T I M E L I N E O F P H Y S I CA L T H E R A P Y
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Hippocrates and Hector used and studied water treatment and massage therapy on their patients.
460 BC
Four British nurses started the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy which would soon be copied by other countries.
1884
World War I had many injured soldiers who grew well from this treatment so the industry ballooned. The industry was then called “rehabilitation therapy” and the people employed to give it were called “reconstruction aides”. Basically they were nurses who had training in physical education and massage therapy.
1917
A group called the “American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association” (later changed to American Physical Therapy Association–APTA) was established by Mary McMillan, a physical therapy aide. She became known as “the mother of physical therapy”.
1921
The Georgia Warm Springs Foundation suggested that physical therapy be used in the treatment of polio. U.S. President F.D.R was a polio victim and spent a lot of time in Warm Springs.
1924
Massage, exercise and traction became common treatments in the field of physiotherapy.
1940
British Commonwealth countries began the practice of manipulative therapy for people with the affliction of spine and joint problems and pain. It was during this decade that PT began to be used outside hospitals. Schools, universities, nursing facilities and rehab centers also administered these treatments.
1950
Doctors began specializing in physical therapy.
1974
Medical science began using computers in the field of physiotherapy. Objects such as electrical stimulators were created which greatly enhanced the treatment.
1980
2003
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Check out this mother and daughter team getting in their physical therapy! We love to see it!
We are very excited to announce that our new Deer Park location is officially open!
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