertaining to a patient's injuries or physical disability and personalizing exercises based on input received.- Complete close to 1 year of experience working as a physical therapist assistant with regular recommendations for more hours due to help provided towards physical therapists as well as patients.- I monitor patients under care during therapy, assessing an amount of degrees a patient's knees could bend, improving from an 80 degree angle to a bent knee angle of 105 degrees.Recommended for acting as assistant for over 20+ patients, filling out patient's completed exercise charts and coordinating patient activities with physical therapists.- Other duties include examining patient's medical records and scheduling future appointments for over 10+ patients and provided prepared tools for physical therapist use including prepared electrical stimulation pads.