Pros
The staff is extremely friendly. I always know that I can count on my co-workers to lend a hand if I need it. The job is incredibly emotionally rewarding. You get to watch your patients overcome significant emotional and physical barriers. The small things become the big things, you'll find yourself (and your patient and their family) crying over the ability to move a toe and it's AMAZING!
Cons
As emotionally rewarding as this job is, it is also emotionally taxing. It can be difficult to see the types of injuries and the emotional consequences that these injuries have on patients and their families. It's easy to feel guilty for being able to go home, spend time with your family, feed yourself, walk to your car. You may find yourself feeling bad about complaining about sore feet after being on them for 12 hours. There is also a physical demand with this job. A lot of our patients cannot support their own weight and the majority are fully grown adult males, that's a lot of weight to move around!