“We’re the best-kept secret in health care,” said Sharon Dunn, the past president of the American Physical Therapy ...

He or she will also need to pass the national physical therapy exam, or NPTE, and obtain a license to practice in the state where he or she intends to work. Physical therapists sometimes choose to ...

Therapy often starts while you’re in the ... At the start of your rehab, a physical therapist will assess your ability with a physical exam and possibly fitness tests or imaging of your heart.

Those who participated in early physical therapy reported less dizziness, and their concussion symptoms improved sooner than ...

An exam could include health history and current ... Earhart estimated that perhaps 50% of physical therapy patients are there because of issues related to being overweight.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — If you think physical therapy (PT) is only about rehabilitation ... you head them off at the pass.” A PT exam could include health history and current health ...