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Physical therapy
Health, Body, and Sports
Reading & Writing
Level B2

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Physical Therapy Outline

Content
Physical therapy is a type of rehabilitation that is used to assist those with
disabilities and impairments of mobility. This text discusses physical therapy and
the common vocabulary used with it.

Learning Outcomes
• Learn vocabulary related to physical therapy
• Read about physical therapy
• Express your opinion about the topic

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Physical Therapy
Physical therapy or physiotherapy is the health care
profession primarily concerned with the remediation of
impairments and disabilities

and the promotion of

mobility, functional ability,
quality of life and
movement potential
through examination,
evaluation, diagnosis and
physical intervention.

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Physical therapy (PT) involves the interaction between

therapist(s), patients or clients, other health care
professionals, families, care givers, and communities in
a process where movement potential is assessed and
diagnosed and goals are agreed upon

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It is carried out by physical therapists (physiotherapists

PTs) and physical therapist assistants (physical
rehabilitation therapists or physiotherapy assistants).
In addition to clinical practice, other activities
encompassed in the physical therapy profession
include research, education, consultation, and
administration.

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Often, physical therapy may be provided alongside, or

in conjunction with, other medical or rehabilitation
services, like occupational therapy.

PTs diagnose and treat individuals of all ages, from

newborns to the very oldest, who have medical
problems or other conditions, illnesses, or injuries
that limit their abilities to move and perform
functional activities in their daily lives.

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Physical Therapists use an individual's history

and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis
and establish a management plan and, when
necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory
and imaging studies. PT management commonly
includes prescription of or assistance with
specific exercises, manual therapy, education,
manipulation and other interventions.

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This includes providing

therapeutic treatment in
circumstances where
movement and function
are threatened by aging,
injury, disease or
environmental factors.

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Physical therapy is a
professional career which has
many specialties including
sports, neurology, wound
care,

cardiopulmonary, geriatrics, orthopaedic and

pediatrics. Neurological rehabilitation is a particular
rapidly emerging field.
PTs practice in many settings, such as outpatient clinics
or offices, health and wellness clinics and
rehabilitation hospitals facilities.
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As well as in skilled nursing

facilities, extended care
facilities, private homes,
education and research
centers, schools, hospices,
industrial and these
workplaces or other
occupational environments,
fitness centers and sports
training facilities

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Physical therapy can be

considered a very humane
field as it has patients’
best interests at heart.
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Vocabulary

1) Impairments 11) Conditions

2) Disabilities 12) Illnesses
3) Mobility 13) Functional
4) Examination 14) Management
5) Diagnosis plan
15) interventions

6) Physiotherapists
7) Rehabilitation
8) Consultation
9) Alongside
10) Prescription

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Vocabulary

1. Fitness 9. Geriatrics
2. Wellness 10. Orthopaedics
3. Therapeutic 11. Pediatrics
4. Nursing 12. Neurology
5. Rapidly 13. To have someone‘s best
6. Outpatient interests at heart
7. Facilities 14. Humane
8. Hospice

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Vocabulary

To be concerned To emerge

To promote To threaten

To examine To prescribe

To diagnose To establish
To encompass
To agree
upon
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Open Vocabulary

Use this space to write any vocabulary you still have questions on

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Exercises

Writing
What are the main themes you can identify
in the text?
▪ Theme 1:

▪ Theme 2:

▪ Theme 3:

▪ Theme 4:

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Review
Text

1. Alongside Therapists work alongside with family members to

with provide a more comprehensive treatment.
Geriatrics is the medical field that treats senior
2. Geriatrics
citizens.
Physical therapy uses rehabilitation to help patients
3. Rehabilitation regain their mobility.
Physical therapists can work in any kind of health
4. Facilities care facility, as well as many other places.

Words like illness, condition or disease have

meanings with subtle differences, but depending
on the context, can be used interchangebly.

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Exercises

Writing
Write a pragraph that summarizes the text
and includes the main themes you identified
▪ Summary:

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Exercises

Speaking

Match the term to its meaning

Impairment◻ ◻ Being healthy

Mobility◻ ◻ A facility for terminally ill patients
Rehabilitation◻ ◻ A problem or issue
Condition◻ ◻ An action to create change
Intervention◻ ◻ To restore health and mobility
Wellness◻ ◻ The ability to move
Hospice◻ ◻ To be compassionate, tender and
Humane◻ sympathetic
Therapeutic◻ ◻ Something to cure/ treat a disease
◻ An illness
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Exercises

Writing

Complete the sentences

Physical therapy is for...

Physical therapists work....

Physical therapy patients...

Therapy consists of...

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Exercises

Writing

True or False
Physical therapists are good substitutes for other kind of medical specialists.
It is recommended to only visit physical therapists
a) True
b) False
A physical therapist would likely recommend frequent physical activity.
a) True
b) False

Physical therapists limit their work to their patients. Families are

generally excluded as the patient requires their undivided attention.
a) True
b) False

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Exercises

Writing
Answer the following questions in paragraph
format

1) What are some of the benefits physical therapy

can bring to patients?
2) Are patients the only ones who benefit from PT?
Who else? How? Give some examples.
3) How is physical therapy done? What kind of
treatment do patients undergo?
4) What is PT‘s main goal?

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