PHYSICAL THERAPY Definition & Meaning

physical therapy

noun

the treatment or management of physical disability, malfunction, or pain by exercise, massage, hydrotherapy, etc., without the use of medicines, surgery, or radiation.
the health profession that provides such care.

physical therapy

noun

another term for physiotherapy

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

physical therapist noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of physical therapy¹

First recorded in 1920–25

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A statement via the “Piano Man” and “Vienna” singer-songwriter’s Instagram says time away from the road will “allow him to recover from recent surgery and to undergo physical therapy under the supervision of his doctors.”

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Moors did hours of daily physical therapy and pilates to strengthen her core during the offseason to train on beam again.

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Ike Schab, a 104-year-old Pearl Harbor attack survivor, spent weeks in physical therapy to be able to stand and salute at a ceremony in Hawaii.

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It’s close to their old home, near Mathews’ brother who lives in Brea and allows Mathews to make previously scheduled physical therapy appointments in Pasadena to mend a broken right arm.

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There are massive trailers with private sleeping quarters, portable shower facilities, a laundry, a medical facility, a physical therapy trailer and two kitchens serving thousands of meals a day.

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