Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Get moving into physiotherapy
by Manish Kumar Singal
PHYSIOTHERAPY is a field that holds immense job potential in this age of high-stress lifestyles that often result in physical disorders. With the life of the common man becoming more and more hectic, there is little time to maintain physical fitness. There is thus a growing incidence of ailments which physiotherapists are called upon to attend.

Course chat
"Spurt in demand for physiotherapists in small towns too"

IN FOCUS
Helping study physiotherapy



A patient undergoes treatment at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped, New Delhi. — Photo by Rajeev Tyagi

 A patient undergoes treatment at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped, New Delhi.

HOT JOBS
A field fit for brawny youth
Taking up a job as a coach in a gymnasium or fitness centre is a lucrative option for several well-muscled youngsters, writes Peeyush Agnihotri
THIS is one of those fields where raw brawn matters more than a sizeable brain. Also, this is one of those jobs where being young certainly helps. No wonder then that taking up a job as a coach in one of the gymnasiums or fitness centres is being seen as a lucrative job option by many well-muscled teenagers.

Many youths work as gym instructors to fund their studies.
— Photos by Pankaj Sharma		 Many youths work as gym instructors to fund their studies.

CAREERCATURE
 by Sandeep Joshi

CAREERCATURE
We are like a family here. Look, he is my son-in-law, she is my niece, that’s my brother ...

SMART SKILLS
Make the most of your time
by Usha Albuquerque
HOW is it that some people manage to pack in so much into a day – meetings, report writing, answering mail, administrative work, workout in the gym, business lunches and cocktail parties, without seeming to be exhausted, fed-up and hassled?

BITS AND BYTES
Net working
 A web portal on ayurveda has been designed and launched by Sahil Mehta, a 4th Year student of Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori, SAS Nagar. The portal www.ayurvediccure.com lists easy-to-make home remedies for around 30 common diseases and provides for the online purchase of ayurvedic medicines. It offers exercise tips, ayurvedic cures, natural treatments, information about some common herbs and mentions the symptoms, prevention and cure of various diseases. The benefits of massage too have been stressed.

TALKING POINT
Do flexi working hours enhance productivity?

"It enables workers to optimise output"

"It can hinder synchronisation among depts"

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