Top 10 Destinations for Occupational Therapists
As more people require personalized plans to help them rehabilitate into tip-top shape, the need for occupational therapists is growing across the country. Designed around the specific needs of the client, occupational therapy is a booming industry, especially for travel OT assignments. Whether you’re experiencing a case of wanderlust or simply are looking for a new place to call home, we’ve put together the top 10 most...
The Aging Population: Choosing Physical Therapy over Medication
The life expectancy for citizens of first world countries has been rising steadily for years. People can now easily overcome illnesses and injuries that, in the past, would have been a death sentence. Along with the lengthened lifespan, comes a responsibility to take care of our seniors. It is no secret that as a person ages, their quality of life decreases little by little. This isn’t stating that our nation’s seniors don’t enjoy...
Six Ways to Improve Patient Success
During patient appointments, everything usually goes pretty well. You listen to their assessment of pain, develop a plan, and if the patient is performing a task incorrectly, you are there to help them complete it properly. But what happens when that patient leaves? How can you be certain that patients are taking their treatment seriously and practicing their exercises at home? Naturally, rapid progress from visit to visit indicates...
5 Easy Ways Travel Therapists Avoid Loneliness
Having a career in travel therapy is undoubtedly exciting. Getting to travel, meet new people, work in facilities where you gain tons of experience, and receiving top benefits are great and everything—but, there’s still a level of loneliness that comes to staff that are new to a city and new to a workplace environment. In fact, some studies show that lonely people are more likely to have early death than others. Being away...
Study Suggests Taking Regular Vacations Improves Life
Considering a travel healthcare career? It might just be the best way to improve your overall well-being. It’s no secret that going on trips and vacations makes Americans happy, but now there’s an actual study that proves it. According to the study released by Gallup: “Vacation frequency a better predictor of well-being than income” “49% percent of Americans take regular trips or vacations” The...
Choosing the Right Travel Therapy Company
The first step before you even look online for a travel therapy position is to first understand what you should be looking for. Let’s face it, all travel therapy companies are not created equal. There’s a lot of options to be considered when you are first planning on working with organizations that fill physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech language pathology travel jobs. And, quality of travel therapy...