| Physical therapy or physiotherapy are the procedures | | | | estimated at $73,000. The physical therapist work in |
| which help one retain movement and flexibility in his/her | | | | different kinds of settings-they can either set up their |
| limbs. Where the movements of the limbs have been | | | | own clinics, provide physiotherapy to the patients at |
| affected by any accident, disease or simply aging, it is | | | | their homes also, outpatient orthopedic clinics, public |
| the physical therapist which comes to the aid of the | | | | schools or rehabilitation centers. A physical therapy job |
| patients. Physical therapy is carried out by a qualified | | | | is the kind of career which requires little or no |
| physical therapist who has a college degree. | | | | investment. The physiotherapist can provide his |
| Physical therapy has many specialties like | | | | services door to door albeit at a surcharge; in case he |
| cardiopulmonary, neurological, orthopedic, pediatrics and | | | | is not able to set up a clinic himself. |
| geriatrics etc. The history of this therapy dates back to | | | | To search for a physical therapy job, one can search |
| 1885 when it was first put into use by Henrik Ling, who | | | | the net for the availability of such jobs in their towns or |
| is known as "Father of Swedish Gymnastics". | | | | areas. One can also associate him or herself with an |
| Thereafter, various countries followed suit and had | | | | orthopedic clinic and be able to work with the patients |
| their own physiotherapy societies in a short span of | | | | on their treatment. Apart from that, they can also join |
| time. | | | | philanthropic societies which provide such treatments |
| The minimum education required to apply for the | | | | to the old and the diseased. |
| course in physical therapy differs from country to | | | | Another known fact is that every physical therapist |
| country but generally most of them require a 4 year | | | | generally has an assistant with them. These assistants |
| university level course. Thereafter the candidates are | | | | are required to get a certification from an accredited |
| required to pass a National Physical Therapist | | | | assistant physical therapy program to work with them |
| Examination, a must for all those looking for a | | | | as well. |
| physical-therapy jobs. A variety of advanced courses | | | | A typical physical therapy job may include going |
| are also available in case one wants to study in | | | | through the reports of the orthopedic notes, diagnosis |
| greater depth. | | | | of the extent of damage in a particular body area of |
| Because of the stress, diseases and even accidents | | | | the patient, determine what exercises are needed in |
| that the modern day living gives us, there is no dearth | | | | the program and consistently check on the progress |
| of physical therapy jobs. It was estimated that there | | | | of the patient. It is the assistant's duty to conduct the |
| were close to 2 hundred thousand physical therapist | | | | exercises on the patient, perform clerical duties for |
| jobs in 2008 and the number is swelling by the day. | | | | them and remove any supplementary apparatus that |
| The average earning of a physical therapist was | | | | are being used for a particular patient. |