Definition of "physical therapy" []

• The treatment of physical dysfunction or injury by the use of therapeutic exercise and the application of modalities, intended to restore or facilitate normal function or development. Also called physiotherapy. (noun)

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• "Video gaming also has some advantages of being social if you like, and it is a nice option for seniors, who can use it in conjunction with physical therapy and to augment rehabilitation."
• "- The Department of Defense does not consider getting physical therapy or rehabilitation services in a medical hospital as being "hospitalized.""
• "I had to have an MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging — which is like being electronically sliced into eighty thin slivers, and take physical therapy sessions, where young women instructed me in various leg bending and stretching exercises, and massaged my spine."