PT Takes a Toll
I have just completed my second week at my internship! I cannot believe how fast time flies. I feel like I have learned so much in such a little time.
The one thing that has become very obvious to me is that this profession takes a toll on your body. We do so much help for others to improve their body mechanics, gait, strength, etc., yet it causes so much micro- and macro-damage to our bodies.
Lifting patients every day has helped to tone my body (which I am not complaining about), but it also leaves me wiped out and sore at the end of the day. During the first week there was a time when my rotator cuff was so fatigued by the end of the day, I could barely lift it to wave!
However, I love doing this because the gratification you get from seeing patients improve is amazing. But I think I may have to take out insurance policies on my UE and back just in case (like Mariah Carey did for her legs). Well not really.