What things do Physical Therapists lift? What is the average weight of an object?

Question

This is one of my career choices but Im unsure because I heard they must be in good physical condition because lifting objects are apart of the job.

Answer 1

Most job descriptions write that a minimum of 25 # must be lifted at least on occasion. People certainly weigh more than that, but people are rarely dead weight and can usually assist when you have to move them. Even if they are dead weight, that's when you get extra help or use devices to help you.

You biggest physical restriction will be needing to stand for long periods of time and repetitive use of your hands (occasionally). Unless you work on a spinal cord injury unit, your instances of lifting more than 25# will be rather infrequent. Even when I worked on the hospital unit, I'd usually only have one "heavy lifter" a day...and sometimes none.

Answer 2

Body parts maybe entire bodies. If you were trying to get a full grown man who couldn't walk to use parallel bars like crutches he could fall on you and would need you to lean on to get on the equipment.