Careers
Terms & Definitions
Techniques
Settings (Places)
Therapy
100

2 yrs associates degree program or trade school program. Not allowed to perform evals. Provides services that promote mobility, relief pn, & prevents/limit permanent physical disabilities.

Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

100

What is therapy?

Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder

100

Includes using ultrasound and medication together to massage the medication into tissue and skin.

Phonophoresis

100

Treats patients in orthopedies, pediatries, & geritric patients.

Physical Therapist

100

Utilizes water to relieve inflammation, pain, & reducing pressure on bones, muscles, & joints.

Hydrotherapy

200

Need doctorate program after bachelors degree. Performs evaluations & review medical histories of new patients. Develops treatment plans.

Physical Therapist

200

What is rehabilitation

Act of restoring someone to health or normal life therough training and therapy after illness.

200

Natural adaptation mechanisms of body to treat specific disorders. Taping, Massages, structural osteopathy.

Physiotherapy

200

Works with disabilities, mental health settings, geriatrics, and pediatries

Occupational Therapist

200

Utilized to relieve muscle pain, increase blood flow, and decrease muscle soreness.

Massage Therapy

300

2 yr degree or cirtificate program from accredited program or trade school. Helps patients with rehabilitative activities outlined in their treatment plans. Don't perform evaluations.

Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)

300

Whats an audiologist?

Someone who measures loudness at which a pt can hear sounfs and extent of hearing loss

300

Belts used to reduce body weight to boost infralesional musculature.

Bipedalism and balance

300

Works at physicians offices, audiology clinics, and hospitals

Audiologist

300

Utilized to relieve pain and promote tissue healing using mechanical or thermal.

Ultrasound therapy

400

Need a degree from accredited program and must pass national certification exam. Prescribes physical exercises. Helps people improve in their working environment.

Occupational Therapist

400
What is a recreational Therapist

Engage in therapeutic activities. they plan, direct, and coordinate recreation based medical treatments.

400

Electrostimulation Therapy

Inflammation or overactive muscles

400

Schools, hospitals, nursing and rental care facilities

Speech-language pathologists

400

Involves freezing or near-freezing temperatures to relieve pn, promote muscle healing and weight loss.

Cryotherapy/ Thermotherapy

500

Uses written and oral tests and instruments to diagnose deficits. Records and analyzes speech, language, and swallowing issues. Teaches patients to make sounds, improve voices, and increase communication skills.

Speech Language Pathologist

500

Whats a occupational therapist?

Branch of health care that helps people of all ages who have physical, sensory, or cognitive problems

500

Inflammation, sear tissue, pain, muscle spasms, and calcium deposits.

Iontophoresis

500

Works in hospitals, nursing homes, parks and recreation departments, community health centers, school districts, substance abuse cneters, and correctional facilities

Recreational Therapist

500

Uses light energy from laser or destroy tissues, to cauterize wounds, and for cosmetic skin issues.

Laser/ Light Therapy