my first ty work experience!!

for my ty work experience i decided to go to the leinster clinic in maynooth in the physiotherapy department.......i chose to do this as i have an interest in sport and i thought it might be an area id like to get into. i absolutely loved it!!!! when i started at first i was nervous going in on my first day because i didnt know anyone and i was pretty much depending on myself but i went in and everyone was very welcoming and nice and so i was ready to get to work! i was brought into the physiotherapy suite by my supervisor eamonn where a client was waiting i was introduced and then given the details of the injury. i really enjoyed learning about all the different types of injuries this was one of the many aspects of the job i enjoyed. A lot of what physiotherapy is about is helping the patient recover and regain strength in whatever part of their body. this is another thing i enjoyed about physiotherapy you got to help people recover strength and you got to ease the pain for them and for me going home at the end of the day with the satisfaction of knowing you helped someone even if only small really made me fall in love with the job. now ive learnt i want a job where i can brighten up peoples day just by helping them.!!

another thing ive learnt about physiotherapy is you have to be fit and have a lot of social skills.....when helping a patient recover you have to be able to demonstrate stretches that are for some agonizing and take a lot of strength to do. you have to be able to communicate and sympothize with them and instruct them  on how to do stretches correctly and properly so they can actually have a successful recovery. You have to be strong in the arms mostly as you are "massaging" not in a nice way areas of the body where patients have injured so you can get rid of the bone tissue and loosen the patients muscles where they have become tight and for most this is a very painful thing. This is another aspect of the job i enjoyed it is not a job where you are sitting at a desk it is an active job where you are talking to people day in day out showing them stretches and i loved this just being able to talk to patients and getting to know them!!

after this work experience ive found out so much about the job i want to have and characteristics of that job, and i can honestly say i would love to be a physiotherapist when im older but i still want to get to see other jobs and compare them and see what else is out there to do...which is one of the many perks of being young!! :)