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Physical therapy

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A branch of rehabilitative health that uses specially designed exercises and equipment to help patients regain or improve their physical abilities.

Physical therapists work with many types of patients, from infants born with musculoskeletal birth defects, to adults suffering from sciatica or the after- effects of injury, to elderly post-stroke patients

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