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Physical therapy is defined as treatment by physical means. It is a health profession concerned with: the promotion of health, the prevention of physical disability, the evaluation and rehabilitation of patients disabled by pain, disease, or injury, and treatment using physical therapeutic measures as opposed to medical, surgical, or radiologic measures. Dorland Medical Dictionary
Sports Medicine is a branch of the healing arts profession that utilizes a comprehensive approach to the prevention, diagnosis, and management of sport and exercise-related injuries, disorders, dysfunctions and disease processes. American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine
Occupational Therapy is skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. It gives people the "skills for the job of living" necessary for independent and satisfying lives. Occupational therapy practitioners are skilled professionals whose education includes the study of human growth and development with specific emphasis on the social, emotional, and physiological effects of illness and injury. American Occupational Therapy Association
Hand Therapy helps a patient regain maximum use of his or her hand after injury, surgery or the onset of disease. A hand therapist, someone who is first trained as an occupational or physical therapist and then receives additional training in hand therapy, provides treatment. Hand therapists teach exercises, apply modalities and create custom splints to help the hand heal and protect it from additional injury. American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Massage Therapyis a process of manual manipulation of the body’s
muscular and soft tissue structure through a variety of techniques ranging
from relaxation to clinical and therapeutic applications. The benefits are
increased range of motion and flexibility, stress reduction, and improved
circulation helping to achieve an overall feeling of well-being. www.amtamassage.org
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