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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

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 2%
Moderate
3 6%
Mild
13 25%
None
36 68%

Most commonly reported side effects

pain associated from re-hab
8 15%
Fatigue
8 15%
Muscle soreness
5 9%
msa symtoms are much intensyfied
3 6%
recurrence of bursitis in right hip
1 2%
Tremors
1 2%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently going to Physical Therapy (PT). See all 36 dosages ►

  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 weekly 1 hr daily 2 hr daily 90 min monthly 30 min weekly 5 min daily 40 min weekly 45 min weekly 60 min weekly 9 min daily 10 min daily 90 min weekly 15 min daily 120 min weekly 135 min weekly 25 min daily 180 min weekly 30 min daily 60 min daily 450 min weekly 90 min daily 240 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 46 Number of Patients: 46 37 Number of Patients: 37 5 Number of Patients: 5 8 Number of Patients: 8 88 Number of Patients: 88 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 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 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
76 58% Course of treatment ended: 58%
Other
23 18% Other: 18%
Expense
15 11% Expense: 11%
Did not seem to work
13 10% Did not seem to work: 10%
Side effects too severe
8 6% Side effects too severe: 6%
Doctor's advice
7 5% Doctor's advice: 5%
Not indicated
3 2% Not indicated: 2%
Personal research
1 1% Personal research: 1%

See all 127 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
3
5
15
31
33
45

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
21
40
32
9
12
13

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
27 51%
Usually
19 36%
Sometimes
6 11%
Never
1 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 2%
Somewhat
11 21%
A little
18 34%
Not at all
23 43%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
3 6%
$100-199
11 21%
$50-99
4 8%
$25-49
3 6%
< $25
13 25%

Report created on November 21, 2009.