"Snap, Crackle, Pop" (Common Injuries)
This common injury occurs when a ligament (like the ACL) is stretched or torn.
What is a sprain?
PTs often use these colorful, stretchy bands to provide resistance during exercises. They are called?
What are TheraBands (elastic bands)?
During World War I, the first physical therapists were actually called by this name.
What are reconstruction aides?
What is the average salary for a physical therapist in Kansas?
What is $85,000?
How long do you need to go to school to be a PT?
What is 7 years?
This sensation, often described as a "pop" in the knee followed by swelling, has a 75% chance of being this specific ligament tear.
What is the ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)?
This handheld tool provides rapid mini-bursts of pressure to massage sore muscles.
What is a massage gun?
This Greek physician, often called the "Father of Medicine," advocated for massage and hydrotherapy in 460 B.C.
Who is Hippocrates?
What is the average pay for a physical therapist assistant in Kansas?
What is $59,000?
How long do you need to go to school to become a physical therapist assistant?
What is 2 years?
This injury to the skin or tissue is caused by ruptured blood capillaries (also known as a bruise).
What is a contusion?
This treatment uses high-frequency sound waves to penetrate soft tissues and promote healing?
What is therapeutic ultrasound?
True or False: Physical Therapy began as a female-only profession.
True (the first professional association was founded by women in 1921).
Name a setting that a PT/PTA works in?
What is outpatient, hospital, school-based, skilled nursing, home health, inpatient-rehabilitation, and academics?
What is the biggest difference in services provided by PT and a PTA?
What is a PT can evaluate and re-evaluate a patient?
This type of surgery, common in baseball pitchers, is increasingly performed on 15- to 19-year-olds.
What is Tommy John surgery?
This device measures the strength of a person's grip.
What is a dynamometer?
Since 2015, new physical therapists in the U.S. must earn this specific degree to practice.
What is a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)?
Which setting allows therapists to work in someone's home?
Home Health
What is a physical therapist?
What is a health care provider that is an expert in the examination and treatment of problems that affect peoples’ abilities to move?
This term describes the manner or style in which a person walks, which PTs analyze to find imbalances.
What is gait?
PTs use this specific type of therapy in a warm-water pool to reduce pain and improve movement.
What is aquatic therapy (hydrotherapy)?
This specific area of PT focuses on treating dizzy spells and balance issues like vertigo.
What is vestibular rehabilitation?
Which setting allows therapists to help patients recovery after leaving the hospital and before coming home?
What is inpatient rehab?
What is the role of a physical therapist assistant?
What is a PTA provides direct patient care under the direction and supervision of a physical therapist (PT). While the PT is the "architect" who diagnoses and creates the treatment plan, the PTA is the "builder" who brings that plan to life.