By Scott Dehorty — 2015
Trust and a commitment to slow and steady progress are essential to success.
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There are many specialty areas in the field of physical therapy. Although this is well known throughout the profession, it is often overlooked by the general public.
Physical therapists see a wide range of patients with problems from pain management to problems with the circulatory system. As the baby boomer generation ages, the amount of demand for physical therapy will skyrocket.
“Physical therapy.” Just the mention of these words elicits a variety of feelings and thoughts surrounding this form of treatment—many of which are not positive.
Your doctor might suggest this type of treatment if you’ve had an injury or illness that makes it hard to do daily tasks. Physical therapy (PT) is care that aims to ease pain and help you function, move, and live better.
When you have localized pain, what do you do? You reach for it. Often without conscious thought, your hand goes to the area of discomfort and massages it.