i’m a physical therapist, so my job is manual. i don’t know if having an apple watch is worth it or not. I’ve never had one, what do you think i should do? could it be useful? thank you

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    1 year ago

    I got mine so I could leave my phone locked in my truck and still receive calls and messages from the office. I now can’t imagine my life without it.

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      1 year ago

      it could be useful to look at the time and notification without touching my phone but idk if it’s worth it for the price

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        1 year ago

        Honestly it’s one of those things where in the beginning it seems dumb but after 6 month you’ll love it. I did not even want one but I got one as a gift and I have been wearing it daily for 4 years. The health tracking being able to see time and schedule at a glance look at notis and more is so nice

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        1 year ago

        Just the time and notification? My huawei watch fit new is like £40 and pretty good.

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    1 year ago

    You can use it to record voice notes maybe. Or to get notifications about upcoming therapy sessions. You could time each therapy session… idk there’s an infinite number of things you can do with it

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    1 year ago

    The therapists at my hospital all seem to like theirs. Perhaps look for a refurb SE to try it out (relatively) inexpensively.

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    1 year ago

    If you can’t think of ways it’ll be useful, you don’t need one. We as a customer base need to stop buying expensive items just because. That said, if you really want one for good reasons, they’re great and I won’t tell you otherwise.

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    1 year ago

    I find a lot of value in “Siri set an 90 minute ‘laundry’ timer” etc. As small of a thing as that it, not having to pull out my phone ever time I set a timer (and I set many through my day for various things) is awesome.

    Given you work in PT, it might be useful to, for example, have a 60 minute timer for a given session with a client. Or a 5 minute jump rope timer. Etc etc.

    If you like to record your own fitness that’s probably the single most useful thing a watch is good for as well.

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    1 year ago

    Since you’re asking whether an Apple Watch is useful in your line of work, then chances are you don’t need one.

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      1 year ago

      I’m going to say this is a bad take. Many things in life that you haven’t tried can be awesome once you do.

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    1 year ago

    There are several physical therapy apps for the watch that aide in tracking/timing PT exercises from a patient perspective. If you had an apple watch and were familiar with these apps, you could help your apple/smart watch wearing patients use these apps to extend their care outside your office. Like other devices, an Apple/smart watch is another tool to be used how you see fit. How far you take it is only limited by the functionality of the smart watch brand, app, and your imagination.

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    1 year ago

    what’s your job or any job has to do with apple watch? I use my apple watch for fitness related thing like workout/sleep tracking/ hr monitoring and at a glance notifications.