Types
When you're working as a certified physical therapist, you will be able to obtain certification for different specialties, such as geriatrics, women's health, orthopedics or cardiovascular. Or if you want, you can stick to a general practice.
Identification
If you study physical therapy and then take courses to obtain an orthopedic clinical specialist certificate, you will hold the title as an OCS. This means that you have learned a to specifically help people who have had bone fractures, skeletal system abnormalities or other orthopedic problems.
Process
You will have to meet specific experience requirements in order to complete your training as a physical therapist. During the exam you will take for the study of orthopedics will be cover two basic parts, knowledge areas and procedures, and practice dimensions and professional responsibilities.
Features
The area of the exam you will take that focuses on practice dimensions and professional responsibilities will consist of standards for physical therapy care. Then for the knowledge areas and procedures, it will focus on the necessities of the patients that have orthopedic disorders, surgical interventions and orthopedic medical interventions.
Tip
You can visit the website of the APTA, or American Physical Therapy Association, where you will be able to search for physical therapists that specialize in orthopedics within your locale.
