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In 1887, Sweden’s National Board of Health and Wealthfare recognized “physiotherapy,” a universal term for physical therapy, as a viable health practice. Nearby countries such as England and Denmark followed suit, establishing physiotherapy as a valid treatment for ill and injured patients.
physical therapy, health profession that aims to improve movement and mobility in persons with compromised physical functioning. Professionals in the field are known as physical therapists. History of physical therapy
Physical Therapy restored the use of damaged arms and legs, rehabilitated surgical wounds, increased range of motion, and restored flexibility and strength following serious burns, and it speeded patient recovery and repaired the wounded soldier.
100 Milestones of Physical Therapy – APTA Centennial. Explore our interactive timeline of 100 milestones of our first 100 years. Go deeper with our special edition history book, A Century of Movement: Milestones of the American Physical Therapy Association’s First 100 Years, available for purchase.
The first school of physical therapy was established at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., following the outbreak of World War I. [24] Research catalyzed the physical therapy movement. The first physical therapy research was published in the United States in March 1921 in "The PT Review."
APTA History. Our association celebrates its centennial in 2021. Our story began with a calling: to serve those who sacrificed so much for our country in World War I. Where others saw limitation, we saw potential.
And although we begin with Hippocrates, physical therapy only became a widely accepted science in the 1900s. Ancient Greece, Hydrotherapy, and Gymnastics. Hydrotherapy, although it only forms a part of today’s physical therapy, is the first to put therapy, massage, and medical treatments together.
Think there's nothing special about history of the physical therapy profession? We've got 100 reasons you should think again.
The specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), also called physiatry, has its historical origins in the early 20 th century, decades before its recognition by the medical establishment and medical organizations in the United States (US) and abroad.
Physical medicine or physical therapy has very ancient origins. For thousands of years, people with illnesses and disabilities were treated with various methods, making use of movements (with or without the aid of mechanical devices) as well as air, water, heat and cold, electricity, and light 1, 2.