Physical therapy as a major?

I am considering physical therapy as a major and I was wondering if anyone who is majoring in it could tell me about it. I personally think I would really enjoy being a physical therapist but would not enjoy studying it. Bones and muscles do not interst me. Is that reason to chose a different major? thanks in advance

It is a very rewarding career, but there is a heavy emphasis on the musculoskeletal system...even if you work in more of a "neuro setting."

I would ask "what deters your interest in the muscles and bones?" If it is simply the fact of having to memorize them, I would say that this is something you can overcome. If you really do not want to touch, feel, mobilize or understand the relationship between bones and muscles, then you may want to consider another option.

The other poster had a good idea to do some observation...you would need to do this anything before going to PT school.

I would also suggest the APTA website at: http://www.apta.org and go to the eduction and prospective student section.

In any field that you decide to study you'll have individual things that you will have to learn that won't interest you at all. When I was in Physical Therapy school we had to take statistics, which I completely hated. Hopefully most of what you are studying you'll be interested in learning since it will help you when you actually start practicing as a P.T.

I suggest you contact the PT dept of a local hospital or a clinic and ask if you can observe the therapist to see if what they do is something that you'll be interested in. If you are in the DFW area, you can come spend a day with me and watch me in my clinic.

Overall, if you like helping people then you will find Physical Therapy a very rewarding career and worth learning all they teach you in PT school. Good luck!

If you do not like studying bones and muscles I believe you picked the wrong medical field, since this is what you will be dealing with when you get your degree. There are so many medical opportunities you can look into. I hate to sound crude but in pt you have to learn all the bones and muscles, also know the functions they perform.

Good Luck in deciding on something in the medical field, where you will always have a job.

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