What are Specialties of Physical Therapy

There are endless opportunities for Physical Therapist where they can provide their services with their expertise and techniques. The American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties  (ABPTS) define specialty as

Specialization is the process by which a physical therapist builds on a broad base of professional education and practice to develop a greater depth of knowledge and skills related to a particular area of practice, exceeding that of the physical therapist at entry to the profession.

  The American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) has certified over 27,000 individuals who have demonstrated advanced clinical knowledge and skills in physical therapy specialty areas.

Currently, the ABPTS offers board-certification in ten specialty areas of physical therapy: 

1. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary 
2. Clinical Electrophysiology
3. Geriatrics 
4. Neurology
5. Oncology
6. Orthopedics 
7. Pediatrics 
8. Sports 
9. Women's Health 
10. Wound Management

There is below a link of ABPTS and an article which help you to choose you career according to your  interest.

http://www.abpts.org/home.aspx

https://www.verywellhealth.com/types-of-physical-therapy-2696644

 What people think?

When you ask about Doctor Of Physical Therapy from people what they respond? 

I know I have the same response that you have and then you have to explain them that we are doing and serving humanity by means much more greater and supreme than their intellect. I know this is really difficult to explain every person .

My goal, my aim is to tell people about ourselves (Physical Therapy), to tell them there is a lots of other things in PT world

Define Physical Therapy

So, here define Physical Therapy  according to APTA (American Physical Therapy Association),

a physical therapist is a trained and licensed medical professional with experience in diagnosing physical abnormalities, restoring physical function and mobility, maintaining physical function, and promoting physical activity and proper function.  

 

What are PT doing?

PT can improve your functional, physical, mental, vocational quality of life of individual. they help you to restore your function, your mobility and make you a person to survive  in a society.

 

 About me

Assalam o Alaikum

This is my first blog and my goal is to introduce about my field Doctor Of Physical Therapy .First of all, I introduce myself, me  Mehr Un Nisa student of DPT. I am making this blog to make people aware about what DPT is and what PT does to serve people. During my clinical practice I noticed that people and even professionals having no idea about this field. In this blog, I will give you perception, evidence based information related to Physical Therapy and it also help the students as well they will revise and take extra knowledge. In Sha Allah 

Follow my blog and In Sha Allah you will get and know about amazing world of Physical Therapy.