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Pre-physical therapy
Physical therapists help physicians evaluate the capabilities and disabilities of their patients. They offer treatment to alleviate pain, correct or minimize deformity, rehabilitate injuries, and maximize the general health of patients. They help patients gain strength, better coordination or movement, and they administer treatments that include heat, cold, ultrasound and massage.
Professional physical therapy programs are highly selective. Students can be admitted after two (64 credits) or three (96 credits) years of undergraduate work. But most students earn their B.A. degree from Northwestern before entering a two- or three-year physical therapy program. Recent Northwestern alumni are enrolled in physical therapy programs at the University of Iowa and the Mayo Clinic.
Athletic training—now or later? Graduates of NWC’s athletic training program are also candidates for physical therapy graduate programs. Athletic trainers cannot become physical therapists without completing physical therapy professional training, nor can physical therapists become athletic trainers unless they have graduated from an accredited athletic training program and passed the Board of Certification examination. Some universities offer a program that combines an entry-level graduate athletic training program and a graduate physical therapy program for students whose undergraduate degree could be in exercise science, biology or a related field.
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