How do they match: Physical Therapists

  • Acute Care PT
  • Acute Care Physical Therapist
  • Home Care PT
  • Home Care Physical Therapist

  • Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
  • Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.
  • Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.
  • Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy.
  • Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
  • Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.
  • Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
  • Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits, and any reasonable alternatives.
  • Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
  • Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
  • Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.

  • Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
  • Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
  • Enter patient or treatment data into computers.
  • Evaluate patient outcomes to determine effectiveness of treatments.
  • Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
  • Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.
  • Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
  • Record patient medical histories.
  • Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
  • Test patient heart or lung functioning.
  • Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.
  • Treat patients using physical therapy techniques.