What did everyone major in for their undergrad?
biology secondary education
Athletic Training.. to be honest I really am not interested in a lot of what is involved with this major but it is preparing me so well for my transition to PT school
Environmental Biology and Biochemistry with a minor in Geographical Information Systems
There's a decent amount of overlap between athletic training/PT, so don't knock it. IE: prevention, evaluation (hx, palpation, special tests, MMT, etc.), anatomy and physiology knowledge, principles of rehabilitation, therapeutic modalities, return to play criteria (similar to dc parameters), functional testing, SOAP notes and abbreviations, budgeting. these are just things I can think of off the top of my head. Granted, PT will go much more in depth with many of these areas. AT will go more into things like taping/bracing/wrapping, responding to athletics related emergencies, and concerns over treating different positions (like how to tape a receivers thumb vs a linemans).
What was it you were not so interested in? For me, I knew after a while that I didn't want to be dealing with bloody noses and taping cheerleaders wrists all day. That, and I'd much rather rehab a tib/fib compound fracture than deal with the initial injury (just an example).
Well, I like athletic training as my undergraduate study for all of those reasons. The background in eval., functional anatomy, rehab and all of it are gonna put me at such an advantage for PT school. What I meant when I said I didn't like a lot of what is involved with the major was all the clinical hours associated with it. I am responsible for 150 hours a semester (at 18 creds over 16.) mostly nights and weekends with travel following some sports team around and handing out water bottles. Also, the athlete population is not one I'm sure I wanna work with as a PT. Other than that it's great and would recommend it as an undergraduate pathway. Even things as simple as all the patient interaction goes a long way or so I've heard. Palpations for the first time can be difficult too.
I was fortunate enough to find a six year program ATC/DPT so even if I absolutely hated AT I would probably do it.
Your last sentence scares me. Let me know where you will be doing AT work so I can bookmark it as a place NOT to get treatment!
Hey, did you take Dance kinesiology?Dance