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What is Physical Therapy (PT)?

Physical therapy (PT) is a component of rehabilitation to build strength, mobility and fitness. PT may be used short term after an injury or long term following traumatic injury or serious illness such as a stroke to regain as much independence and functioning as possible. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons gone to & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons gone to # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Stiffness/Spasticity 128 22
Other 105 22
Balance problems 61 16
General health 58 12
Mobility 44 10
pain, neck/back 40 10

See all 493 patients currently going to Physical Therapy (PT)


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
6 6%
Moderate
13 12%
Mild
27 25%
None
63 58%

Most commonly reported side effects

Muscle soreness
23 21%
pain associated from re-hab
22 20%
Fatigue
18 17%
Pain
6 6%
msa symtoms are much intensyfied
5 5%
lack of energy
4 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently going to Physical Therapy (PT). See all 51 dosages ►

  30minutes as needed 45minutes as needed all the time (24/7) as needed daily every other week monthly weekly yearly 1 other yearly 1 hr every other week 1 hr weekly 1 other weekly weekly 2 hr weekly 3 hr weekly weekly 30 min monthly 1 hr daily 1 min daily 45 min monthly 60 min monthly 2 hr daily 15 min weekly 900 min yearly 90 min monthly 120 min monthly 30 min weekly 5 min daily 40 min weekly 180 min monthly 45 min weekly 60 min weekly 9 min daily 10 min daily 90 min weekly 15 min daily 120 min weekly 135 min weekly 20 min daily 150 min weekly 25 min daily 180 min weekly 30 min daily 225 min weekly 270 min weekly 40 min daily 60 min daily 450 min weekly 90 min daily 240 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 63 Number of Patients: 63 62 Number of Patients: 62 5 Number of Patients: 5 10 Number of Patients: 10 147 Number of Patients: 147 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 23 Number of Patients: 23 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 3 Number of Patients: 3 33 Number of Patients: 33 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 19 Number of Patients: 19 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Physical Therapy (PT) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended
145 57% Course of treatment ended: 57%
Other
39 15% Other: 15%
Expense
37 15% Expense: 15%
Did not seem to work
36 14% Did not seem to work: 14%
Side effects too severe
20 8% Side effects too severe: 8%
Doctor's advice
14 6% Doctor's advice: 6%
Not indicated
4 2% Not indicated: 2%
Personal research
2 1% Personal research: 1%

See all 244 patients who’ve stopped going to Physical Therapy (PT)

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Going to Physical Therapy (PT)

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
6
22
32
57
66
74

Stopped Going to Physical Therapy (PT)

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
33
90
58
21
20
24

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
53 49%
Usually
42 39%
Sometimes
13 12%
Never
1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
7 6%
Somewhat
21 19%
A little
41 38%
Not at all
40 37%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
8 7%
$100-199
21 19%
$50-99
10 9%
$25-49
7 6%
< $25
28 26%

Report created on November 20, 2009.