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Welcome to the Department of Physical Therapy.

Physical therapy is a profession that includes patient/client care, education, and research. The profession encompasses working with patients and clients:

• Of all Ages
• With varieties of injuries or illnesses
• For prevention of injuries or illnesses
• In a variety of work environments

Physical therapists are the specialists in human movement and movement dysfunction. Physical therapy students learn in great depth about:

• Human movement in all its aspects
• Injuries and pathologies that affect human movement
• Examining and intervening with people who suffer from movement dysfunction
• Associated cultural, financial, legal, medical, psychological, and societal that affect intervention in improving human movement
  

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