Rapid Rehab LA Pilates Based Physical Therapy Brentwood California

Around the same time that Joseph Pilates was beginning his methodology of whole-body wellness, a group of physical therapists were forming an organization. In the year 1921, The American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association was formed. The association was led by President Mary McMillan, and included 274 members.

It wasn’t until the end of the 1930’s that men were admitted into the association, swelling the number of member attendance to nearly 1,000. Since then Physical Therapy has helped millions of people rehabilitate their bodies and reenter a whole new world of personal health.

During the 1940’s and 1950’s, a nationwide attack of Polio swept through the United States and created an even higher demand for physical therapists to the tune of 8,00o additional during that time. Today there is over 71,000 members and is currently called The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Physical therapy has had the same goals throughout its century long existence, to “foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research, and education.”

With support from the health care specialty community, physical therapy is one of the leading responses to musculoskeletal disorders. Physical Therapy’s integration of movement furthers the physical freedom of natural movement within the injured and recovering client. To be a professional physical therapist, a master’s degree or a doctorate is required. This level of educational inundation is one of the reasons that physical therapy has grown in its success, as each physical therapist is extremely apt to handle the responsibilities at hand.

Which specific responsibility each therapist has is dependent upon their area of expertise. There are five different departments, which focus on different aspects of physical therapy. Those areas of concentration are orthopedic, geriatric, neurological, pediatric and cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy. Orthopedic Physical therapists focus on outpatient treatment, which is often associated with post-surgical procedures, as well as sports injuries and arthritis.

Geriatric physical therapists concentrate on those that are going through the normal, yet sometimes painful, stages of aging. Neurological therapy focuses on those who suffer from brain damage, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and strokes. Heart surgery patients would most likely be referred to a cardiovascular or pulmonary rehabilitation therapist, to increase their functional independence. Pediatric physical therapy works close at hand with children and infants when an early detection of a birth defect or disease is discovered.

There are a wide variety of facilities that offer physical therapy. From the halls of hospitals to the comfort of small studios, you can find all kinds of outpatient and rehabilitation clinics to choose from. Even some yoga and Pilates studios offer physical therapy as component to their repertoire since physical therapy treatment circumvents the principles found in “whole-body” healing methods.

Oftentimes a physician as a form of beneficiary outpatient treatment prescribes physical therapy. Its wide spanning clientele are a testament to the tried and true methods involved in physical therapy, and will continue to grow in its successes as more and more patients are prescribed involvement.