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Rehabilitation Physical Therapy

Dustin Said:

What is the average monthly salary of a certified Physical Therapists?

We Answered:

If you work off the medial salary figure of about $72,000, this comes out to about $6000/mo gross...depending on your deductions roughly $3960 net.

Jenny Said:

Best path for sports medicine or physical therapy...?

We Answered:

use perhaps the Riemann's dzeta function

Holly Said:

Question to/about physiatrists/physiatry URGENT (Physical Therapy student asking) (PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHAB?

We Answered:

A physiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
A physiatrist writes the prescription ("order") for physical and other therapies (OT and ST) and coordinates care depending on the medical and rehabilitative needs of the patient as recommended by the evaluating therapists.
He/she directs rehabilitative care and is responsible for running the rehab unit.
Physiatrists have training in orthopedics, neurology, neuropsychology and general medicine. Because they are medical doctors, they can prescribe drugs and orthotics/prosthetics.
Physiatrists do know everything a PT knows, and how best to use PT for each patient.
Physiatrists do not do the day-to-day therapy; that's what PT's do.
Each therapist does his/her own evaluation of a patient, then reports back to the physiatrist, who approves the treatment plan.
In my experience, physiatrists respect all members of the rehab team and considers them to be indispensable in assisting in the care of the patient..

Andre Said:

Can respiratory therapists and physical therapists go into business/work together?

We Answered:

It would be unusual to find a respiratory therapist working in an outpatient clinic. The vast majority work in hospitals.

The only place I could potentially see it is if a rehab outpatient clinic offered cardiac and/or pulmonary rehab. Yet, even then, most of the people I know working in pulmonary rehab are some sort of exercise physiologist and not an RT.

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