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What Being a Physiotherapist Is About
Sports are one of the most important hobbies to have as a child. Schools offer sports for their students to pursue, and they can be scouted when they go to CEGEP or University. Growing up in sports, you learn important life values. You learn about teamwork, if you're practicing a team sport, you learn to manage your time and you focus on getting better as an athlete. With sports comes injuries. In every single sport, there are different injuries that could occur. Some might need surgery, some might not, but something that will be essential, is physical therapy. Being a physiotherapist helps the athlete get through their physical injuries, but also their mental health, because of it. One of the key elements of being a physiotherapist is understanding an athlete and what they are going through. You have to understand of an athlete, but also their mind when they get injured. We have to be able to have that skill set to be a great physiotherapist.
1. Help athletes understand their injury
//https://www.verywellfit.com/the-emotional-stress-of-a-sports-injury-3120689
The worst thing that could happen to an athlete is an injury. As a physiotherapist, you have to make the athlete understand the injury they have and encourage them that it's not the end of their world. When being an athlete, you know there is a risk to getting injured, but you don't think think about it, because your goal is to succeed. When they get that injury, their life is ruined for them. One of the hardest parts, is accepting that they they are not able to move or do things like they did before. It's also important for their recovery to understand how they got their injury and to make sure that it will not happen again. Some athletes will be impatient and will want to get to their sports as soon as they can, but they will often not listen to their body. When they don't listen, they have a bigger chance on getting injured.
2. Support athletes and their mental health
Physical therapy will not only be hard physically, but even harder mentally. The patient will doubt themselves and will tend to be negative because they have a hard time accepting their injury. The article in the hyperlink lists all psychological problems that an injured athlete can have. We have to be there to make sure that they are doing okay and that they will be able to go through this physiotherapy. You have to make them understand that the right mindset is important for the recovery. The patient can feel overwhelmed with the amount of work they have to do to get through that injury. You have to make them realise that it will be a long recovery, but they have to take it one step at a time.
3. Keep athletes positive and motivated
//https://believeperform.com/maintaining-motivation-throughout-injury/
The number one most important aspect of being a physiotherapist is being positive and motivating the athlete. It's easy to give up and feel down, but we need to be there for them and continue to motivate them every time we see them to help them motivate themselves. When they see their progress, that is when they will get motivation to keep going and not give up. The recovery process is very long, but it's all about the mindset of the patient. If we can be that person that helps them stay positive and motivated, then let's be that person. When an athlete gets injured, their world falls apart. They will have a really hard time going through this process, but being a physiotherapist, you have to make them realise that they can go back, and they have to focus and that. They will probably lose hope, but on the other hand, make them focus on that hope that they can recover and go back to sports.
Conclusion
In conclusion, we, as physiotherapists, have to be there for our patient. We have to support them mentally, encourage them physically and always trying to keep them positive and motivated for them to succeed in their recovery. I want you guys to put yourselves in their shoes and imagine what it must feel like as an athlete getting an injury. What do you think would be hard going through a physical and mental recovery?
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