There are a myriad of physical therapy topics to explore.

Some topics covered in PTA 110 are:

• ​soft tissue mobilization 
• paraffin 
• superficial heat (hot packs or thermotherapy) 
• cryotherapy 
• fluidotherapy 
• bandaging for edema 
• JOBST PUMP (pneumatic compression) 
• mechanical compression 
• mechanical traction 
• postural drainage (chest physical therapy or pulmonary hygiene) 

Image Credit: High frequency vacuum tube for peripheral simulation, World War I era

Read your assignment carefully:

• Understand the requirements, limitations or freedom of your topic choices.
   

If you have a choice, select a topic that interests you personally:

• have you recently come across a video, news report, interview or photograph that made you angry, excited, upset, hopeful or stirred your curiosity? 
• do you have a strong opinion about a current social or medical issue, an injustice, a new cultural or technological phenomenon?
• do you or a family member or a friend have a problem or a unique experience that you would like to dig deeper to understand?
• what perplexes, fascinates, worries or gives you hope about the future?
• what events or trends or people from history are most unfamiliar to you?

• is there a topic from your textbook or class lecture that you want to further explore?

Is your topic....

• Debatable? (are there likely other points of views that exist?)

• Plausible? (there is likely valid evidence to support it)

• Consequential? (the outcome or conversation about this topic is worthwhile or significant)