Ana Lucía Salazar
Ibarra
Summary
- Licensed physical therapist possessing strong clinical assessment and evaluation skills. Provides supportive environment conducive to addressing individual needs. Distinguished client-facing skills and experience working closely with health care professionals to assess and treat complex conditions. Seeking employment with an intent to integrate academic knowledge and practical skills for the benefit of patients.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Physiotherapist Internship
Nursing Home San Vicente de Paul
Atuntaqui
10.2022 - 02.2023
- ·Worked with licensed physical therapists by analyze and diagnose patients in multiple settings including outpatient clinic, at-home visits and the nursing home, explore different techniques of contemporary rehabilitation.
- Worked one-on-one to restore function, relieve pain and prevent disability.
- Assisted physical therapists in prescribing treatment protocols and motivated patients to attain their goals through hard work and consistence in order to improve their quality of life.
- Assembled exercise cards for patients and collected diagnostic data to facilitate healing program
- Observed patient tolerance and status during treatment to modify treatment program if necessary.
- Administered initial and on-going assessments of patient's condition.
- Communicated respectfully and professionally with patients of different economic, social, and ethnic backgrounds.
- Found a passion for rehabilitation exhibited by patient care professionals that affirmed personal and professional career goals.
- Collaborated with physicians, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, nursing, social work, and neuropsychology in providing comprehensive rehabilitation services for adult and geriatric patients
Physiotherapist Intership
Imbabura Red Cross
Ibarra
04.2022 - 06.2022
- Collaborated on an interprofessional team to conduct assessments and create treatment plans for patients with simple and complex diagnoses involving the musculoskeletal and nervous systems
- Evaluated and treated outpatients with diverse diagnoses including post-surgical shoulder and knee patients, RTC impingement, lumbar and cervical pain, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, and fractures with significant autonomy, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, cerebral palsy, facial palsy, neurological syndromes, neuropathy, parkinson.
- Clarified treatment protocols for patients and their family and instructed them on correct form and usage when appropriate.
- Communicated with patients to set goals and stimulated their learning environment by gathering different treatment tools.
- Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
Physiotherapist Internship
Imbabura Sport Federation/
ibarra
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Collaborate with head team physician and physical therapist in Athletics to screen patients
- Responsible for the evaluation, diagnoses and treatment of athletic outpatient with supervision of clinical instructor.
- Diagnoses included lumbar and cervical pain, fractures, impingement syndrome, tendonitis, patellofemoral dysfunction, acute ankle sprains, myofascial pain, muscle weakness, muscle fatigue syndrome.
- Treatments included manual therapy, joint mobilization, ROM, traction, stretching, strengthening, modalities, soft-tissue mobilization, therapeutic exercise.
- Worked one-on-one to restore function, relieve pain and prevent disability.
- Observed patient tolerance and status during treatment to modify treatment program if necessary.
- Educated patients on proper body mechanics and injury prevention to avoid risk of re-injury.
- Developed patient-specific home exercise programs, guiding patients on correct implementation to safely achieve goals.
- Applied manual techniques and therapeutic exercises to improve range of motion, strength, balance and coordination.
- Administered sports injury rehabilitation, facilitating return to pre-injury levels of activity.
- Administered initial and on-going assessments of patient's condition.
- Performed therapy interventions utilizing standard physical therapy techniques and skills.
- Administered massages and traction to relieve pain and prevent deformity.
- Created individualized exercise programs to improve patient mobility and function.
- Utilized evidence-based practices to improve patient outcomes
Executive Assistant
Resort Real Estate (Shoreline Ventures S.A de C.V)/
Huatulco
05.2011 - 09.2012
- Customer Services
- Translator
- Property Sales&Rental Assistant
- General Administration
Internship Student Corporate Services Duties UKTI
British Embbassy
Ciudad de México
04.2011 - 08.2011
- Organizing travels.
- Filing physical documents.
- Compilation of monthly statistics (for internal use)
- Management Information reports
- Maintenance of several records
- Organizing database contacts for the First Secretary of Commercial Section
- Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Ran errands and provided general office support in a professional environment.
Estates & Management Assistant
British Embassy
Ciudad de México
10.2010 - 03.2011
- Helping with inventories/ coordinate moving and storage of furniture
- Helping with plan and supervise estates projects
- Helping with accommodation and facilities inspections
- Helping with pyramid Housekeeping
Government Planning Assistant
IMET (Tamaulipas Mediation Institute)
Ciudad Victoria
06.2009 - 02.2010
- Champagne for new Governor
- Conducted many field investigations into sustainable development for the new Tamaulipas State government.
- Corrected the government project plan to ensure no grammatical errors
- Data Collection, sending and receiving important documents (surveys, investigations, etc)
Public Relationship
Moto Show Extreme Enterprise
Mexico
05.2004 - 02.2009
- Business management dedicated to mass organization of extreme sports events (Freestyle motocross, stones, rollers, surf)
- Published many advertisements across a wide range of mediums.
- Event logistics
- Search for and execution of contracts with sponsors (Monster energy drink, Red Bull, Yamaha, etc)
- Acquisition of legal permits
- Executive production
- Contracted riders
- Event sales with promoters
- Experience with professional video and photo skills
Education
Bachelor of Science - Physical Therapy
Universidad Tecnica Del Norte
Ibarra- Ecuador05.2023
Skills
Physiotherapy skills:
- Neural therapy
- manual therapy
- Evaluation and diagnosis by APTA
- Critical thinking based on scientific evidence
- Reimbursement Regulations
- Healthcare Regulations
- Movement Restoration
- Daily Living Skills Instruction
- Wheelchair Support
- Pain Management Techniques
- Deformity Prevention
- Home Exercise Programs
- Therapeutic Exercise
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Pain Prevention
- Reading Comprehension
- Electrical Equipment
- Patient Care and Physical Therapy
- Stretching Exercises
- Electric Stimulation
- Project Planning
- Social Media Knowledge
- Computers Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), Illustrator, Photoshop, Internet, and Outlook
Certification
- Certified: 2022/Fisioterapia en Movimiento/ Cali-Colombia/Neural Therapy.
- Certified: 2022/Tech Institute/ Spain/ Hyperbaric Medicine for Physiotherapist/1500 hrs.
- Certified: 2022/Imbabura Sport Federation and Universidad Católica del Ecuador sede Ibarra/ Ecuador/ Sport’s medicine seminar.
- Certified: 2022/Universidad Técnica del Norte/ Ecuador/ International updating seminar in physiotherapy.
- Certified: 2018/United States Embassy and Studies Corporation DECIDE/ Quito-Ecuador/ Management of empowered young mothers project in social act.
- Certified: 2015/ Wise Living Yoga Academy /Thailand/ Yoga teacher 200hrs.
- Certified: 2015/ The School of Thai Massage Shivagakomarpaj- The old medicine hospital/Thailand/Hot herbal compress for health.
- Certified: 2015/The School of Thai Massage Shivagakomarpaj- The old medicine hospital/ Thailand/ Thai therapeutic massage 240 hrs.
Additional Information
I am an enthusiastic and fast-learning person, very committed to my patients and happy to provide the physical therapist service.
Interest: Nutrition, neuroscience, mindfulness, psychology, neurology, yoga, reiki, alternative therapies, travel, wellness, sports.
Languages
Spanish
Native language
English
Intermediate
B1
Timeline
Physiotherapist Internship
Nursing Home San Vicente de Paul
10.2022 - 02.2023
Physiotherapist Intership
Imbabura Red Cross
04.2022 - 06.2022
Physiotherapist Internship
Imbabura Sport Federation/
10.2021 - 01.2022
Executive Assistant
Resort Real Estate (Shoreline Ventures S.A de C.V)/
05.2011 - 09.2012
Internship Student Corporate Services Duties UKTI
British Embbassy
04.2011 - 08.2011
Estates & Management Assistant
British Embassy
10.2010 - 03.2011
Government Planning Assistant
IMET (Tamaulipas Mediation Institute)
06.2009 - 02.2010
Public Relationship
Moto Show Extreme Enterprise
05.2004 - 02.2009
Bachelor of Science - Physical Therapy
Universidad Tecnica Del Norte
- Certified: 2022/Fisioterapia en Movimiento/ Cali-Colombia/Neural Therapy.
- Certified: 2022/Tech Institute/ Spain/ Hyperbaric Medicine for Physiotherapist/1500 hrs.
- Certified: 2022/Imbabura Sport Federation and Universidad Católica del Ecuador sede Ibarra/ Ecuador/ Sport’s medicine seminar.
- Certified: 2022/Universidad Técnica del Norte/ Ecuador/ International updating seminar in physiotherapy.
- Certified: 2018/United States Embassy and Studies Corporation DECIDE/ Quito-Ecuador/ Management of empowered young mothers project in social act.
- Certified: 2015/ Wise Living Yoga Academy /Thailand/ Yoga teacher 200hrs.
- Certified: 2015/ The School of Thai Massage Shivagakomarpaj- The old medicine hospital/Thailand/Hot herbal compress for health.
- Certified: 2015/The School of Thai Massage Shivagakomarpaj- The old medicine hospital/ Thailand/ Thai therapeutic massage 240 hrs.
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