Occupational Employment Statistics
29-1123 Physical Therapists
Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.
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Southeast Minnesota
| 540 | 196 | $41.74/hr | $33.03/hr | $36.49/hr | $42.22/hr | $47.20/hr | $50.20/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | 130 | $43.45/hr |
| Education and Health Services | 4,500 | $40.98/hr |
| Public Administration | 50 | $43.26/hr |
- Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
- Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.
- Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
- Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.
- Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.
- Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation.
- Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
- Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.