Physical Therapy is

• a dynamic health profession, which utilizes both scientific knowledge and evidence based clinical expertise

• a “hands on” profession!

• offers a personal, direct, one-on-one contact with patients

• is a noninvasive alternative to surgery and medication

• is a challenging and rewarding profession

Want to make a difference in the quality of people's lives?? Then, Physical Therapy is the profession for you! We make a positive impact on our patients’ lives!

Physical therapy is a very rewarding and challenging career.

We are involved directly with patient examination, evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention as well as prevention and patient and family education. We help patients reach their MAXIMUM level of physical potential as well as helping to reduce, if not eliminate, pain. We provide care for patients who have a wide variety of physical dysfunctions (due to accident, disease, disability, developmental delay, etc.) to establish, restore, maintain, enhance, and promote their health and wellness.

Physical therapists work in a wide variety of patient care settings, e.g., acute care hospitals, private P.T. offices, rehabilitation centers, sports medicine facilities, nursing homes, extended care facilities, schools, early intervention programs, community health centers, research centers, wellness centers, industrial sites, as well as in patients’ homes and with hospice.

For information on the physical therapy profession, please visit the American Physical Therapy Association website at www.apta.org.