description
Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.
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details
Currently Employed:
2,040
Projected Annual Job Openings:
60
Typical Hourly Wage:
$79.62 - $115.00+
Typical Annual Salary:
$165,610 - $239,200+
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
Doctoral or professional degree
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
Internship/residency
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typical job duties
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Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.
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Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
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Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
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Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.
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Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation, including therapeutic exercise, speech and occupational therapy, counseling, cognitive retraining, patient, family or caregiver education, or community reintegration.
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Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities.
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Prescribe physical therapy to relax the muscles and improve strength.
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Perform electrodiagnosis, including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage.
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Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.
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Prescribe therapy services, such as electrotherapy, ultrasonography, heat or cold therapy, hydrotherapy, debridement, short-wave or microwave diathermy, and infrared or ultraviolet radiation, to enhance rehabilitation.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Anesthesia nerve block kit or tray
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Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy
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Electrotherapy combination units
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Pedal exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
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Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs
Technology:
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Electronic mail software
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Medical software
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Word processing software
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