Physiotherapy

D.murphy

Hi
I want to do physiotherapy or something along that lines but I am not that accedemicaly smart. I saw a health + exercise course in Waterford that is low points, further studies include physiotherapy. I was wondering how do you go about that further study and how long does it take.

And knowledge/ advice etc would greatly be appreciated

Banks

D.murphy wrote: »

Hi
I want to do physiotherapy or something along that lines but I am not that accedemicaly smart. I saw a health + exercise course in Waterford that is low points, further studies include physiotherapy. I was wondering how do you go about that further study and how long does it take.

And knowledge/ advice etc would greatly be appreciated

Hi,

The Exercise & Health course would be a good course for you to take as it is very broad and would allow you to branch out to other sports science disciplines after the course. I know 2 people who went on to do physio after completing the degree but both went to the UK to do so.

D.murphy

Ori, and do u know how many years extra they did and what was the name of the place they went too in England? Thanks amillion

Zamboni

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http://www.ntc.ie/massage-courses

Banks

D.murphy wrote: »

Ori, and do u know how many years extra they did and what was the name of the place they went too in England? Thanks amillion

One did a 12 or 18 month postgrad in Edinburgh and the other started a new degree in Bournmouth, applying directly to england is another option after ur leaving cert.

Personally I would steer well away from physical therapy courses in Ireland as there is a huge difference between an Irish physical therapist and an Irish Physiotherapist.

D.murphy

Banks wrote: »

One did a 12 or 18 month postgrad in Edinburgh and the other started a new degree in Bournmouth, applying directly to england is another option after ur leaving cert.

Personally I would steer well away from physical therapy courses in Ireland as there is a huge difference between an Irish physical therapist and an Irish Physiotherapist.

thanks a million for all your help!!

D.murphy

Hi again, just got word that because science isn't in the title of the health and exercise course it means it is highly unlikely that I would get in over in England to do the physiotherapy. Any comments or further advice?

_pure_mule_

I'm in the same boat! I'm going for sport and exercise science in limerick then u can do an 18th moth postgrad in uk or ucd if you get in:)

D.murphy

ya i wanted to do that but i wont get near 425 points ha

UL_heart_throb

sounds like you'd be perfect as a personal trainer/fitness instructor

D.murphy

ya but i was doing research and there doesn't seem to be many jobs going for it and wages wouldn't be great

_pure_mule_

I think it's gone up to 455:o going for it this year so fingers crossed I'll get the points!:) there is money in personal training of you are good at it and build up a good client base plus there's a huge demand for them in America and Australia if your into travelling:) well so I hear anyway!

UL_heart_throb

to be honest, if you can't get the points for physio you're not intelligent enough to do the course. If you're too lazy to get the points for physio you should just worker harder and get them and save yourself about 25-50 grand.

UL_heart_throb

D.murphy wrote: »

ya but i was doing research and there doesn't seem to be many jobs going for it and wages wouldn't be great

job market for physios is very competitive. If you think you'll be working for Chelsea in a few years you'll be severely mistaken. Sports physio is a very minor part of most physio's jobs, a lot of physio work in hospitals or with chronically ill patients or the elderly.

sounds like you jus want to do a sports course

Burkatron

UL_heart_throb wrote: »

to be honest, if you can't get the points for physio you're not intelligent enough to do the course. If you're too lazy to get the points for physio you should just worker harder and get them and save yourself about 25-50 grand.

Right, I'm hammered at the moment so trying to make sense of this. What are you talking about?? If they don't get the points they shouldn't attempt to do another access course that will allow them to do physiotherapy?? It's all about the points in your leaving that makes a good/great physio?? No one has ever done an access course or has being a mature student on gone on to be successful?

I'm genuinely confused by this, where does it cost 20-25 grand to do physio??

UL_heart_throb

read it again in the morning

UL_heart_throb

Right, I'm hammered at the moment so trying to make sense of this. What are you talking about?? If they don't get the points they shouldn't attempt to do another access course that will allow them to do physiotherapy?? It's all about the points in your leaving that makes a good/great physio?? No one has ever done an access course or has being a mature student on gone on to be successful?

I'm genuinely confused by this, where does it cost 20-25 grand to do physio??

If they don't have the academic ability to get in and around the points required, it's unlikely they have the academic ability to complete the course in my opinion. Not the absolute truth, but if this person is looking at getting 350 points in the leaving, they should question whether they can do college for the next 6-8 years.

If they do have the academic ability to do it, they should just get in now via UCAS/CAO. The cost of fees in the UK is rising, the cost of living is rising, doing a double degree when you only need one is a huge expense. That graduate entry degree in UCD will cost about 6/7k a year for 3/4 years depending if they let you skip a bit. Thus you will be living without a full salary for 6-8 years (depending on whether you do a 3 year course or a four year course)

You obviously haven't got a clue about this kind of thing and shouldn't be questioning me in that manner.

kingQuez

UL_heart_throb wrote: »

to be honest, if you can't get the points for physio you're not intelligent enough to do the course.

That's a load of nonsense. Points for a course are determined based on the demand for the course, it's nothing at all to do with how hard the course is or what skills you need have in order to be successful in the course.

D.murphy, put down the courses in the order that you want to do them - not the order of points required for them. Also, you should phone whoever is running the course in Waterford or email them. If you can find the course director they'll be very happy to answer any of your questions, put you in contact with recent graduates etc. It's probably your quickest route to getting some practical information about the course, and what people have done afterwards and how they went about it. Don't be shy about getting the answers you want from them either, if the plan is to do this course as a route into physio then tell them that - and make sure it wasnt just a bit of marketing that added that into their prospectus.

Good luck with it -

g'em

Burkatron infracted. UL_heart_throb permabanned. Loads of stuff deleted.

Hardball

Check out www.nsrt.ie -

rhonda15

Please read this post and article if you are interested in physiotherapy as a career.

Always good to get diverse opinions.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=79318076

http://ezinearticles.com/?Physiotherapy---Good-Or-Bad-Career-Choice?&id=2846928