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Personal Narrative: A Career As A Physical Assistant

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Since the beginning of wondrous time, physical therapy has always been an option for my profession. It is my belief that this occupation grant the exposure of great responsibilities and professionalism to set a high standard for a patient need. The ability that requires those tasks must include self-discipline, honesty and diligent. “I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.” (John Donne) The amount of information held between the pages of the books are the resources that I engrave throughout my career as a physical therapist assistant. Fulfilling this journey with the patient, assisting and guiding them to the right direction to improve their mobility takes time. The challenges that they must conquer to tolerate the opposition.

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