Physical Therapy

What is Physical Therapy?
Physical Therapy, performed by a Physical Therapist or a Physical Therapist Assistant, is a dynamic profession which focuses on the restoration, maintenance, and promotion of optimal physical function.

• Diagnose and manage movement dysfunction and enhance physical function.
• Provide services to prevent onset, symptoms, and progression of impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities that may result from diseases, disorders, conditions, or injuries.

Also known as: physiotherapy and physiotherapist.

Educational requirements:

• Physical Therapists are professionally educated at the college or university level and are required to be licensed in the state which they practice.

List of Physical Therapies:

• Aquatic Therapy
• Balance and Falls Program
• Biofeedback Service
• Body Weight Support Treadmill Training
• Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Chronic Pain
• Concussion Management
• Functional Capacity Evaluation
• Lymphedema Management
• Neurological Program
• Orthopedics Program
• Osteoporosis Therapy
• Performing Arts & Sports
• Physical Therapy for Diabetic Patients
• Pilates
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Pediatric Program
• Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
• Spine Pain Therapy
• Sports
• Stroke, Outpatient Comprehensive
• Temporalmandibular Joint Dysfunction
• Tone Management & Mobility
• Total Joint
• Vestibular Rehabilitation
• Woman's Health
• Wound Management