Help-my head is spinnning

[Stetson]

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Okay-38 yr old w/3 children (6,4,2) and hae been RDH for 10 years. Trying to decide on my second career-as hygiene has never really been "It" for me-though great through my pregnancies and good for part time.

Now I really want the fulfilling/challenging/engaging and enjoyable and profitable career. I have been diagnosed w/ mild CTS in both hands-and I want to spend time with my children as they age (I know during school will be challenging for time) but after I still want my family to be #1 (though I do need to work full-time at whatever I choose-due to finances)

Okay so the top two are Dental School-which I will only be able to attend if UNE opens a program (WHCIH THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO IN 2011) or PA which UNE has a current program for-though very competative.

I considered DPT-but since I need this to be the LAST career-I am concerned that PT may get boring/and or to physically challenging.

ANY AND ALL IMPUT IS MUCH APPRECIATED AS THIS DECISION IS DRIVING ME BATTY😳)
thanks

 

[janky]

You're concerned about PT becoming boring and you're considering dental school? Yikes..

 

[truthseeker]

PT is not boring. I have been doing it for 19 years and I still like my job. do some shadowing in various settings. Do what you are interested in.

 

[Stetson]

You're concerned about PT becoming boring and you're considering dental school? Yikes..

ROFL ROFL ROFL-I don't know diddly about PT-but you are absolutely right-as a hygienist I am bored stiff!

The only reason I put that in my "concerns" is because another PT said that about her career (don't know where she worked or any of that)

 

[MinnDasota]

Stetson,
Time and time again, you will see articles online that PT is one of the few fields with a high job satisfaction rate (lots of times it's the highest). Of course, it depends on where you work.

 

[Stetson]

Stetson,
Time and time again, you will see articles online that PT is one of the few fields with a high job satisfaction rate (lots of times it's the highest). Of course, it depends on where you work.

So what is your opinion about the physical demands? Could I do this starting at age 40 and go with it until age 65?

 

[MinnDasota]

I think one of the advantages of this profession is that you learn a ton about the human body and how to take care of it (especially on the job). I graduated PT school a couple years ago at age 30 and believe that if my body breaks down, it's from anything but PT. I used to be a professional breakdancer/hip hop dancer and now I do a ton of running, snowboarding, and am getting into surfing. All my body problems are due to those activities and not from the demands of the PT profession. So in theory, you should be more than ok at any age!!!

Also, if you do ever get hurt, you have tons of peers that can treat you!!! You can even treat yourself!