Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain...

A Doctor of Physical Therapy or Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) degree is a qualifying degree in physical therapy. In the United States, it is considered...

Physical therapy education varies greatly from country to country. Worldwide, physical therapy training ranges from basic work site education in hospitals...

Master of Physical Therapy (MPT or MSPT) is a post baccalaureate degree conferred upon successful completion of an accredited physical therapy professional...

Manual therapy, or manipulative therapy, is a treatment primarily used by physical therapists and occupational therapists to treat musculoskeletal pain...

Pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) is a specialty area within physical therapy focusing on the rehabilitation of muscles in the pelvic floor after injury...

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is an American individual membership professional organization representing more than 100,000 member physical therapists...

The history of physical therapy in the Philippines relates how physical therapy started in the Philippines and how it evolved as a profession through three...

Occupational therapists often work closely with professionals in physical therapy, speech–language pathology, audiology, nursing, nutrition, social work...

shockwave therapy (ESWT) is a treatment using powerful acoustic pulses which is mostly used to treat kidney stones and in physical therapy and orthopedics...

rehabilitation therapy by family therapy by education by psychoeducation by information therapy by speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, vision...

techniques were combined with physical therapy, there was a change in symptoms compared to the use of physical therapy alone. When targeting the cervical...

Physical therapy for canines adapts human physical therapy techniques to increase function and mobility of joints and muscles in animals. Animal rehabilitation...

condition worse. Physical treatment of AMPS is very common and is shown to have long term benefit. This includes physical therapy, massage therapy, and aerobic...

Equine-assisted therapy (EAT) encompasses a range of treatments that involve activities with horses and other equines to promote human physical and mental...

physical therapy, physical exercise, application of ice or heat; and psychological measures, such as biofeedback and cognitive behavioral therapy. In...

of electrotherapy is limited. Electrotherapy is primarily used in physical therapy for: relaxation of muscle spasms prevention and retardation of disuse...

take several years. While a number of treatments, such as NSAIDs, physical therapy, steroids, and injecting the shoulder at high pressure, may be tried...

Common treatments for pelvic floor dysfunction are surgery, medication, physical therapy and lifestyle modifications. The term "pelvic floor dysfunction" has...

acquisition and motor learning; methods of rehabilitation, such as physical and occupational therapy; and sport and exercise physiology. Studies of human and animal...

illness, or injury. Services may include physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech-language therapy. Nursing homes also offer other services,...

plausible therapies by way of responsible and ethical clinical trials, producing repeatable evidence of either effect or of no effect, alternative therapies reside...

Physical therapy, especially piriformis stretching, is often done concomitantly while treating pain. For patients who have failed physical therapy, injections...

nonsurgical or surgical. Nonsurgical interventions include drugs, physical therapy, and spinal injections. Spinal decompression is the main surgical intervention...

evidence. A low-salt diet, diuretics, and corticosteroids may be tried. Physical therapy may help with balance and counselling may help with anxiety. Injections...

Physical Therapy is a jazz fusion band from St. Louis, Missouri active in the 1990s. They produced two albums under the Sweatshop Records label, the first...

delivery, sorting particles, and measuring properties of tissue. In physical therapy, there is some evidence that ultrasound is more effective than placebo...

no cure for AS. Treatments may include medication, physical therapy, and surgery. Medication therapy focuses on relieving the pain and other symptoms of...

dependence on personal assistance. Physical and occupational therapy have overlapping areas of expertise; however, physical therapy focuses on joint range of motion...

of Adding Traction to Physical Therapy-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials". Physical Therapy. 98 (4): 231–242. doi:10...