Who Are PTs?
PTs are healthcare providers who are at the front line of the medical and preventative service professions.  They examine, diagnose, and evaluate the extent of physical problems requiring physical energy interventions, and treat patients who are suffering from physical injuries or disabilities by teaching them various therapeutic exercises and activities that strengthen muscles, improve mobility, and relieve pain. 

Physical therapists are trained to move their patients and clients toward achieving the highest functional outcomes. Patients include accident victims and clients with such conditions as burns, amputations, stroke, vertigo, low back pain, arthritis, heart disease, fractures, head injuries, and cerebral palsy.

What Do PTs Do?
PTs provide services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities. They also restore, maintain and promote overall health, wellness and fitness. 

How Do PTs Work?
PTs apply physical energies such as electrical stimulation, ultrasonic energy, thermal gradients, aquatic forces, and electromagnetic spectrum energies to promote healing, change tissue properties, and alleviate pain and dysfunction. 

Who Needs a PT?
Physical therapists treat patients of all ages, including trauma victims and individuals with disabling conditions such as burns, amputations, stroke, vertigo, low back pain, arthritis, heart disease, fractures, head injuries, and cerebral palsy.