Physical therapy means "treatment with physical agents". Physical therapy provides services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent disabilities of patients that suffer from injuries or disease. Therapists restore, maintain, and promote overall fitness and health. Their patients consist of accident victims and people with disabling conditions such as low back pain, arthritis, heart disease, fractures, and head injuries. Physical therapy is often called "the cornerstone of rehabilitation" because the long road back from injury or disease begins with physical therapy treatments to relieve pain and restore function. Being a physical therapist is a hard job to partake, but with enough effort one can accomplish anything.
             Physical Therapists practice in hospitals, clinics, and private offices that have special facilities. They can also treat patients in hospital rooms, homes, or schools. Most physical therapists work 40 hours a week with some evenings and weekends. Therapists strive to improve their own coordination, and their sense of rhythm, movement, and balance since the job involves helping patients with impaired functions. Most therapists also have strong hands, endurance, stamina, and a high energy level. The job also requires a lot of kneeling, crouching, and standing for a long period of time. Therapists also have to move heavy equipment, lift patients, or help them turn, stand, or walk. Dealing with people demands good vocabulary, and the ability to speak and write clearly. A therapist has to direct patients, teach families, instruct nursing school classes, and most of all report on a patient's progress to doctors. A life of a therapist is usually busy to the point of being hectic,!
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             Over years the number of physical therapists have increases and more graduates have moved into the la...