Everything I wanted to know but was too afraid to ask…I’m excited for ya
what’s your degree in?
This guy (actually coach for the US Olympic curling team and some other team) pretty much shit on all of us during class saying that most of you won’t become PT/OT. that’s not what I want but I saw people’s eyes just light up.
[quote]owlie wrote:
Everything I wanted to know but was too afraid to ask…I’m excited for ya [/quote]
why were you afraid? it’s not like i can REALLY reach through the monitor and repeatedly slam your face into the table. or, can i?
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
what’s your degree in? [/quote]
it takes a remarkable amount of dedication, booze, and blow to accomplish what I have since high school: not much. A year or so ago they gave me an Associate of Arts degree bc i’d taken “x” number of classes/hours, and they wanted to encourage me to keep up the mediocrity. lol. I don’t count that for much.
I am, however, a nationally certified pharmacy technician. now a requirement in Ohio, it wasnt when i started at 16. It’s also now a requirement to be 18, and (this may just be company policy) an FBI background check.
also,
I’m an ohio state board of cosmotology managing manicurist. that means i can do nails and run my own shit (aka, pay taxes like my own small business). which i did, for 3 years. natural manicures, the fake ones, and pedicures. I quit that to go back to school, once I realized that while I loved what I was doing and making kickass money at it, I couldn’t keep partying and relying on the whims of women for my paychecks.
structure, and discipline…
yeah, i’ve heard that speech in all the pta meetings i’ve gone to as well. only 24 spots each year are available, certain act/sat score, 100 observation hours, good gpa, recommendation letters, etc. they do that shit to fuck with people, and i can play that game just fine.
what gets me is the actual observation requirement is only 50 hours. what they tell you is, “No less than 50 hours will be considered, no more than 100 will be considered. but, no one who got accepted last year had less than 100.” son of an ugly, sandy cunt why dont you just tell me to get 100?
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
so, i’d take the rx from the PT, and do what I want anyway. When I get better results quicker they’ll figure it out.
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lol
I see. the big thing that was hammered into us is internships. They say you need good GPA and a B.S. to go anywhere in the field but that’s not enough anymore (that goes for many professions these days). They want internships at respectable places, experience this experience that blah blah blah.
I understand where they are coming from, but I looked at the list for internships, and one of them under “Community health center” or something was my own gym. To me, this is just another thing to put on paper/my resume, NOT for experience. This is because I know most of the staff at my gym, and trust me it is your typical personal trainers/Zumba class and would just waste my time, not give me a good internship experience.
I did see “WCS Gattone” in the list though which was cool. Gattone was the Olympic lifting coach for the women’s 2000 Sydney weightlifting team, and I’ve spoken to him through email.
He left me a voicemail awhile ago to come lift with him and I didn’t return it because i’m a douchebag i guess, I hope that doesn’t fuck over my chances haha. But seriously how awesome would it be if I got an internship there? All I would do is fucking Olympic lift. Well not really but you get my point.
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
why were you afraid? it’s not like i can REALLY reach through the monitor and repeatedly squeeze your titty, which I know is what you really want.
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fixed.
You really are well-rounded! And for such a young’n, too. I can’t believe youre a certified manicurist - I’m in luuuurv.
Your reasoning makes total sense re: the PTA - you’re going to be awesome!
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
Its awesome that you’re coming to the table with so much knowledge - you’re ahead of the game and you sound really passionate about it.
Sorry, I can’t remember if you said, are you studying to be a PT? [/quote]
you shall be smote for your lack of attention to everything “Bear.” Now bring your ass over here an sit on mah face.
not a PT, thats a long time and a doctorate degree that i REALLY dont wanna defend. Physical Therapist Assistant.
- shorter school (I’m getting tired of this shit)
- won’t be full time the whole time (credits cancelled each other out. woot!)
- I see more PTA’s than PT’s leading patients through exercises, and what I want is the hands on.
so, i’d take the rx from the PT, and do what I want anyway. When I get better results quicker they’ll figure it out.
The hard part is going to be keeping my 'tude in check (ya think?) while i’m in school and for the first few years. I’ll hate it, but experience builds mountains. And I really am aware that I don’t know everything yet. [/quote]
It would have been nice on any of my rehab trips to actually had somebody that knew more about lifting and the work I do. It sucks when you have to go and waste time just so a person can sign off that you attended and can go back online at work.
who knew i could get a verbal bashing, solid workout tips AND a mani & pedi from you, Claire?
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
I am, however, a nationally certified pharmacy technician. now a requirement in Ohio, it wasnt when i started at 16. It’s also now a requirement to be 18, and (this may just be company policy) an FBI background check.
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Wait, wait, wait just a minute! You passed an FBI background check?
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
I see. the big thing that was hammered into us is internships. They say you need good GPA and a B.S. to go anywhere in the field but that’s not enough anymore (that goes for many professions these days). They want internships at respectable places, experience this experience that blah blah blah.
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In my field (hospitality) they are just starting to want degrees, specifically in hotel management. Before you could have any degree, or no degree, it didn’t matter. Now when I go looking at job requirements, esp for management, they want either a 2 year degree with job experience, or a 4 year degree with NO job experience. I figure I’ll have both, so I should be good to go.
Now if someone could explain to me what experience 2 extra years of classes that have no real-life relevance to them gives, that would be much appreciated.
Andy- WHY WOULD YOU NOT CALL HIM BACK?!?!? what the fuck is wrong with you?! bad, bad andy.
Masch- you have a gift for being able to pick up on my subtleties.
Lanchefan- I’m not sure why more of them don’t research on their own time… they learn what they need to know for school and for continuing education, and it seems like the interest ends there. It bugs the crap outta me.
T- you can get way more than that from me, mama.
Grneyes- I KNOW!! I was surprised, too, until I found out they were looking for felonies and all I have is misdemeanors. 
I can understand wanting a degree in hospital management, but I have to imagine that experience is SOOOO much more valuable. School cant teach you how to deal with real people.
(picturing the episode of friends where Phoebe is a telemarketer, and gets Jason Alexander on the other end of the line who wants to kill himself.)
I feel the need to tell everyone that I am now addicted to textsfromlastnight.com, and am 30 min late for my observation hours i had planned for the day.
I wont tell them that.
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
I feel the need to tell everyone that I am now addicted to textsfromlastnight.com, [/quote]
haha me too.
HAHA! Nice.
Just checked out the site…And commence decrease in work productivity…NOW!
Damn you bear!
TFLN is my favorite way to avoid doing real work.
Also, speaking of physical therapy, anyone have suggestions for ankle stability? I sprained my ankle early last year and never bothered to rehab it because it wasn’t exactly convenient to get to my doc. I eventually learned to tolerate things, but now that I have to run, jump and balance on my toes things aren’t feeling so great. Any suggestions?
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
TFLN is my favorite way to avoid doing real work.
Also, speaking of physical therapy, anyone have suggestions for ankle stability? I sprained my ankle early last year and never bothered to rehab it because it wasn’t exactly convenient to get to my doc. I eventually learned to tolerate things, but now that I have to run, jump and balance on my toes things aren’t feeling so great. Any suggestions?[/quote]
I will let the real experts elaborate here… but a quick piece of info… you actually need MOBILITY in your ankles… not stability. If you go major joint-by-joint in the body you see an alternating pattern of mobility/stability… which makes compete sense. Your ankles need MOBILITY, knees STABILITY, hips MOBILITY, lower back STABILITY, thoracic spine MOBILITY and shoulders actually need BOTH. The issues often come in when you are NOT MOBILE somewhere that you should be, and then your body defaults to a STABLE joint to find mobility… YIKES! (i.e. if your thoracic spine is not mobile, then your body will compensate and may try to mobilize your low back… NO BUENO!)
This is ONE of the reasons why basketball players have some many knee problems. They were those damn high top shoes which don’t allow their ankles to be mobile, then they sprain their ankle, wear a brace which keeps it from mobilizing further, then they get a high ankle sprain or a torn ACL because their body is still looking for that mobility. (obviously, poor hip mobility, weak glutes/hamstrings and poor strength training programs in general are huge factors… but it’s just an example to think about).
Also, please keep in mind that your ankles CAN have too much mobility… so mobility may not be what you need at all…
So basically… there is a bunch of info… and I still don’t know what to tell you to do about your problem. You’re welcome. ;D
Thanks Molly! 
Um…can you need both mobility and stability? I’m not quite sure how ankle mobility is assessed, but I’m sure that mine isn’t that great. I’m slowly figuring out how to take care of all the aches and pains and issues with weakensses/mobility/activation I’ve managed to accumulate over the past year or two.
I’ve managed to sprain that ankle twice in the past 3 years or so. Both times by inverting my foot. The first time everything healed up just fine, but this second time it was swollen for weeks and kept me from squatting for a few months. It doesn’t bother me anymore day to day, and I don’t have any issues while training, but don’t feel comfortable in heels and have a tendency to roll my ankle outward when I’m on my toes, one foot, etc. If I run into any major issues or pain I’ll head to the doc. I know with free internet advice, you usually get what you pay for, but I was curious if anyone had experience with this.
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
Andy- WHY WOULD YOU NOT CALL HIM BACK?!?!? what the fuck is wrong with you?! bad, bad andy.
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Hahaha, I really don’t know what I was thinking. I guess it is mostly because I hate talking on the phone, and I especially hate voicemails. Anyways, the Oly lifting community is always open to people and I have no doubt that when I get back to him, he’d still want me to come lift with at his facility… especially when I tell him that I am building my own platform/gym in my garage.
BG- Come over tomorrow and I’ll look at your ankle and pretend I know what I’m talking about.
Molls- heeeey pretty lady!
Andy- I marvel at your confidence.
Masch- yeah, its the devil. havent had a site addiction like this since icanhascheezburger.com
so, about TFLN… I’ll be letting you know what a few of my favs are. first: "He told me he wanted to break up so that he could ‘get closer to God.’ " --“Does God suck his dick?”
^^^^
Had something like that happen to me, actually.
You know, I will be in your part of the world tomorrow afternoon…