How do they match: Physical Therapists

  • Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
  • Administer treatment involving application of physical agents, using equipment, moist packs, ultraviolet or infrared lamps, or ultrasound machines.
  • Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
  • Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits, and any reasonable alternatives.