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Physical Therapists
$97.72K Median Salary 15.6K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 20.5% Job Growth
About This Career
Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.
Reported Job Titles
Acute Care PT (Acute Care Physical Therapist), Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Home Care Physical Therapist (Home Care PT), Inpatient Physical Therapist (Inpatient PT), Outpatient Physical Therapist (Outpatient PT), Pediatric Physical Therapist (Pediatric PT), Registered Physical Therapist (RPT), Therapist
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Written Comprehension
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
Problem Sensitivity
Written Expression
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Fluency of Ideas
Near Vision
Finger Dexterity
Selective Attention
Static Strength
Trunk Strength
Category Flexibility
Far Vision
Manual Dexterity
Originality
Knowledge
Customer and Personal Service
Therapy and Counseling
Medicine and Dentistry
Psychology
Education and Training
English Language
Biology
Administration and Management
Physics
Sociology and Anthropology
Administrative
Skills
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Speaking
Monitoring
Writing
Judgment and Decision Making
Time Management
Complex Problem Solving
Instructing
Coordination
Active Learning
Learning Strategies
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Negotiation
Persuasion
Technology Skills
Word processing software
Medical software
Spreadsheet software
Action games
Electronic mail software
Accounting software
Office suite software
Analytical or scientific software
Calendar and scheduling software
Tools
Work table or station for rehabilitation or therapy
Pivotal traction therapy supplies
Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy
Reflex hammers or mallets
Cognitive or dexterity or perceptual or sensory evaluation or testing products
Patient care beds for specialty care
Therapeutic balls
Lower extremity prosthetic devices
Patient lifts
Electrotherapy combination units
Cardiac output CO monitoring units
Treadmill exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
Ultrasonic therapy apparatus or supplies
Galvanic or faradic stimulators
Weight machines for rehabilitation or therapy
Neuromuscular stimulators or kits
Digital camcorders or video cameras
Electromyography EMG units
Pulleys for rehabilitation or therapy
Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs
Grip strengthener
Resistive exercise bands or putty or tubing for rehabilitation or therapy
Blood pressure cuff kits
Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
Extremity hydrotherapy baths or tanks
Canes
Dynamometers
Gait belts for rehabilitation or therapy
Patient shifting boards
Vestibular motion devices for rehabilitation or therapy
Upper extremity prosthetic devices
Full body immersion hydrotherapy baths or tanks
Stair climbers
Crutches
Back or lumbar or sacral orthopedic softgoods
Vascular or compression apparel or support
Therapeutic paraffin baths
Weights or sets for rehabilitation or therapy
Medical acoustic stethoscopes
Notebook computers
Lower body resistance machines
Continuous passive motion CPM devices
Knee therapeutic brace or support
Training stairs for rehabilitation or therapy
Cervical collars or neck braces
Exercise trampolines
Medical hydrocollators
Reachers for the physically challenged
Biofeedback devices
Force or torque sensors
Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
Upper body resistance machines
Pedal exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
Parallel bars for rehabilitation or therapy
Pelvis or back traction supplies
Walkers or rollators
Powder boards for rehabilitation or therapy
Orthotics or foot care products
Diathermy units
Electric vibrators for rehabilitation or therapy
Therapeutic cryo compression therapy systems
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation units
Patient care beds for general use
Orthopedic traction hardware or weights
Wrist exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
Orthopedic traction softgoods for general use
Wheelchairs
Goniometers or arthrometers
Electronic blood pressure units
Infrared lamps
Rowing machines
Digital cameras
Laser printers
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Walking braces
Personal computers
