Are you looking for a career in preventative medicine? Are you passionate about exercise and leading an active lifestyle? Do you want to become a part of a team of medical professionals whose primary distinction limes in the commitment to education and empowering each individual to lead a healthier lifestyle? Kinesiotherapy may be for you.
OCCUPATIONAL DESCRIPTION
The kinesiotherapist is academically and clinically prepared to provide
rehabilitation exercise and education under the prescription from
physicians, nurse practitioners or physician’s assistants who have legal
privileges to make such referrals. In the wellness/fitness setting
exercise interventions may be administered upon completion of written or
oral screening. Kinesiotherapists are qualified to implement exercise
programs designed to reverse or minimize debilitation and enhance the
functional capacity of medically stable patients in a wellness,
sub-acute or extended care setting and are competent in the
administration of musculoskeletal, neurological, ergonomic,
biomechanical, psychosocial, and task specific functional tests and
measures.
PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT
Kinesiotherapists are employed in Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Centers, public and provate hospitals, sports medicine
facilities, rehabilitation facilities, colleges and universities,
private practice and as exercise consultants.